[ecrea] Aleksanteri Conference: Culture and Russian Society, Helsinki 21-23 October, 2015

Call for Papers for the 15th Aleksanteri Conference Culture and Russian 
Society

www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2015.

With Vladimir Putin’s third re-election in 2012, the Russian creative 
class gathered political momentum, and cultural and intellectual 
practices in Russia regained social and political relevance. At the same 
time, culture and its traditional institutions have become increasingly 
integrated into state policies to reconstruct a uniform national Russian 
identity. The annexation of Crimea, the crisis in Ukraine, and the 
changing geopolitical landscape have highlighted those Russian views 
that draw on an understanding of Russia as a unique civilization 
separate from the West.

The 15th Aleksanteri Conference Culture and Russian Society will take 
place in Helsinki from Oct 21 to 23, 2015. The conference invites 
proposals which focus on the cultural challenges and intellectual 
choices Russia and its diverse population face today.  Keynote speakers 
include Catriona Kelly, Vlad Strukov, Vera Tolz, Elena Vartanova, 
Michael Gorham and Evert van der Zweerde.

We welcome scholars from all fields in humanities, social and political 
sciences to contribute to the investigation of the role of cultural 
analysis in enriching our understanding of Russia’s recent developments. 
We encourage panel proposals with three presentations, discussant, and 
chair, but will also review individual paper proposals.



Detailed instructions and links to electronic submission forms are 
available at www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2015.



The deadline for proposals is May 17. Proposals submitted after the 
deadline will not be reviewed.


Please feel free to spread this message.



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Anna Salonsalmi
Administrative Coordinator (conference secretary)
Aleksanteri Institute
Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies
P.O.Box 42 (Unioninkatu 33)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

Email: anna.salonsalmi [at] helsinki.fi
Phone: +358 50 3565 802
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/


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