On Wednesday morning the registration tables will be located at the Main Building of the University of Helsinki.
On Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday and Friday the registration tables will be located in the Main Lobby of Metsätalo, Unionkatu 40, 1st floor. Tables have service throughout the conference. Collect your personal name tags to attend.
Copies of Abel Polese´s book The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia will be available to buy at the every day at the registration desk.
The Unissued Diplomas exhibition will take place by the registration desk in Metsätalo daily at the conference. Unissued Diplomas is an exhibition which reveals the lives and identities of young students who died in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition displays unissued diplomas of students who put their education on hold to protect their country. The project reveals the wartime deaths of 36 Ukrainian students. Since February 24th 2023, it has taken place in over 45 universities across the globe, with more to come.
The exhibition is created to remind us about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the price Ukraine, as a nation, is paying daily.
It is organized by active Ukrainian youth in Helsinki in cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian Student Union.
Organizers: Mariia Fursina and Yevheniia Kuznetsova.
Welcoming ceremony with
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarusian activist and opposition leader
Tuija Brax, director of the new Rule of Law Center, University of Helsinki
Markku Kangaspuro, director of the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Professor of Postcolonial Feminism
Linköping University
Chair: Marianna Muravyeva, University of Helsinki, Finland
You can for instance visit the Unicafe canteen on the -1 floor at Metsätalo or in other university buildings, go to Kluuvi mall, Fennia Block or towards the city centre.
Chair: Leo Granberg, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Discussant: Eugenia Pesci, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Power and Policy Pillars of Social Policymaking in Authoritarian Regimes:
Comparing Housing Policies in China and Russia
Marina Khmelnitskaya, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
co-author: Jo Zhou, University of the West of England
Women’s Agency During the Conservative Wave in Russian Social Policy
Ann-Mari Satre, IRES, Uppsala University, Sweden
Gender and Social Policy in Turkey, 2002-2020
Sevinc Bermek, London School of Economics, England, (online)
Imaginaries of Environmental Responsibility of the BigTech:
Evidences from Russian Digital Platforms
Olga Dovbysh, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Anna Tarasenko, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Reclaiming Dignity: Modes of Political and Civic Engagement
by New Russian Migrants, A Comparative Perspective
Margarita Zavadskaya, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)/ Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Health Professionals’ Migration After the Start of Russia’s
Invasion of Ukraine: Professional as Political
Anna Temkina, Ben Gurion University, Israel
co-author: Anastasia Novkunskaya, representing in individual capacity
Comparing Cultures of Collective Actions.
Visibility of the Russian Civil Society Initiatives in Tbilisi
Sofia Gavrilova, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
co-author: Olga Bronnikova, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France
New Russian Diasporas Outside the European Union:
Policy Implications for EU Member-States
Olga Isupova, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Russian Journalists in Exile: Rethinking of Professional Identity
Jenny Wiik, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
co-author: Elena Johansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Chair: Markku Lonkila, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Putin’s Invasion into Ukraine and Determination of “Chinialization” for Russian Federation Freedom of Speech
Seyed Behzad Akhlaghi, University of Law, England
“Nasha Armiya Samaya Sil’naya”:
Myth-making & the Semiotics of a Russian Children’s Military Parade
Brooke Barton, University of Alaska, USA
Art Activism: Russian Popular Music and Anti-war Resistance
Azniv Tadevosyan, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
Chair: Sanna Turoma, University of Tampere, Finland
Roman Dubasevych, University of Greifswald, Germany
Dirk Uffelmann, University of Giessen, Germany
Christian Voss, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (online)
Miranda Jakisa, University of Vienna, Austria
Chair: Petru Negura, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Everyday Islam, Religiosity and Radicalization in Russian Prisons
Rustam Urinboyev, Lund University, Sweden
Muslims do not Submit to Anyone Except the Almighty:
Staying the Same and Evading Prison Categories in Chechen Prisoners’ Experiences in Russia
Lili Di Puppo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
International Prison Standards and Prison Reform in Present-Day Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The Role of Social Workers as Agents of Change
Ulla Pape, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Another Side of Islam and State Relations:
Criminal Prosecution of Muslims by Russian Authorities
Denis Shedov, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Yuliya Brin, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Discussant: Anna-Liisa Heusala, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The Russian World, Export of Propaganda and Internet Media
Michael Rochlitz, University of Bremen, Germany
co-Authors: Andrey Tkachenko, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
and David Karpa, University of Bremen, Germany
What is Informality?
(Mapping) “the Art of Bypassing the State” in Eurasian Spaces - and Beyond
Abel Polese, Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, Dublin City University, Ireland
Where Do Smallholders Fit in?
Narratives Surrounding Smallholder Farmers in Uzbekistan
Madina Gazieva, Dublin City University, Ireland
Chair: Emilia Palonen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Bridging Wars: Regional School History Textbooks in Northwestern Russia and the National Narrative on the Great Patriotic War
Helge Blakkisrud, University of Oslo / Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway
From Post-Soviet to Neo-Imperial: Transforming Stereotypes in Public Opinion in the Data of Opinion Polls in Russia in 1991–2022
Elizaveta Savolainen, presenting in individual capacity
Reproducing 'Sovietness':
Materiality and Built Environment of Russian Karelia
Anna Sokolova, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Anatoly Pinsky, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Limits of Paradiplomacy: Multi-layered Geopolitics of Finland’s Eastern Border
Joni Virkkunen, University of Eastern Finland, co-author: Minna Piipponen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Kazakhstan-Russia Border: From Colonial Borderland to Problematic Gateway
Sergei Golunov, SDU University, Kazakhstan
Looking West. The Finland-USSR Border as a Threat and Opportunity, 1918-1924
Tamara Polyakova, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA / University of Eastern Finland
Chair: Teemu Oivo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Symbols of the Soviet Steppe: Heritage, Nationalism, and Decolonization
in Heraldic Symbols of Kazakhstan and Russian Asia 1959--1991
Evgeny Manzhurin, University of Eastern Finland
Cityscapes of the Cold War:
The Interplay of Socialist and Capitalist Ideologies in Middle Eastern Urbanization Within the Dynamics of the Global East, North, and South
Asma Mehan, Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, USA
Chair: Florence Fröhlig, Södertörn University, Sweden
Vladislava Vladimirova, Uppsala University, Sweden
Elena Gorbacheva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Paul Josephson, Colby College, USA
Tatiana Kasperski, Södertörn University, Sweden
Chair: Ira Jänis-Isokangas, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Gulag as Usable Past: FSIN and the Great Patriotic War,
Ryan Reed, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
From Number 22 to NKVD Prison Memorial Site.
