Events / Program: Eurasia in Global Dialogue

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It	Mon, 30.01.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin		Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It Mon, 30.01.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin Series: Seminars and Colloquia Peter Ruzavin is a Russian journalist, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Peter conducted several interviews with Russian prisoners of war in Ukrainian captivity. He believes that the conversations he had are important in giving a sense of a range of questions. Read more
Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It Mon, 30.01.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin Series: Seminars and Colloquia Peter Ruzavin is a Russian journalist, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Peter conducted several interviews with Russian prisoners of war in Ukrainian captivity. He believes that the conversations he had are important in giving a sense of a range of questions. Read more
	Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022	Wed, 07.12.2022	Conferences and Workshops			Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice	Thu, 17.02.2022	Panels and Discussions	Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis		Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice Thu, 17.02.2022 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis Series: Panels and Discussions “Reverse perspective,” the theory of space in the medieval icon developed in Russia in the 1920s, is seen as an element of a political and philosophical project, which aims to “turn around” the Western paradigm of art and knowledge. The Russian icon becomes the alternative model to Renaissance perspectivism and the Enlightenment project of modernity. Read more
Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice Thu, 17.02.2022 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis Series: Panels and Discussions “Reverse perspective,” the theory of space in the medieval icon developed in Russia in the 1920s, is seen as an element of a political and philosophical project, which aims to “turn around” the Western paradigm of art and knowledge. The Russian icon becomes the alternative model to Renaissance perspectivism and the Enlightenment project of modernity. Read more
	Symposium: Belarus in Contemporary Europe	Wed, 17.11.2021	Conferences and Workshops	Andriej Moskwin Clemena Antonova Pavel BarkouskiHenadz Korshunou, Anton Saifullayeu, Olga Shparaga, Aleksandr Raspopov	Register here	Symposium: Belarus in Contemporary Europe Wed, 17.11.2021 Speakers: Andriej Moskwin Clemena Antonova Pavel BarkouskiHenadz Korshunou, Anton Saifullayeu, Olga Shparaga, Aleksandr Raspopov Series: Conferences and Workshops For many years, Belarus was confined to the sidelines of European history. It was only with the presidential election of 2020 and the huge accompanying wave of social protests that the country became a widespread topic of discussion. The symposium “Belarus in Contemporary Europe: Saving an Identity” aimed to initiate a more in-depth debate on the current situation in Belarus and to consider how it might develop. Particular emphasis will be placed on the notion that Belarus is a country with a rich history and culture that has been a part of Europe and has maintained close relations with the rest of the continent for many centuries. Read more
Symposium: Belarus in Contemporary Europe Wed, 17.11.2021 Speakers: Andriej Moskwin Clemena Antonova Pavel BarkouskiHenadz Korshunou, Anton Saifullayeu, Olga Shparaga, Aleksandr Raspopov Series: Conferences and Workshops For many years, Belarus was confined to the sidelines of European history. It was only with the presidential election of 2020 and the huge accompanying wave of social protests that the country became a widespread topic of discussion. The symposium “Belarus in Contemporary Europe: Saving an Identity” aimed to initiate a more in-depth debate on the current situation in Belarus and to consider how it might develop. Particular emphasis will be placed on the notion that Belarus is a country with a rich history and culture that has been a part of Europe and has maintained close relations with the rest of the continent for many centuries. Read more
	Belarus: A Land that Rests on Three “Whales”	Mon, 15.11.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Andriej Moskwin Clemena AntonovaDessislava Gavrilova-Krasteva		Belarus: A Land that Rests on Three “Whales” Mon, 15.11.2021 Speakers: Andriej Moskwin Clemena AntonovaDessislava Gavrilova-Krasteva Series: Seminars and Colloquia In Poland, as in many European countries, Belarus is a country with a rather low profile. It was only the events of 2020 that demonstrated that there is a significant, strong civic community in Belarus demanding reform. In this context, research on various aspects of Belarusian literary life, culture and art is vital: it will serve not only to demonstrate Belarus’s rich literary and artistic output, but also the achievements of the process of Europeanization, which is crucial for the future of the country. Such activities are especially important now, as Belarusian culture is being repressed by the authorities and its representatives are either unable to work or are forced to emigrate. Read more
