What is Eurasia to Us? Ideology and Interests in post-Soviet Space
| Dates: | 10 October 2013 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Professor Mark Bassin, Ilya Yablokov, Dr Peter Duncan, Diana Kudaibergenova |
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This workshop seeks to challenge the distinction between domestic and foreign politics in post-communist Eurasia. In the context of discourses of “Eurasia,” it examines the strategies that political elites use in the formation of foreign policy to promote their own domestic agenda and secure their access to the resources of the state. To achieve this, it focuses in particular on a recent renaissance of the idea of Eurasia as a form of cohesive economic, cultural, and ideational space. It also draws attention to how these ideas are contested and challenged at every geographic scale - from the supra-national to the local.
Speakers
Professor Mark Bassin
Role: Speaker
Organisation: Sodertorn University College, Sweden
Ilya Yablokov
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University of Manchester
Dr Peter Duncan
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University College London
Diana Kudaibergenova
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University of Cambridge
Travel and Contact Information
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Theatre B
Coupland Building 3
Manchester