Ambivalent Dispositions and Commemoration Attempts in Tbilisi, Georgia
Laura Mafizzoli, University of Manchester, England
From Owning a Russian-English Dictionary to Pigeon Breeding:
What Made Non-Russian Individuals ‘Suspicious’ in the Eyes of NKVD in 1937 Moscow
Liudmila Lyagushkina, University of Nottingham, England
The Making of the Myth: A Soviet-Finnish Hero Toivo Antikainen
Anna Laakkonen, University of Eastern Finland
Chair: Sari Autio-Sarasmo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
HALL 26 (B524), Metsätalo
A poster session presenting thesis papers by the second-year students in the University of Helsinki's international Master’s Programme in Russian Studies.
Luca De Magistris, The Corporeality of Deaf Refugeehood: Negotiating Space and Language vis-à-vis Forced Displacement
Sampo Hyttinen, Acculturation of Young Russian Immigrants in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Sara Karppinen, Building an Identity of a Nation through Orthodox Church of Ukraine
John Kaye, LGBT Enemy Images and Geopolitical Confrontation: Russia’s “Sovereign Morality” and the War Against Ukraine
Laura Kämaräinen, Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Representations of War in Russian Military Recruitment Advertising
Sofia Malysheva, Discussing Socialist Emancipation Project: Response to Natalya Baranskaya's Novella “A Week Like Any Other”
Irene Milani, Transcending Non-Physical Borders: Building Feminist Solidarity in Digital Spaces
Jaana Ryynänen, Geopolitics and Mineral Security: Russia's Nickel in Finland
Alex Rämö, Gasification of Russia
Igor Siekkinen, Changing Role of Russian Trade Unions
Stanislav Smirnov, Modern Russian Sustainable Building Planning in the Context of Soviet Methods
Maxim Yulis, Ukrainian-Jewish Identity Politics in the Post-Euromaidan Era
A short break with some light snacks and coffee and tea.
Chair: Olga Zeveleva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
News Production and News Consumption by Russians and Ukrainians During the Russian War Against Ukraine
Sergey Sanovich, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
VK as a New Dominant Player in Russia‘s Internet
Philipp Dietrich, German Council on Foreign Affairs (DGAP), Germany & Alena Epifanova, German Council on Foreign Affairs (DGAP), Germany
Propaganda in the Guise of Entertainment:
How Non-News Accounts Disseminate Kremlin Propaganda to Mass Audiences on Russia’s Social Network VKontakte
Julia Kling, University of Passau, Germany
co-author: Florian Toepfl, University of Passau, Germany & Pascal Juergens, University of Trier, Germany
The CVs of the Propaganda Workers at Russia’s Internet Research Agency:
Socio-demographics, Tasks, and Career Paths (2013-2021)
Serge Poliakoff, University of Passau, Germany
Co-author: Florian Toepfl, University of Passau, Germany
Chair: Katri Pynnöniemi, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The Internal Logic of Kremlin’s War Rhetoric
Katri Pynnöniemi, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki / National Defence University, Finland
Conspiracist Worldview and the War Against Ukraine
Maksym Yakovlyev, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Kremlin Narratives – Making Sense of Official Statements on the War
Amelie Tolvin, University of Toronto, Canada
A Road to War: Enemization of Russian Public Discourse before 24.02.2022
Viktor Lambin, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Marco Siddi, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
Veera Laine, Unit for Policy Planning and Research at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Jussi Lassila, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
Teemu Oivo, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland
Kristiina Silvan, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
Chair: Marianna Muravyeva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Learning the lesson from SEE:
Struggles of Queer Women Within the LGBT+ Activist Scenes and NGOs
Ramona Dima, University of Stavanger, Norway (online)
The Magic Closet, the Dream Machine, and Queer Partisaning:
Post-Soviet Queerness, Film Archiving, and the Art of Resistance
Masha Godovannaya, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria (online)
Domestic Violence and Murder of a Transgender Women in Russia
(the Case of Anzhela Likina)
Evgeny Shtorn, University of Helsinki, Finland (online)
Iuliia Gataulina, Tampere University, Finland
Eugenia Pesci, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Daria Krivonos, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives, University of Helsinki, Finland
Vadim Romashov, University of Eastern Finland
Pauliina Lukinmaa, University of Eastern Finland
Inna Perheentupa, University of Turku, Finland
Chair: Katalin Miklóssy, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Can EU Member States Support Political Transformation in Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus?
Tyyne Karjalainen, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) / University of Turku, Finland
Tracing “Trajectories of Choice” in the Geopolitical Everyday:
Explorations in the Field of Mobile Aspirations with Students in Bishkek and Osh
Barbara Meier, University of Jena, Germany
Between the West and the Rest:
The Ukraine Challenge and a Plea to 'De-ColdWar'ize' European Social Sciences
Valeria Korablyova, Charles University, Czech Republic
Chair: Markku Kivinen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Are You Really Interested in Really-Existing Russia?
