Join us in the Cultura Foundation conference on the role of the media in the integration of the Russian-speaking population on the 29th October in Helsinki. We will be discussing media consumption patterns among Russian speakers in Finland, media importance and Russian language media challenges in attracting Russian speaking audience. Participation in the conference is […]
On the 5th of June 2024 Tatiana Romashko (MA) has had a public examination of her doctoral thesis in Cultural Policy “Development of Contemporary Russian Cultural Policy: From Liberal Decentralisation towards Conservative Hegemony”. This doctoral project outlines the development of cultural policy in modern Russia in two distinct periods: the post-Soviet era and the period
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What: Two thought-provoking roundtable discussions on the “Cultural heritage destruction and cultural mobilisation” and “Military Aesthetics, Historical Mythology and Patriotic Education”. When: 19 – 23 August, 2024 Where: University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Who: Dr. Miia Huttunen, Dr. Oleksandra Gaidai, Dr. Elżbieta Olzacka, Dr. Domenico Valenza, Dr. Nadiia Koval, Denys Tereshchenko, Tatiana Romashko Roundtable 1. (Inter)national Cultural Policy and
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In collaboration with scholars from the recently launched project ‘Everyday Affective Practices Online: Producing, Experiencing, and Managing Hate Speech in the Digital Era’, our team organised a workshop to foster dialogue on shared research interests, challenges, and potential solutions This gathering included team members as well as individual researchers focusing on Russian-speaking communities – Dr
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What: A thought-provoking roundtable discussion on the “Remnants of the ‘Russian World’ in Europe’s Online and Offline Spaces“. When: April 2024 Where: Cambridge, UK Who: Dr. Jade McGlynn, Dr. Tatiana Golova, Dr. Vera Zvereva, Dr. Kapitolina Fedorova, Tatiana Romashko In recent years, the Kremlin’s promotion of the concept of the ‘Russian world’ has sparked an
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The full version was first published on the Kone Foundation website, At the Well Blog. It can be found here. At a recent conference in Riga, Latvia, entitled “Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Changing European Security Environment”, the question was raised as to why we should study Russian society. This question becomes even more
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In this blog post I explore the complicated dynamics surrounding the construction of the ‘cultural front’ in Putin’s Russia. Recently I participated in a conference, where I presented some results of my research into the changes in cultural legislation over the past year. My case study sheds light on the use of cultural policy to
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The concept of the ‘Russian world’ has been the subject of much debate and interpretation, both in Russia and elsewhere. Originally, the term referred to the cultural and historical heritage shared by the people of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity or citizenship. In recent years, however, the term has taken on a more political connotation
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We are holding a kick-off workshop for our research project “‘Russian World’ Next Door: Discourses of the Russian Political Communication and Cultural Diplomacy in Finland”. The project will be presented by its Principal Investigator Dr. Vera Zvereva and two project researchers Tatiana Romashko and Rasa Žakevičiūtė. In this workshop, we will talk about the objectives of
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