Belarus: A Land that Rests on Three “Whales” Mon, 15.11.2021 Speakers: Andriej Moskwin Clemena AntonovaDessislava Gavrilova-Krasteva Series: Seminars and Colloquia In Poland, as in many European countries, Belarus is a country with a rather low profile. It was only the events of 2020 that demonstrated that there is a significant, strong civic community in Belarus demanding reform. In this context, research on various aspects of Belarusian literary life, culture and art is vital: it will serve not only to demonstrate Belarus’s rich literary and artistic output, but also the achievements of the process of Europeanization, which is crucial for the future of the country. Such activities are especially important now, as Belarusian culture is being repressed by the authorities and its representatives are either unable to work or are forced to emigrate. Read more
	Delhi, Oxford, Moscow.	Thu, 14.10.2021	Lecture	Andrei SoldatovArundhati Virmani	Register here	Delhi, Oxford, Moscow. Thu, 14.10.2021 Speakers: Andrei SoldatovArundhati Virmani Series: Lecture Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher, academic, intellectual, president of the Indian Republic, spent his life in building and crossing unexpected bridges: between the multifarious activities he undertook during his lifetime, between places that he chose to inhabit, or where he was sent. His multifaceted profile thus led him from his native southern India to the seat of the British empire in Calcutta, to academic citadels in Britain and in the United-States, and later, at the heart of the Cold War, as ambassador to the Soviet Union. His trajectory allows us to follow these multilateral exchanges at different scales and leads us to consider the complex exchanges between distant places belonging to civilizational blocs like Europe, India and Russia beyond traditional binary poles, while viewing them in very contemporary contexts. The intervention examines how Radhakrishnan’s biography challenges our classic understandings of colonial and post-colonial categories and relationships. Read more
Delhi, Oxford, Moscow. Thu, 14.10.2021 Speakers: Andrei SoldatovArundhati Virmani Series: Lecture Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher, academic, intellectual, president of the Indian Republic, spent his life in building and crossing unexpected bridges: between the multifarious activities he undertook during his lifetime, between places that he chose to inhabit, or where he was sent. His multifaceted profile thus led him from his native southern India to the seat of the British empire in Calcutta, to academic citadels in Britain and in the United-States, and later, at the heart of the Cold War, as ambassador to the Soviet Union. His trajectory allows us to follow these multilateral exchanges at different scales and leads us to consider the complex exchanges between distant places belonging to civilizational blocs like Europe, India and Russia beyond traditional binary poles, while viewing them in very contemporary contexts. The intervention examines how Radhakrishnan’s biography challenges our classic understandings of colonial and post-colonial categories and relationships. Read more
	Red Platonism? Kazimir Malevich and Russian Religious Philosophy	Mon, 27.09.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Tatiana Levina		Red Platonism? Kazimir Malevich and Russian Religious Philosophy Mon, 27.09.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tatiana Levina Series: Seminars and Colloquia Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) is usually perceived as a revolutionary and iconoclast. His position is often presented in the light of Communism or Leninism. Several researchers have argued that Malevich’s “new theology” developed from glorifying God into extolling Lenin. Tatiana Levina started her talk with analysing Malevich’s “Cult of Lenin” and present his ideas on the Communist leader. She juxtaposed these with the metaphysical ideas he discusses in his tractate on Suprematism and showed his position within the circle of the Russian religious philosophy instead. Malevich’s intellectual parallels with religious philosophers Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), Sergey Bulgakov (1871-1944), and many others were the main focus of her talk. He has not usually been perceived as a worshipper of the divine, and she showed his way of glorifying God relying on Meister Eckhart’s negative theology and Gregory Palamas’s hesychasm. His revolutionary rhetoric during the first years of the Communist state, rather, served as an appeal to platonism and idealism. Read more
Red Platonism? Kazimir Malevich and Russian Religious Philosophy Mon, 27.09.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tatiana Levina Series: Seminars and Colloquia Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) is usually perceived as a revolutionary and iconoclast. His position is often presented in the light of Communism or Leninism. Several researchers have argued that Malevich’s “new theology” developed from glorifying God into extolling Lenin. Tatiana Levina started her talk with analysing Malevich’s “Cult of Lenin” and present his ideas on the Communist leader. She juxtaposed these with the metaphysical ideas he discusses in his tractate on Suprematism and showed his position within the circle of the Russian religious philosophy instead. Malevich’s intellectual parallels with religious philosophers Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), Sergey Bulgakov (1871-1944), and many others were the main focus of her talk. He has not usually been perceived as a worshipper of the divine, and she showed his way of glorifying God relying on Meister Eckhart’s negative theology and Gregory Palamas’s hesychasm. His revolutionary rhetoric during the first years of the Communist state, rather, served as an appeal to platonism and idealism. Read more