Sanshiro Hosaka, The International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia / University of Tartu, Estonia
From the High Middle Ages to the Present Day:
The Need to Decolonialize Our Understanding of East European History from a Library Perspective
Juergen Warmbrunn, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, Germany / Institute of the Leibniz Association, Germany
Chair & Discussant: Miranda Jakisa, University of Vienna, Austria
The Life of Insects: Repressive Modernity and Anti-Psychiatry in Miša Radivojević's Bube u Glavi
Adrian Pelc, University of Vienna, Austria
Spaces of discipline:
Post-WW2 Orphanages and Rebelling Orphans in Yugoslav Cinema
Vesi Vukovic, presenting in individual capacity, Bosnia and Hercegovina
'The Balkans begin in Vienna': Greene/Reed's The Third Man as a Postwar Netherworld
Brendan Humphreys, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Yuliya Bidenko, Karazin Kharkiv University, Ukraine & ZOiS, Germany
Alexey Navalny as a Representative of the Russian Intellegentsia.
Theoretical Background of an Individual and a System of Interactions
Małgorzata Abassy, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
Is Lukashenko Trying to Distance Himself from Russia?
Brief Notes on the Evolution of Belarusian Foreign Policy after the Outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Robert Gabriel Țicălău, University of Bucharest, Romania
Long Shadow of Empire? Bases of Russia`s Conduct in Ukraine
Oleksii Polegkyi, Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland / Center for Public Diplomacy, Ukraine, co-author: Tomasz Stepniewski, Institute of Central Europe in Lublin, Poland and John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin
Chair: Anna Tarasenko, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Discussant: Kaarina Aitamurto, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Refugeehood as bodily experience: looking through lenses of the phenomenology of perception and knowledge
Anna Tarasenko, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dislocated Bodies and Minds: Exploring the Experience of Refugeehood.
Theory Review and First Impressions from the Field
Elena Bogdanova, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
co-author: Elena Nikiforova, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Anthropology of Loss:
Exploring Mental Mapping with the Displaced Hadrut Armenians
Anita Khachaturova, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
co-author: Elena Nikiforova, University of Helsinki, Finland (online)
Chair: Elena Gorbacheva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The Geopolitics of Maksym Berezovsky’s Symphony in C
Jeffrey Yelverton, University of Minnesota, USA
A Writer in Exile in the Soviet Union from North Korea:
Jin Lee's Case of Being a Stateless Political Exile in the Global East During the Cold War
Intaek Hong, University of Washington, USA
Russia’s Heart of Darkness: Aleksandr Deineka’s Vision of the Donbass
Marina Gerber, Institute of Slavic Studies, Hamburg University, Germany
NORTHERN TRAVELOGUES
Script & Direction - Kira Jääskeläinen
In 1917 Finnish explorer Sakari Pälsi travelled to north-eastern Siberia carrying a cinematograph and 13,000 feet of film with him. The journey birthed a unique documentary film and a travelogue.
A hundred years later director Kira Jääskeläinen returns to the Bering strait in Pälsi's footsteps. By combining old and new film footage, Pälsi's notes and the stories of the local Indigenous peoples, the film tells the story of the Chukchi and Siberian Eskimos from the days gone by till today.
Tour guide: Anastasia Artemeva
Attention, Prison! is an exhibition of posters created by incarcerated youth based on their personal experience (2014).
The main authors of the exhibition are young men in juvenile detention centers in Russia. They share their experiences, and speak about their destinies. This series of posters and booklet edited by psychologists and social workers has been created with the intention for use at institutions for the prevention of repeated offences. This exhibition has been produced by The Center for the Promotion of Criminal Justice Reform, Russia. It is the oldest human rights organization that works with the issues of incarceration, criminal justice and the execution of sentences. The Center was established in 1988 by Valery Abramkin, a former political prisoner, with the ardent support of Academician Andrei Sakharov, who actively collaborated with the Center until the final days of his life (December 1989).
Chair Katalin Miklossy, University Lecturer &
Head of Discipline in Eastern European Studies
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Sirke Mäkinen, University Lecturer, Title of Docent in Political Science
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Matthias Neumann, Professor of Modern History
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Jeremy Morris, Professor of Global and Russian Studies
School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark
Discussion and refreshments.
Chair: Tuomas Forsberg, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Moldova's Political Transformation and Search for Identity, 1989-2023
William Hill, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA
The Constitutionalization of Unelected Corporatist Assemblies in Post-Soviet Countries
Maxim Sorokin, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Perception of Late-70s SFRY in China:
Yugoslavia as an Inspiration for Chinese Reforms?
