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SUMMARY:“Would They Defend Our Eastern Border?” State Allegiances as Pote
 nt Connections - Sirpa Wrede
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DESCRIPTION:Morgan Centre and Department of Sociology seminar\n\nProfesso
 r Sirpa Wrede (Centre of Excellence for Research in Ageing and Care\, Un
 iversity of Helsinki\, Finland)\n\nThis paper considers the multifaceted
  nature of state allegiances amidst contemporary geopolitical tensions. 
 It argues that conflicts and war revitalise the significance of state al
 legiances\, revitalizing nationalistic discourses that employ militarist
 ic rhetoric for mimetic warfare. Through a \nlens of mimetic affinities 
 and alterities\, the paper examines how nationalist narratives construct
  ideas of shared kinship and the exclusion of Others. It also considers 
 the implications for individuals navigating multiple allegiances\, with 
 a specific focus on Russian-background people in \nFinland. By unravelin
 g the complexities of allegiance\, the paper underscores the dangerous d
 ynamics of strategic remembrance\, public memory and antipathy.\n\nBio: 
 Dr Sirpa Wrede is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki
  and Vice Director of the Research Council of Finland Centre of Excellen
 ce for Research in Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare)\, where she leads the U
 niversity of Helsinki's Migration\, Care\, and Ageing (MICA) research te
 am. With expertise in state and citizenship dynamics\, her research focu
 ses on migration\, health\, ageing\, and care. She also examines profess
 ional occupations like medical doctors\, midwives\, nurses\, and care wo
 rkers\, exploring themes such as medicalization\, migrant workforce inte
 gration\, digitalisation\, and neoliberal reforms. Her current interest 
 lies on understanding how the recent border hostilities are influencing 
 how Russian-background people residing in Finland live their daily lives
  and how they perceive their future life trajectories.\n\nCoffee and Cak
 e available from 1.45pm\, seminar starts at 2pm. 
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LOCATION:Room 5.205\, University Place\, Manchester
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