We wish you warmly welcome to participate in the seminar series of the Aleksanteri Institute’s Visiting Fellows Programme.

Updated seminar programme / October-December 2018

Venue: Aleksanteri Institute, Unioninkatu 33, Meeting room 2nd floor.

11 October at 14.15–15.45
Terry Cox, University of Glasgow, UK
Social Welfare in the Soviet Union

1 November at 14.15–15.45
Birgit Beumers, Aberystwyth University, UK
The Business of Co-production in the Post-Soviet Film Industry: Integration or Separation?

8 November at 14.15–15.45
Luca Anceschi, University of Glasgow, UK
Do New Leaders Matter? Understanding Political Change in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

15 November at 14.15–15.45
Ekaterina Kalinina, Södertörn University, Sweden
Digital Archiving as a Form of Civic Engagement in Russia

13 December 14.15–15.45
Galina Miazhevich, Cardiff University, UK
Carnivalesque Laughter and Deviant Sexuality on the State Russian TV

Abstracts and biographies are available at the seminar site (link).

Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Fellows Research Seminar Series features the work of the outstanding scholars who have been invited to conduct their research within the Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Fellows Programme. The scholars’ topics cover a wide range both geographically, and with regard to methodology, discipline, and focus. The seminars are a platform for advancing and sharing knowledge of the present, past, and future of Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and Eurasia, and each session has ample time for questions and discussion. All students, scholars, and other interested audiences are warmly welcome to attend!