Yuguang Zhou, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Chair: Ryan Reed, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
"Jachymov Hell": Carceral Labor and Uranium Mining in Communist Czechoslovakia
Kelly Hignett, Leeds Beckett University, England
Decolonizing the Soviet North: Monumental Landscapes and the Production of Space in Gulag Returnees’ Autobiographies and Art
Tyler Kirk, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
GULAG Doctors Remembered: Practicing Medicine Inside Stalin’s Labor Camps
Dan Healey, University of Oxford, England
Media’s Role in Feminist Politics and Representation at the Time of War
Chair: Saara Ratilainen, Tampere University, Finland
Postfeminist Media and Feminist Politicization
Daniil Zhaivoronok, Tampere University, Finland & University of Padova, Italy (online)
‘Smuggling’ Anti-war information with the Feminist Zine Zhenskaia Pravda
Inna Perheentupa, University of Turku, Finland, co-author: Galina Miazhevich, Tampere University & Saara Ratilainen, Tampere University, Finland
Macro Celebrities’ Elusive Appropriation of Feminism
Galina Miazhevich, Tampere University, Finland & Harvard University, USA (online)
Conflicting Discourses of Feminisms in the Domain of Russian Micro-celebrity
Saara Ratilainen, Tampere University, Finland
Markku Kangaspuro, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Ira Jänis-Isokangas, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Katalin Miklóssy, Aleksanteri institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Elina Kahla, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Forging a Culture of Resilience in Ukraine During the War:
Conceptual Framework, Key Factors and the Role of Decolonization and Deoccupation Discourses
Yuliya Bidenko, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine /
Centre for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany
The Language of War:
Historical Analogies in Ukraine’s Resistance to Russian Aggression
Lina Klymenko, University of Helsinki, Finland
Between Algorithmic Imperialism and Forced Countermediatization:
Ukrainian Resistance from the Technological Perspective
Roman Horbyk, Örebro University, Sweden
Public Communication Innovations in Ukraine's Hybrid Response to the Russian Invasion
Oleksii Kolesnykov, University of Tartu, Estonia
Chair: Anatoly Pinsky, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
De/re/composing Authoritarian-Neoliberal Assemblages:
Ethnography of Russian Universities and Beyond
Iuliia Gataulina, Tampere University, Finland
Internationalisation of Higher Education in Russia: The Policy of Privileges
Svetlana Shenderova, University of Helsinki / Tampere University, Finland, (online)
Between North and South: Decolonial Isolationism of Russian Social Science in the State of War and Beyond
Ivan Kislenko, presenting in individual capacity
Teaching International Relations in Eurasian context: Experience of Introducing Gamification into Classes in Armenia, Tajikistan and Russia in 2018–2022
Natalia Piskunova, presenting in individual capacity, (online)
Chair: Hanna Peltonen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ): From Spending to Reforms
Teymur Khalafov, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Londongrad: The Dark Geography of Dirty Money
Nadir Kinossian, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
Europeanness and Positionality in the Borderlands: The Eastern Partnership Under a Post-Development Lens
Valentin Luntumbue, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Discussant: Guzel Yusupova, presenting in individual capacity
Instruments Used by Outsider-researcher in Weak and Strong Authoritarian Contexts
Irina Starodubrovskaya, presenting in individual capacity
Probing Peer-Minority Researcher's Position in Ethnographic Study in Dagestan
Maria Vyatchina, Department of Applied Anthopology, Tartu Univeristy, Estonia
Identity Formation and Re-formation on the Internet: a Digital Study of the Chechen Diaspora in Europe
Maryam Sugaipova, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway
Network Activism as an Ethnographic Method in Research of Closed Communities
Akhmet Yarlykapov, presenting in individual capacity
Ann-Mari Sätre, Uppsala University, Sweden
Yulia Gradskova, Södertörn University, Sweden
Li Bennich-Björkman, Uppsala University, Sweden
Aliaksandra Shrubok, Uppsala University, Sweden
Alexandra Brankova, Uppsala University, Sweden
Kateryna Boyko, Uppsala University, Sweden
Chair: Elena Bogdanova, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
From a Prison of Nations to a Federation: Russia's Consitutional Evolution from 1990-1993 and the Assertion of the Rights of Ethnic National Republics
Jeff Hawn, London School of Economics UK
Decentralizing Russian Judiciary: Mistakes of the Past and Potential for the Future
Dmitry Kurnosov, University of Helsinki
PANEL 2A–10
HALL 11 (B310), Metsätalo
PANEL 2A–11
HALL 18 (B402), Metsätalo
Chair: Regina Smyth, Indiana University, USA
Gendered Responses to War:
Analyzing Patterns of Political Activism in Post-War Russian Emigrants, 2022-2023
Karolina Nugumanova, European University Institute, Italy
Coping in Emigration: Gender Differences in Attitudes, Emotions, and Action
Veronika Kostenko, Tel Aviv University, Israel
co-author: Karolina Nugumanova, European University Institute, Italy
The "Sratch" (Flamework) in Russian Digital Feminism:
Means of Communication or Survival Strategies?
Natalia Kovyliaeva, University of Tartu, Estonia
co-author: Valeriya Utkina, University of Helsinki, Finland
Intersectional Feminism and Ethnic Activism in an Anti-war Protest
Vlada Baranova, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced studies (online)
A short break with some light snacks and coffee and tea.
Chair Brendan Humphreys, Senior Researcher
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Kresimir Petkovic, Professor of Political Science
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Alan Barenberg, Associate Professor
Department of History, Texas Tech University, USA
Dominique Moran, Professor of Carceral Geography
University of Birmingham, England
Petru Negura, Visiting Fellow
Aleksanteri Institute, Finland
You can for instance visit the Unicafe canteen on the -1 floor at Metsätalo or in other university buildings, go to Kluuvi mall, Fennia Block or towards the city centre.
The Slavonic Library is a continuously accumulating collection at the National Library of Finland serving research related to Russia and Eastern Europe. The Legal Deposit Collection that was accrued in 1828–1917 includes deposit copies of printed matters in all subjects published within the borders of the Russian Empire. From the Soviet period, the collection contains literature mainly from the fields of humanities and social sciences from the Soviet Union and other countries within the Slavic language area.
Book Discussion: The Scopus Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival: Questions and (unorthodox) Answers About Publications, Networking, (fake) Bibliometrics and Research Careers
Abel Polese, Dublin City University, Ireland & Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Based on the book «The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia», this presentation offers a two-fold focus on the management of (your and everyone’s) research careers.
On the one hand, tips, hints and strategies about «how to publish faster», «how to increase your citation record» and performance in general will be provided. On the other hand, however, it will be made clear that this is not the way academia should go.
