Open lecture: How do Russians represent themselves: Russian identity today

The open lecture How do Russians represent themselves: Russian identity today takes place in Tallinn University, room A-325 on 24 April at 12 p.m.

Visiting Scholar Maria Eremenko, lecturer at Comparative politics department, research fellow at Laboratory for Political Studies, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia will give an open lecture at the Institute of Political Science and Governance about Russian identity today. Research interests: collective identities, European identity, Soviet identity.

How do people from Russia picture their own identity? Are there any historic roots which form a specific mentality of Russian people and thus define the political culture? Are there any regional differences in self-representation of Russian people and is it in fact correct to speak about some common Russian space? Issues on “mysterious Russian soul”, notions of “Russian/russkij” and “Russian/rossijskij” and factors that formed (and still are on their way) contemporary Russian identity are to be discussed.

The lecture will be held in English. No previous registration required, everyone is welcome!

The event is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme, Marie Curie Actions (IRSES) through the project Transition versus Transformation: comparing paths to democratic change in the former USSR using case study based evidence from civil society, international aid and domestic politics.

More information about the project: www.tlu.ee/transfor