[ecrea] Media and Sexualisation of Everyday in the Post-Soviet spaces_Workshop

*‘/Sex, Power, Love and Money’: /*

*/Media and Sexualisation of Everyday in the Post-Soviet spaces’/***

15^June 2017

University of Leicester, UK

The workshop will deal with the topical issue of mediation of sexuality 
and its utilisation for various ends in the Russian Federation and the 
neighbouring states. This is particularly important in the context of 
recent legislative (e.g. 2013’s ‘anti-gay law’ in Russia) and societal 
changes triggered by an ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis (e.g. a reinforced 
ideology of patriotism and the militarised narrative within the New Cold 
War rhetoric (Hartmann, 2014)). By looking at recent TV series, talk 
shows, films, online narratives the workshop addresses the increasing 
mediatisation of the sex/uality in the region. The key note will be 
given by Professor of Cultural Studies, Communication and Media *Feona 
Atwood* and the discussion will be chaired by Professor of Russian 
Studies *Stephen Hutchings*.

The workshop is the first event of the newly formed British Association 
of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (*BASEES)* study group on 
*(Digital) Media and Cultures 
*(http://www.basees.org/sd-digital-media-cultures). The study group’s 
primary focus is in the arts and humanities, cultural studies, film and 
media. The supplementary focus on digital culture is determined by the 
rise of multiplatform networked systems for producing and delivering 
media content.

The June workshop participants will be asked to compress their thoughts 
into _10-minute talks_ that would showcase a topic, challenge an issue, 
or develop a theoretical framework related to the workshop theme. The 
event will also be used to brainstorm other themes, centres, potential 
networks, funding sources and the scope for collaboration. The workshop 
will be a one-day event.  Those interested in taking part in the 
workshop should send the organisers an abstract (150-200 words) and a 
short bio (100-150 words) before *25 March 2017*. The organisers will be 
able to make a small _contribution to travel expenses_. Submissions from 
_doctoral students are particularly welcome_.

*Contact*: Galina Miazhevich (University of Leicester, (gm223 /at/ le.ac.uk)) 
and Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds, (v.strukov /at/ leeds.ac.uk)).

For overseas scholars, please note that there will be a conference on 
Russian Transnational Communities (the University of Edinburgh, 16-17 
June 2017) and a major conference on Soft Power, Film and Media (the 
University of Leeds, 19-21 June 2017).


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