Academics should not be reduced to mere «productive machine» to meet the quantitative criteria by national evaluation exercises. Bibliometrics and publications can be taken into account in research assessment but so should also integrity and morality of researchers. By the same token, the term «excellent research» should be phased out (who decides what is excellent? The public like in a Hollywood movie?) and replaced by «good enough science» that implies you have collected, processed and interpreted data in a solid and robust manner.
The presentation will happen in a form of interactive debate with the public discussing issues that are urgent to the participants of the session.
Chair: Maria Tysiachniouk, University of Eastern Finland
Discussant: Juha Kotilainen, University of Eastern Finland
Migrants from Russia in the South Caucasus:
Historical Context and “Decolonialist” Discourses
Vadim Romashov, University of Eastern Finland
co-author: Sergei Rumyantsev, Centre for Independent Social Research, Germany
Exodus: Russian Repression and Social ‘Movement’
Laura Henry, Bowdoin College, USA,
co-authors: Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, University of British Columbia, Canada
and Valerie Sperling, Clark University, USA
From hostility to pragmatic hospitality: Russian-Georgian encounters in Tbilisi housing market
Tsypylma Darieva, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany
From War and Repression to New Shores: The Journey of Russian Environmentalists in Exile
Maria Tysiachniouk, University of Eastern Finland
co-authors: Juha Kotilainen, University of Eastern Finland and Arsenii Konnov University of Eastern Finland
Chair/Discussant: Jeffrey Kahn, Professor of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law, USA
Marianna Muravyeva, University of Helsinki
Anna-Liisa Heusala, University of Helsinki
Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Larisa Shpakovskaya, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Kirill Koroteev, Agora International Human Rights Protection Group
Oleg Bresky, LLD, Professor, J Althusius Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania
Chair: Marius Diaconescu, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania
Discussant: Armand Goșu, University of Bucharest, Romania (online)
Communist Monuments in the Republic of Moldova Between Condemnation and Glorification
Sergiu Musteață, Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University of Chișinău (UPSC), Moldova
The War of Monuments:
Soviet Monuments Versus Romanian Monuments in the Republic of Moldova
Iulian Rusanovschi, Free International University of Moldova
Soviet Monuments in Romania.
From the fall of Romanian Communism to the War in Ukraine:
Legislative Measures and Social Imaginaries
Bogdan Ceobanu, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania
Regina Smyth, Indiana University, USA
Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark
Anna Dekalchuk, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Andrey Semenov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Chair: Teemu Oivo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Discussant: Vladimir Gel´man
Bulgarian Parliamentary Election 2022 - 2023:
In Search of a Government and Political Agreement
Miglena Dikova-Milanova, Ghent University, Belgium
Stolen Treasure of Recognition. The Surge of Right-wing Elites in Poland
Piotr Kulas, The University of Warsaw, Poland
Chair: Olga Dovybsh, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
India-Russia Nuclear Energy Cooperation:
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant 1 & 2
Pallavi Pal, Tampere University, Finland
Ecocritical Geopolitics in the Time of War:
Chornobyl/Chernobyl as a Site of Trans-Corporeality
Mika Perkiömäki, Tampere University, Finland
co-author: Sanna Turoma, Tampere University, Finland
From Mining to Fission:
Russian and Kazakhstan in the Global Nuclear Power Sector
Marco Siddi, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
co-author: Kristiina Silvan, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland
Chair: Petru Negura, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Europeanisation of Post-Soviet Prisons:
A Comparative Case Study of Prison Policy Transfer from Norway to Latvia, to Lithuania, and to Moldova
Nadejda Burciu, Moldovan Ministry of Justice, Moldova
Modalities of Neoliberal Repression in Postsocialist Georgia
Konstantine Eristavi, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Georgia
GULAG 2.0.: Why Slavery Still Exists In Russian Prisons
Olga Podoplelova, presenting in individual capacity (online)
Life Imprisonment - Soviet Traditions and Modern Challenges:
the Experience of Ukraine
Mykhailo Romanov, Poltava University of Economic and Trading, Ukraine (online)
Chair: Sari Autio-Sarasmo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The End of Adaptive Autocracy in Russia
Stephen Hall, University of Bath, England
Nexus Between Authoritarian Values and Political Participation in Undemocratic Context – The Russian Case
Eemil Mitikka, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Indigenous Peoples Registry in Russia:
Return of Essentialism or “the Prison of Peoples”?
Andrian Vlakhov, presenting in individual capacity
Chair: Andrey Makarychev, University of Tartu, Estonia
The Cross-Border Karelia: a Story of Failed Anticipations
Gleb Yarovoy, University of Eastern Finland
co-author: Andrey Makarychev, University of Tartu, Estonia
From the Baltic to the Barents Sea: Re-visiting and Re-understanding
the Euro-Russian Borderland after February 24, 2022
Bjarge Schwenke Fors, The Arctic University of Norway
New Challenges and Threats for Security of Borderlands –
Experience of the Polish-Russian Border after February 24, 2022
Krzysztof Żęgota, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Chair: Dmitry Oparin, University of Bordeaux, France
Discussant: Virginie Vaté-Klein, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
On Borrowed Time in the Land of No Return:
Our Fieldwork in Chukotka Since Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
co-author: Igor Pasternak, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
The Legacy of the Past in Nenets Stories about the Contemporary Life on Yamal
Roza Laptander, Universität Hamburg, Germany (online)
Living with Frontiers, Transgressing Frontlines:
What Anthropologists Might Learn from Indigenous Tenacity
Stephan Dudeck, Arctic Studies Centre, University of Tartu, Estonia
Netnography and Beyond:
How to Continue Working with Arctic Russian Animal Husbanders when the Field is not Accessible
Florian Stammler, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland
Chair: Ira Jänis-Isokangas, National Archives of Finland
Finnish Everyday Bolshevism in the Murman Coast, 1935-1938
Aappo Kähönen, National Archives of Finland
Red Finns as a Colonial Elite in Interwar Soviet Ingria
Jesse Hirvelä, National Archives of Finland
The Legal Framework of Release and Return of Special Settlers
in the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian SSR, 1953-1990
Elmar Gams, Estonian Institute of Historical Memory, Estonia
Chair: Sirke Mäkinen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Civilizational Tropes in Russia's Road to War: Russian and Chinese Discourse
Natasha Kuhrt, Kings College London, England
Russia's Geopolitical Imaginaries and the War against Ukraine
David Lewis, University of Exeter, England
Russia’s Eurasian (dis)connections and the Road to War
Jeremy Smith, University of Eastern Finland
Discussant: Francis Onditi, Riara University, Nairobi, Kenya
Gilad Ben-Nun, Leipzig University, Germany
Konstantin Branovitskii, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
In this roundtable, editors and authors of the new textbook for MA and PhD education present the most pertinent findings from selected chapters and discuss them with guest speakers. In public discourse, Eastern Europe is still rather often seen as a place where social, political, and strategic objectives are executed over and above the will, freedoms, or choices of this region’s populaces.
