News & Events Archive

In the News & Events Archive you'll find information about past conferences, lectures, seminars and other significant events at the Institute. From 2010 onwards, also research and publication news are included.

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News and Events in 2012

18.-19.5.2012
International symposium on the theme of Spinoza in Soviet Thought
Keynote speakers will be Prof. Daniela Steila (University of Turin) and Prof. Andrey Maidansky (Institute of Management and Economy, Taganrog). In addition, the anthology Spinoza — pro et contra (in Russian), edited by Prof. Maidansky and published in the beginning of 2012, will be presented and discussed.
See the symposium programme in pdf-version or learn more at the symposium website.

16.5.2012
Lecture by Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia, Dr Damir Kusen: Experience of Croatia's EU Access Process - What Are the Benefits for the Western Balkan Countries?
Invitation (pdf)

14.5.2012
Guest Lecture by Dr. Nataša Gregorič Bon (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts): Material Journeys of Women Migrants from Southern Albania
For more information see the lecture website.

28.5.2012
Research at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki – A seminar series presenting ongoing research
Programme (pdf)

6.4.2012
Visiting Fellows Research-seminar
Terry Cox, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Interest Representation and State-society Relations in East Central Europe
Abstract (pdf)

20.-21.4.2012 (Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute) and 8.-9.6.2012 (St. Petersburg, the Museum of Derzhavin and Russian Literature of His Period)
The International Conference Connecting Nations and Times: Yakov Grot (1812-1893), on the Bicentary of His Birth
Organisers: Prof. Dr. Tatiana Artemyeva, Prof. Dr. Vesa Oittinen and Prof. Dr. Mikhail Mikeshin
Programme.
See more information in English or in Russian. The working language is English.
Inquiries: yakov-grot-2012 [at] mail.ru

17.4.2012
Guest Lecture by Researcher Anna Lenkewitz (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany): The Tsar´s Role is on Trial. Russian Constitutional State Theories and the Question for Justice in late Tsarist Empire

14.4.2012
Jarmo Koistinen defended his dissertation entitled Talousrikos Venäjällä. Professor Jussi Tapani (University of Turku) was the opponent and Professor Dan Frände acted as custos.
Abstract

27.3.2012
Visiting Fellows Research-seminar
Nadir Kinossian, University of Tromsø, Norway
"Authoritarian Modernisation” and Regional Development in the Russian Federation
Abstract (pdf)

22.3.2012
Guest Lecture by Professor Aleksandr Yuryev (St.Petersburg State University, Russia): Elections from the Point of View of Political Psychology
See here (in Russian) for further information.

15.3.2012
Visiting Fellows Research-seminar
Craig Brandist, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Language and Hegemony in Early Soviet Thought
Abstract (pdf)

14.3.2012
Aleksanteri Election Seminar New President, New Russia: What Next?


Picture: Wikimedia Commons

The Russian duma elections took place in December 2011, and presidential elections in March 2012. The Aleksanteri Institute organised a seminar series on the Russian elections.

The last one in series, entitled "New President, New Russia: What Next? took place on 14 March. The first one, "Russian Duma Elections: Mapping the Political Landscape", was held on 30 November 2011 and analysed the political landscape behind the duma elections. The second seminar, "Do Elections Matter? Rallies, Reactions, Reforms", took place on 25 January 2012. For the seminar programme and further information visit here.

27.2.-9.3.2012
University of Helsinki Think Corner: New Russia
See the programme of Think Corner (mostly in Finnish, but some presentations also in English) and read more about the Think Corner.
The programme was organised by the Aleksanteri Institute and the Department of Modern Languages.
The Think Corner also has a cafe, Ihana Kahvila, and Rosebud bookshop.


Photo: Linda Tammisto

24.2.2012
The call for Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2012–2013 was closed on 24 February 2012. For further information please see the Visiting Scholars site.

23.2.2012
Visiting Fellows Research-seminar
Alexandra Arkhipova, Russian State University for the Humanities
How a Legend Became a Woman: the Story of Rosa Kaganovich, Stalin’s Secret Wife
Abstract

16.-17.2.2012
Seminar New Perspectives on Empire and Space: Russia and the Soviet Union in Focus

9.2.2012
Visiting Fellows Research-seminar
András Déak, Central European University, Hungary
Russia and Global Oil Price Setting: "Price Taker” or Benevolent Dominant
Abstract

4.2.2012
M.Soc.Sc Suvi Kansikas defended her PhD thesis Trade Blocs and the Cold War - The CMEA and the EC challenge, 1969-1976
Abstract of the thesis.

1.2.2012
Guest Lecture by Associate Professor Jeffrey D. Kahn ( Dedman School of Law of the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas): The Second Conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev: Implications from the Khamovnichesky Court’s Verdict for Russia and the European Court of Human Rights
Lecture is chaired by Dr Anna-Liisa Heusala (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki).

25.1.2012
Election Seminar: Do Elections Matter? Rallies, Reactions, Reforms

 

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