Konferenser 2011

Fascisms on the periphery. A conference on fascism in northern, east-central and south-eastern Europe
 

Datum: 17-18 November, 2011.
Plats: Norrlands Nation, Västra Ågatan 14, Uppsala.
Språk: engelska.

On November 17th–18th 2011, the Hugo Valentin Centre and the Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies will hold an international conference on the development of fascism in parts of Europe during the period 1933–1945. During the last decade, research on fascism has begun to move away from the rather sterile discussion of definitions into a new interest in the cultural, political and social contexts that enabled the growth of fascist organizations in Europe. The conference is part of this promising new trend and seeks to look more deeply into fascist ideology and politics by exploring the development of fascist organizations in different European cultural, socio-economic and political contexts.

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Drugs in the Vodka Belt


Datum: den 26-27 oktober, 2011.
Plats: Uppsala universitet, Museum Gustavianum.
Språk: engelska. 

The Center for Police Research at Uppsala University and Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University arranged the workshop under title “Drugs in the Vodka Belt”, which took place on 26-27 October, 2011 in Uppsala, Museum Gustavianum. The ”Vodka Belt” is a part of Northern Europe with special social and cultural dynamics regarding drugs. The workshop had its aim of making an inventory of the knowledge of drugs, drug use and the combating of drug use in the region, with special focus on Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The workshop focused on three themes:
Drugs – with special focus on drugs on the internet;
Health, social, and economic aspects of drug use;
Crime fighting – the legal, police, and other aspects of combating drug use.

The workshop was arranged in cooperation with the Center for Police Research, the Section of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, and the Institute for Security and Developmental Policy in Stockholm. 

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Ikonens Dag
 

Datum: Torsdag, den 12 maj 2011, 10:00-16:30.
Plats: Föredrag: Universitetshuset, Sal IV, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala. Mottagning och vernissage: Newmaninstitutet, Slottsgränd 6, Uppsala.
Språk: svenska och norska.

Symposiet arrangerades i samarbete med Newmaninstitutet. 

Den ryske religionsfilosofen Pavel Florenskij har en gång sagt att det bästa gudsbevis han känner till är följande: eftersom det finns Andrej Rubljovs treenighetsikon finns Gud. Även för den som inte delar Florenskijs övertygelse går det att förstå hans fascination över den ryska ikontraditionen. Den är rik på både konst och teologi. Traditionen är idag i högsta grad levande och bjuder till nya insikter och utmaningar. För att diskutera dessa inbjuder Centrum för
Rysslandstudier vid Uppsala universitet till en ikonens dag. Vi kommer att ta del av föredrag om hur den traditionella ikonografin utmanas av den politiska ikonen, hur ikonen samspelar med hymnen, hur den ryska och bysantiska estetiken framträder i svensk poesi. En namnkunnig panel inleder en diskussion om ikonens estetik och teologi. Vi börjar dagen med att lyssna på ortodoxa hymner och avslutar med en liten ikonvernissage. Bland de medverkande i programmet är Ulf Abel, Julia Björklund-Schlichtina, Helena Bodin, Per-Arne Bodin, Maria Engström, Fredrik Fabian Heffermehl och Elena Namli.

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Comparative Baltic State-Building


Datum: den 14-15 mars 2011.
Plats: UCRS bibliotek, Gamla torget 3, 3tr.
Språk: Engelska

The week of the Baltic States at Uppsala University has been opened by a workshop on ”Comparative Baltic State-Building”. The workshop has been held at the Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University on the 14th-15th of March. The seminar was chaired by Professor Li Bennich-Björkman.The event provided a diversity of views by bringing together invited professors from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Sweden.

The purpose of the workshop was to introduce and discuss the crucial issues concerning the governance development in the Baltic States in the comparative perspective. The workshop represented a crucial forum for sharing opinions concerning similarities and differences in the Baltic States political development. During the discussions the important issue of whether the countries should establish united Baltic policy or act individually based on the newly forming identities has been raised. 

Läs en resume över denna workshop.