Taking a somewhat different approach, the textbook recognizes not only subordination but also agency and scopes of action. It explores Eastern Europe as a dynamic and global area, not in isolation but in the context of constant exchanges, by revealing the multiple ways in which its societies have positioned themselves in and towards global processes through entanglement from the 19th through to the 21st centuries.
The round table speakers shed light on aspect of Eastern Europe in relation to international political and legal spheres, via deeper explorations of the ways in which its actors came to participate in and heavily impact on international organizations and structures of global governance. From the influential role played by representatives at the League of Nations and the United Nations to the making of modern international law by East European jurists, they demonstrate how this region shaped the so-called “international community”. Over the past century, Eastern European legal systems have faced several ruptures and have recalibrated the region’s domestic and multilateral legal bedrocks. Konstantin Branovitskii will give examples of Eastern European countries' endeavors to break away from the post-Soviet model of civil procedure. He explores the path of the legal reform of selected countries and discusses the significance of involving foreign experts in such reforms. In his chapter, Gilad Ben- Nun depicts Eastern European impacts on modern international law while pointing to other world regions where these principles were later applied. Francis Onditi brings the contributions together in a critical comment from the perspective of International Relations and Diplomacy.
PANEL 2B–14
HALL 18 (B402), Metsätalo
A short break with some light snacks and coffee and tea.
Chair Marianna Muravyeva, Professor
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Agnieszka Kubal, Associate Professor
School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, England
Jeff Kahn, Professor of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law, USA
The Foundations of Russian Law (2023, Bloomsbury) explains how Russian law works in all its principal areas. It elucidates the main concepts and frameworks behind Russian law, and uses original legal sources and case law to explain how it operates in practice. The contributors, all of whom are leading experts on Russian law, employ original research to further knowledge of the Russian legal profession, legal culture, judiciary and court systems, providing a scholarly and practical account of Russian law for students and scholars alike.
Free Translation is a multi-disciplinary project showcasing international works by persons affected by imprisonment.
In this project we view works of art and letters received from prisons all over the world. Together we interpret the meaning of the works and create responses based on the translations. These are then sent to the original authors and added to the online exhibition. In this edition the special focus is on political prisoners in Russia.
Workshop facilitators Arlene Tucker (in photo) and Anastasia Artemeva.
Wardens' Gardens, a film by Dmitry Omelchenko.
Based on research by Costanza Curro and Vakhtang Kekoshvili.
The receptions are hosted by the City of Helsinki. All chairs, discussants and paper presenters are invited to attend the reception. The registration link will be sent separately to all registered on the first week of October.
Chair Una Bergmane, Academy of Finland researcher,
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Epp Annus, Associate Professor
Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia
Iwona Kaliszewska, Assistant Professor
Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw
Viacheslav Morozov, Professor of International Political Theory
University of Tartu, Estonia
Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics
University College London, United Kingdom
A short break with some light snacks and coffee and tea.
Chair: Eemil Mitikka, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Informality and Formalisation in the Ukrainian War Economy
Taras Fedirko, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Carceral Practices in International Development:
How Liberal Peacebuilding Restricts Upward Socioeconomic Mobility in Kosovo
Paul Persuad, University of Toronto, Canada (online)
Informality Versus Shadow Economy:
Reflecting on the First Results of a Manager’s Survey in Kyrgyzstan
Abel Polese, University of Helsinki, Finland / Dublin City University, Ireland
Chair: Alexandra Hetrick, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Russian Digital Nationalism during 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War:
Mapping Nationalist Mobilisation, Media Practices, and National Identity Discourses
Alexandra Brankova, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
Russian in Contact with Other Languages.