	Who Are Russia's National Heroes?	Mon, 28.06.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Krastev Maria Lipman		Who Are Russia's National Heroes? Mon, 28.06.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Maria Lipman Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent years, governments and citizens in countries all over the world, from Eastern Europe to North America and Africa, have torn down historical monuments in pursuit of historical justice.  Russia experienced such paroxysms of iconoclasm three times in the 20th century, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union, it instead embarked on a wave of monument building across the country. What are the dynamics and causes of this monument fever? What does it tell us about nation-building in Russia thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Read more
Who Are Russia's National Heroes? Mon, 28.06.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Maria Lipman Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent years, governments and citizens in countries all over the world, from Eastern Europe to North America and Africa, have torn down historical monuments in pursuit of historical justice.  Russia experienced such paroxysms of iconoclasm three times in the 20th century, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union, it instead embarked on a wave of monument building across the country. What are the dynamics and causes of this monument fever? What does it tell us about nation-building in Russia thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Read more
	Byzantium and the Origins of Eurasia	Mon, 28.06.2021	Conferences and Workshops	Alexey Lidov Clemena Antonova Sergey Ivanov Valentina IzmirlievaEndre Sashalmi, Ivan Foletti, Ivan Christov, Vladimir Cvetković		Byzantium and the Origins of Eurasia Mon, 28.06.2021 Speakers: Alexey Lidov Clemena Antonova Sergey Ivanov Valentina IzmirlievaEndre Sashalmi, Ivan Foletti, Ivan Christov, Vladimir Cvetković Series: Conferences and Workshops The aim of this international conference, organized under the auspices of the “Eurasia in Global Dialogue” Programme, was to offer a better understanding of contemporary developments in Eurasia by looking at their origins in Byzantium. The focus fell on the history of the reception of the Byzantine heritage in Russia and Eastern Europe. While addressing a wide range of topics in intellectual history, politics, aesthetics, religion, etc., all papers engaged with the contested nature of the concept of “Eurasia.” Read more
Byzantium and the Origins of Eurasia Mon, 28.06.2021 Speakers: Alexey Lidov Clemena Antonova Sergey Ivanov Valentina IzmirlievaEndre Sashalmi, Ivan Foletti, Ivan Christov, Vladimir Cvetković Series: Conferences and Workshops The aim of this international conference, organized under the auspices of the “Eurasia in Global Dialogue” Programme, was to offer a better understanding of contemporary developments in Eurasia by looking at their origins in Byzantium. The focus fell on the history of the reception of the Byzantine heritage in Russia and Eastern Europe. While addressing a wide range of topics in intellectual history, politics, aesthetics, religion, etc., all papers engaged with the contested nature of the concept of “Eurasia.” Read more
	Europe and Russia After the Liberal World Order	Mon, 31.05.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Ivan Krastev Timofei Bordachev		Europe and Russia After the Liberal World Order Mon, 31.05.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Ivan Krastev Timofei Bordachev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The relationship between Europe and Russia after the end of the Cold War emerged within the rules and practices of the Liberal World Order. This order was based on certain universal freedoms and global American leadership and ultimate power dominance. Recently it has been under stress, and now there are serious reasons to believe that it is coming to an end, under pressure from a change in the global composition of powers. Both Russia and Europe are looking for new roles within changing international politics. Read more
Europe and Russia After the Liberal World Order Mon, 31.05.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Ivan Krastev Timofei Bordachev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The relationship between Europe and Russia after the end of the Cold War emerged within the rules and practices of the Liberal World Order. This order was based on certain universal freedoms and global American leadership and ultimate power dominance. Recently it has been under stress, and now there are serious reasons to believe that it is coming to an end, under pressure from a change in the global composition of powers. Both Russia and Europe are looking for new roles within changing international politics. Read more