Visiting Fellows Seminars continue

How does the Kremlin use history to justify Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine ? How has internal displacement influenced Ukraine and its policies? How do Russian environmentalists continue their activism under increasingly authoritarian governance?

The first three Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Fellows seminars of 2024 address acutely topical themes. We welcome academics, students, and other interested parties to participate in the open lectures by Associate Professor Sergii Pakhomenko from Mariupol State University, Professor Laura A. Henry from Bowdoin College and Dr. Emily Channell-Justice, Director of Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at Harvard University. 

Join online or at the venue in Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40, for max 25 participants). No preregistration required. 

Also, on 26 March, our former Visiting Fellow Dr. Olga Shevchenko will present her book on Soviet-era family photography at the next Alumni Talk together with her co-author Dr. Oksana Sarkisova. We welcome you to hear about "In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos" (MIT, 2023) via Zoom. No preregistration required. 

 
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THE ALEKSANTERI INSTITUTE VISITING FELLOWS SEMINARS

Historical Narratives in Propaganda: Cases of Russia and Ukraine

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 | 15.00-16.30 (Helsinki time)
Unioninkatu 40, room 17 | Streamed via Zoom

Speaker: Sergii Pakhomenko, Associate Professor, Mariupol State University
Chair: Markku Kangaspuro, Director, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki

Activism under Repression: Russian Environmentalists’ Adaptation at Home and Abroad

Tue, 19 March 2024 | 15.00-16.30 (Helsinki time)
Unioninkatu 40, room 17 | Streamed via Zoom

Speaker: Laura A. Henry, Professor of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
Chair: Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Professor of Russian Environmental Studies, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki

Displacement, Emplacement, and Reintegration:
IDP Experiences of the Ukrainian State, 2014-2016

Wed 3 April 2024 | 15.00-16.30 (Helsinki time) 
Unioninkatu 40, room 17 | Streamed via Zoom 

Speaker: Dr. Emily Channell-Justice, Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
Chair: Jouni Järvinen, University Lecturer, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki

ALEKSANTERI ALUMNI TALK

BOOK LAUNCH 
In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos 

Tue, 26 March 2024 | 15.00–16.15 (Helsinki time) | Join via Zoom

  • Oksana Sarkisova, Research Fellow, Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
  • Olga Shevchenko, Professor in Social Studies, Williams College
  • Comments: Sanna Turoma, Professor of Russian language and culture, Tampere University
  • Moderator: Anna Korhonen, Senior Advisor, University of Helsinki