An Investigation Into the Representation of Language as an Instrument of Power on the Website: Inosmi.ru
Katja Grupp, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Traditional Values and Propaganda of the “Holy War”: How pro-Kremlin TV Media Weaponizes Discourses of Gender and Sexuality in Representations of the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
Valentyna Shapovalova, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Narratives in Russian Media in the Context of the War Against Ukraine
Yuliya Krylova-Grek, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
Chair: Sirke Mäkinen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Discussant: Ben Noble, University College London, England
Illiberal Sovereignty: The Putin Regime and Legislative Authoritarian Empowerment
Geir Flikke, University of Oslo, Norway
Cracks and Margins. Researching the Political in a Closed Authoritarian System
Ingerid M. Opdahl, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway
Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Lessons from Failed Conjectures of Russian Politics in the 2020s
Bo Petersson, Malmö University, Sweden
Dmitriy Gorskiy, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
Dmitry Dubrovsky, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Olga Zeveleva, Aleksanteri Institute
Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy and State-to-state Relations
Chair: Katri Pynnöniemi, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Lost Friendship Revived? Decisions of Russia and Its Eastern Neighbours
Mihoko Kato, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University, Japan
Relations Between Albania and Russia During and After Communism
Noela Mahmutaj, Institute of European Studies, University of Tirana, Albania (online)
Russia’s Warfare State: Economy, Social Policy and Traditional Values
Katharina Bluhm, East European Institute, Freie Universität, Germany
PANEL 3A–6
HALL 11 (B310), Metsätalo
Chair: Georgiy Kasianov, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Image of the Great Victory in Independent Ukraine: Revising the Concept of Memory
Hanna Bazhenova, Institute of Central Europe, Poland
Decolonising Soviet Public Space: Comparative Perspective
Rasa Čepaitienė, Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania
Ukraine’s Politics of Memory during the Russo-Ukrainian War: Decolonisation, Securitisation, and Weaponisation
Yurii Latysh, European Humanities University, Lithuania
Is the Change of Toponyms and Monuments in Kharkiv during the Russian Invasion a Decolonising Practice?
Vadym Ilin, Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine (online)
Chair: Marianna Muravyeva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Discussant: Larisa Shpakovskaya, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Solidarity Ecosystem of Top Management:
How Women Can Help Each Other to Build a Career
Elena Rozhdestvenskaya, presenting in individual capacity
Study, Performance, Regret:
New Concepts of Motherhood in Russian Social Media in the 2020s
Olga Isupova, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Revisiting Gender Challenges in Post-Soviet Russia: Public Administration Perspective
Valeriya Utkina, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Brendan Humphreys, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
International Supervision and the Sovereignty Trap:
On the Fraught Politics of Making a Choice in North Macedonia
Andrew Graan, University of Helsinki, Finland
Does Ex-Yugoslavian Prison System Evolve in a Humane Direction?
Assessing the Quality of Prisoner Treatment in the Contemporary Western Balkans
Olga Kantokoski, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Discussant: Vladimir Gelman, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Stephen G. F. Hall, University of Bath, England
Chairs: Ekaterina Protassova, University of Helsinki, Finland and Kapitolina Fedorova, Tallinn University, Estonia
From ‘Oppressors’ to ‘Oppressed’: Baltic Russian Post-Soviet Speakers in Search of a New Identity Through Social Networking
Kapitolina Fedorova, Tallinn University School of Humanities, Estonia
co author: Natalia Tshuikina, Tallinn University School of Humanities, Estonia
The Status of the Russian Language in Post-Soviet Armenia and in the De Facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)
Nona Shahnazarian, Armenian Academy of Sciences, Armenia (online)
Changes in the Online Use of the Russian Language in Ukraine: the Example of Odessa Inna Kabanen, University of Helsinki, Finland, co-author: Francesco Bressan, University of Verona, Italy (online)
Oleksandra Nenko, University of Turku
Guido Sechi, University of Latvia
Carola Neugebauer, RWTH Aachen University
Andrei Vazyanau, European Humanities University, Vilnius
Tauri Tuvikene, Tallinn University
Ruslan Baramidze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (online)
Kateryna Boyko, Uppsala University, Sweden
Roman Horbyk, Örebro University, Sweden
Kateryna Zarembo, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine (online)
You can for instance visit the Unicafe canteen on the -1 floor at Metsätalo or in other university buildings, go to Kluuvi mall, Fennia Block or towards the city centre.
Chair Costanza Curro, Postdoctoral Researcher,
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Gavin Slade, Associate Professor of Sociology
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Rustam Urinboyev, Associate Professor
Department of Sociology of Law, Lund University
A short break with some light snacks and coffee and tea.
Chair: Mira Roukolainen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Beyond Human Rights 'Promotion':
European Union's Interventions and Decolonial Imaginations in the South Caucasus
Laura Luciani, Ghent University, Belgium
Occupation or Protectorate? State Sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus in 2023
Wojciech Łysek, Institute of Political Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Chair: Elena Nikiforova, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Post-Soviet Dependence with Benefits? Belarus’s and Tajikistan’s Elites Shaping Their Relations with Russia
Karolina Kluczewska, Ghent University, Belgium
co-author: Kristiina Silvan, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Gagauzia, a Pole of Influence of the Geopolitical Orientation of the Republic of Moldova?
Laurențiu Pleșca, University of Bucharest, Romania
China's Evolving Multilateral Engagement with Central Asia: Strategies, Actors and Institutions
Elżbieta Proń, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Chair: Valeriya Utkina, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Is It Possible to Decolonize the ‘Western’ (Queer) Theory While Studying the Russian Federation?
Alexander Kondakov, University College Dublin, Ireland
Union Formation in the Post-reproductive Phase of Life:
Age, Race, and Online Intimacy. Case of Russian-Speaking Women in Finland
Larisa Shpakovskaya, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
co-author: Anna Temkina, Ben Gurion University, Israel
The Enduring “Conspiracy of Silence”:
Queer Belarusian Self-Expression From Communism to Authoritarianism
Ioana Zamfir, University of Toronto, Canada
Chair: Katja Lehtisaari, Tampere University, Finland
Silence in Russia at War:
What is Agentivity of "Foreign Agents" in the Face of Aggression in Ukraine?
Françoise Daucé, EHESS/CERCEC, France
Urban Activism in Russia Today
Ekaterina Kalinina, Stockholm University, Sweden
Only a Little Light Enters the Tunnel:
the Russian-Language Media is Divided into a Western and a Russian Version
Jarmo Koponen, University of Helsinki, Finland
“The Biggest Danger is to Lose Focus”: Journalistic Relevance of the Exiled Media
Elena Rodina, presenting in individual capacity
co-author: Olga Dovbysh, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Viacheslav Morozov, Tartu University, Estonia
Discussant: Margarita Zavadskaya, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Problematizing “Academic Freedom” in Academic Boycotts: The Case of American Anthropological Association Referendums to boycott Israel’s academic Institutions
Yehuda Goodman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (online)
A Colonizer or a Subaltern:
Russian Academia Between Boycott and Exile
Gleb Yarovoy, University of Eastern Finland
Decolonizing of Academia at the Time of the War: Mission Impossible?
Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Charles University, Czech Republic
Chair: Katri Pynnöniemi, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland / Finnish National Defence University, Finland
Belligerent and Benevolent Imperialism in Russian Political Philosophy
Evert van der Zweerde, Radboud University, Netherlands
Apocalypse and Warmongering in Russian Political Speech
Elina Kahla, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Politicized Religion and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Santeri Kytöneva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Anni Kangas, Tampere University, Finland
Rise of the Surplus Population? Land Decollectivization, Class Stratification, and Labor Precarization in Uzbekistan
Franco Galdini, University of Manchester, England (online)
The Making of Unemployment in Central Asia:
Employment Policies in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Eugenia Pesci, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Role of Labour Intermediaries in the Migration Corridor from Central Asia to Latvia
Giulio Benedetti, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia
Women and Bazaars: Gendering Entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan
Binazirbonu Yusupova, Dublin City University, Ireland
Chair & Discussant: Anna Tarasenko, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
The Effects of the War in Ukraine on the Russophone Minority’s Identity in Estonia
Aigerim Nurseitova, University of Tartu, Estonia
Socio-Political Integration and Attitudes Towards Political Conflicts:
A Mixed-Method Study on Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Finland
Zea Szebeni, University of Helsinki, Finland
Chair: Markku Kangaspuro, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Confronting the Holocaust. The Polish Government in Exile towards Jews 1939–1945
Piotr Długołęcki, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland
Language in the Professional, Social, and Personal Communication
of Russian and Swedish Diplomats (1730s–1740s)
Sophie Holm, presenting in individual capacity
co-author: Vladislav Rjéoutski, German Historical Institute in Paris, France
Rescued from Stalin’s Terror: The Unknown Swedish Operation in the 1930s
Torbjörn Nilsson, Södertörn University, Sweden
Co-author: Andrej Kotljarchuk, Uppsala University, Sweden
Knocking on the Vatican’s Gates. East European Refugees and the Holy See in the early Cold War
Katarzyna Nowak, University of Vienna, Austria
Chair: Markku Kivinen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Grassroots Activism from 2019 Political Transition in Kazakhstan
Shugyla Kilybaeva, TalTech/Al-Farabi KazNU
Making Identity Count: Comparing Democratic Identity Construction in Estonia and Latvia in the post-Soviet Era
Lelde Luik, Södertörn University, Sweden/University of Tartu, Estonia
The New Arctic Colonization? Indigenous Peoples and their Rights in the Russian Arctic
Mirkka Elisa Ollila, University of Helsinki, Finland
Racialized Identities and the Police Gaze:
The Case of the Romani Minority in Romanian Secret Police (Securitate) Files
Delia Popescu, Le Moyne College Syracuse, USA
Chair: Burenjargal Nyamaa, The OSCE Academy
Agricultural Land Markets in Ukraine: Past, Present & Future
Susanne Wengle, University of Notre Dame, USA / Uppsala University, Sweden
co-author: Natalia Mamonova, Ruralis, Norway
Governing Under Crises: Sub-national Evidence from Ukraine During Pandemic & War
Sarah Wilson-Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
co-author: Paula Ganga, Duke Kunshan University, China
Ukrainian City Odesa on the Way of Rethinking Imperial History
Olena Uvarova, Odesa National Medical University, Ukraine (online)
Chairs: Christian Noack, University of Amsterdam
The Problem of Decolonization of Russian History and Its Language:
Controversies Over the Unified Russian History Textbook in Tatarstan (2010–2023)
Liaisan Şahin, Institute of Turkic Studies, Marmara University, Turkey
The Phenomenon of Decolonization in the Language Discourse of Kazakhstan and Russia
Dauren Abdrahmanov, Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan
co-author: Damina Shaibakova, Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan
Language Planning and Language Activism in Contemporary Russia:
Empowerment of Minority Languages’ Voice
Vlada Baranova, Das Nordost-Institut – IKGN, Germany (online)
The Role of Multilingualism in Transnational Universities in the Uzbek HE system
Liliya Makovskaya, Westminster International University in Tashkent
co-author: Saida Radjabzade, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Chair: Natasha Kuhrt, King’s College London, England
Discussant: Jeremy Smith, Karelia Research Institute, University of Eastern Finland
The Ambiguity of Independence: Tajikistan’s Approach to Sovereignty Across The Soviet Rupture (1989–1992)
Isaac M Scarborough, Leiden University, Netherlands
Communist Party of Ukraine in the Final Years of the Soviet Union:
From Institutional Transformation to Disintegration
Nataliya Kibita, University of Glasgow, Scotland
The Roots of Communist Secession from CPSU in Lithuania in 1989
Saulius Grybkauskas, Lithuanian Institute of History, Lithuania
Svetlana Edygarova, University of Helsinki, Finland
Anna Kuznetsova, PhD student, University of Tartu, Estonia
Maria Vyatchina, University of Tartu, Estonia / University of Helsinki, Finland
Gulnaz Galeeva, partaking in individual capacity (online)
Announcing the 23rd Annual Aleksanteri Conference.
Chair: Olga Zeveleva
Elina Kahla, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Margarita Zavadskaya, FIIA, Finland
Anatoly Pinsky, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland