Seminar Series
"West Coast Seminars" on Economic and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe (University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde and University of the West of Scotland).
ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS SEMINARS
Fifteenth Annual Series 2008-2009
Semester 2:
- Dr. Erik van Ree (University of Amsterdam )
“The Stalinist Self: The Case of Ioseb Jugashvili (the young Stalin, 1898-1907)”
Wednesday 21st of January, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
- Dr Vikki Turbine (Department of Politics, University of Glasgow)
‘Women, welfare and legal claims in contemporary Russia: new definitions and approaches to claiming rights?’
Wednesday 4th of February, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
- Professor Emeritus Bob Porter (Slavonic Studies, University of Glasgow)
'Understanding Russian Politics Through Literature: Valerii Kazakov's novel "Ten' goblina" (2008).
Wednesday 11th of February, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
- Dr Anna Maltseva (Faculty of Sociology, Altai State University, Russia)
'The Altai Region: its culture and sociological science'
Tuesday, 17th of February 5.30 pm
University of Glasgow, CEES seminar room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
- Dr Umut Korkut (University of Dublin)
'How to Best Reduce Regional Underdevelopment? Multi-level Collaboration vs Centralised Public Policy Making'
Wednesday, 18th of February 5.30 pm
University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Campus), Room A407
- Dr Martin Kovats (Birkbeck College, London)
'The Politics of Roma as a European Issue'
Wednesday, 4 March 5.30 pm
University of Glasgow, CEES seminar room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
- Dr Katherine Lebow (University of Virginia)
'The Making of the Polish Working Class: from Stalin to Solidarnosc in Nowa Huta'
Wednesday, 11th of March 5.30 pm
University of Glasgow, CEES seminar room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
- Dr Katja Mirwaldt (EPRC, University of Strathclyde)
'A Geographical Approach to the Contact Hypothesis: evidence from the Czech-German border'
Wednesday, 18th of March 5.30 pm
University of Strathclyde, Graham Hills Building, 40 Great George Street, Room 951
- Marek Naczyk (Department of Politics and International Relations, St Antony's College/University of Oxford)
'Can the Power Resources perspective and the Varieties of Capitalism approach shed new light on institutional change in Central European pension systems?'
Wednesday, 29th of April, 5.30
University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Campus), Room A407
- Dr Lynne Attwood (University of Manchester)
'Private Life in a Public Space: depictions of housing in Soviet magazine fiction'
Thursday 7th of May 5.30 pm
University of Glasgow, CEES seminar room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
- Paul Lassalle (University of the West of Scotland)
'Polish Entrepreneurs in Scotland: the Polish community, personal trajectories and business strategies'
Thursday, 21st of May 5.30 pm
University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Campus), Room A407
- Dr Laura Piacentini (University of Strathclyde)
'Women and Imprisonment in Russia'
Wednesday, 27th of May 5.30 pm
University of Strathclyde, Graham Hills Building, 40 Great George Street, Room 951
- Dr David Marples (University of Alberta, Department of History and Classics)
'The Causes of the 1933 Famine in Ukraine'
Wednesday 3rd of June 5.30 pm
University of Glasgow, CEES Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
Semester 1:
Francesca Stella (CEES, University of Glasgow)
'Soviet modernity and the 'modern homosexual': Researching lesbian sexuality through an oral history project'
Wednesday 3rd December, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
Brigita Stroda (Director of Latvian Tourism, London)
'The Role of Culture in Nation Branding'
Thursday 27th November, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
Murad Ismaylov (Baku State University and Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy)
'Structure, Agency and Resource Curse: Azerbaijan's Efforts to Minimise the Curse and Maximise the Blessing'
Wednesday 19th November, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens. Dr Sándor Gallai (Corvinus University, Budapest)
Informal discussion on current Hungarian politics (No paper)
Tuesday 11th November, 5.30pm
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens.
Dr Arturas Tereskinas (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
'Post-Soviet Masculinities, Shame and the Archives of Social Suffering in Contemporary Lithuania'
Tuesday 21 October, 5.30pm
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SERIES 2007-2008
Date : Wednesday 18 June, 5.30pm
Professor Kimitaka Matsuzato (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University)
'Orthodox Churches and Trans-border Politics in the Black Sea Rims'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 28 May, 5.30pm
Ms Valentina Feklyunina (Department of Politics, University of Glasgow)
'Russia's Image in the West and its Role in the Country's Foreign and Domestic Policies'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 21 May, 5.30pm
Dr Judit Molnár (University of Miskolc, Hungary)
'Poverty and segregation in the north-eastern villages of Hungary'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 14 May, 5.30pm
Professor Martin Myant (Business School, University of the West of Scotland)
'Local actors and economic development in North West Bohemia'
Venue : University of the West of Scotland, Paisley campus, Room A407.
Date : Wednesday 07 May, 5.30pm
Professor John Russell (Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford)
'Russia's Role in the War on Terror'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 30 April, 5.30pm
Professor Christopher Read (Department of History, University of Warwick)
'Retrieving the Historical Lenin'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 23 April, 5.30pm
Dr Kenneth Wilson
'Party-System Institutionalisation and Democracy: the Case of Russia'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 16 April, 5.30pm
Dr Dejan Jovic (Department of Politics, Stirling University)
'Dear Marshall Tito: Citizens writing to Josip Broz Tito, 1943-1964'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 12 March, 5.30pm
Mr Nadir Kinossian (School of City and Regional Planning, University of Cardiff)
'Constructing the Image of a Competitive City: the case of Kazan'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 13 February, 5.30pm
Professor Jane Hardy (Business School, University of Hertfordshire)
'The "survival" or "revival" of Polish trade unions in an enlarged Europe?'
Venue : University of the West of Scotland, Room F311, Paisley Campus
Date: Wednesday 23 January, 5.30pm
Dr Olaf Mertelsmann (Centre for the Study of Soviet History, University of Tartu)
'Sovietisation of the Western Borderlands: The Case of Estonia'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date : Wednesday 10th October, 5.30pm
Dr Michele Rivkin-Fish (Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
'Heart of an Intellegent: Collective Memoiry and the Justification of Class Revival in Russia'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date: Wednesday 17th October, 5.30pm
Professors Marju Lauristin and Peeter Vihalemm (University of Tartu)
'Lessons from the Soviet war monument crisis ('Bronze soldier riot') for Estonian Society'
Venue : University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Date: Wednesday 31st October, 5.30pm
Dr. Laimonas Briedis (History Department, University of Toronto)
'Between History and Geography: Tracing Europe in Vilnius'
University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens.
Thirteenth Annual Series: 2006-2007
Date: Tuesday March 20th
Speaker:Mr Andžs Ubelis (Former Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Latvia)
‘After EU Membership: Challenges to economic stability in Latvia'
Venue: University of Strathclyde, European Policies Research Centre, 40 George Street, Room 951
Date: April 18th
Speaker: Professor Donald Filtzer (University of East London)
'Hunger and Hygiene: Infant Mortality in Russia's Industrial Regions During Late Stalinism'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens
Date: April 25th
Speaker: Marcin Dabrowski (University of Paisley)
'New regionalism' in Central and Eastern Europe: changing perspectives and challenges'
Venue: University of Paisley, Room A407
Date: May 2nd
Speaker: Professor Mitchell Orenstein (University of Syracuse)
‘Transnational Influences on CEE Pension Reforms'
Venue: University of Paisley, Room A407
Date: May 16th (date to be confirmed)
Speaker: Dr Juliane Fuerst, (University of Oxford)
‘Comrades, Friends and Lovers: Soviet Post-War Morality in Theory and Practice'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens
Date: May 23rd
Speaker: David Moon (University of Durham)
'"Pyl'naia chasha (dust bowl)": the environmental history of the Russian steppes in comparative perspective.'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens
Date: POSTPONED unitl next year's series.
Speaker: Jane Hardy (University of Hertfordshire)
'Organising Migrant Polish Workers in the UK : The Role of Cross Border Collaboration'
Twelfth Annual Series: 2005-2006
Date: Wednesday 15th March
Speaker: Professor Martin Myant ( University of Paisley )
‘The Czech Social Democrats in Government'
Venue: University of Glasgow , Adam Smith Building , room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 22nd March
Speaker: Eamonn Butler ( University of Strathclyde )
‘The European Union and Eastern Enlargement: Hungary and the Security Lens'
Venue: University of Strathclyde , Graham Hills Building , room 951, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 19th April
Speaker: Igor Skowron ( University of Paisley )
'The Unwanted Class: A Discussion of Contemporary Enterprise Culture in Poland'
Venue: University of Paisley , venue to be confirmed, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 3rd May
Speaker: Professor Archie Brown ( University of Oxford )
‘Gorbachev Revisited'
Venue: University of Glasgow , Adam Smith Building , room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 17th May
Speaker: Martin Dewhirst ( University of Glasgow )
‘Election Observation in the fSU: Is It Worth It?'
Venue: University of Glasgow , Adam Smith Building room T315, 5.30pm.
Eleventh Annual Series: 2004- 2005
Date: Wednesday 3rd November
Speaker: Mr Hiski Haukkala (Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki)
‘The European Neighbourhood Policy of the EU'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Hetherington Building, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 15th December
Speaker: Dr Sylviu Miloiu (University of Targoviste, Romania),
'British Policy towards Estonia , Finland and Romania , 1939-1941'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 2nd February
Speaker: Dr Tom Lane (University of Bradford)
'East Central Europeans and European Union 1940-1970: Ideas, Pressure
Groups and Disillusionment'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 9th February
Speaker: Prof. Martin Myant (University of Paisley)
‘Is there new information on Czechoslovak history since 1989'
Venue: University of Paisley, room F307, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 16th February
Speaker: Dr Karoly Gruber
(EU Affairs Counsellor, Hungarian Embassy, London),
‘Challenges and opportunities, What does EU membership mean for Hungarian Foreign Policy?
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 23rd February
Speaker: Prof. Geoff Swain (University of the West of England)
‘Totalitarianisms Compared:Stalinism and Nazism in Eastern Latvia, 1940-46'
Venue: University of Strathclyde, McCance Building, room 4.02, 5.30pm.
Date: Thursday 3rd March
Speaker: Dr. Iain Laughlin, (University of Stirling)
'Terror and Utopia: Secret Police in Revolutionary Russia 1900-1938'.
Joint seminar with the Historical Association
Venue: University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, room 403.
Date: Wednesday 9th March
Speaker: Dr. John Round ( University of Leicester )
‘Coping with Post-Socialism: Changing Middle-Aged Masculinities in Post-Soviet Russia'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315 , 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 16th March
Speaker: Dr Rosie Read
(Honorary Research Fellow, CEES, University of Glasgow)
‘Voluntary Labour in the Czech Republic'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 13th April
Speaker: Ewa Helinska-Hughes, Mike Danson and Geoff Whittam
(University of Paisley)
'National and local agency support for Scottish SME exporting activity: Lessons for new EU member states'
Venue: University of Paisley, room F307, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 20th April
Speaker: Pawel Capik (University of Paisley)
‘Regional Promotion in East-Central Europe '
Venue: University of Paisley, room F307, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 27th April
Speaker: Prof. David R. Marples (University of Alberta)
'The “Populist Dictator”: the Lukashenka Phenomenon in Contemporary Belarus'
venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 4th May
Speaker: Dr Martin Kovats (University of Birmingham)
‘The Politics of National Identity in Post-communist Hungary'
Venue: University of Paisley, room F307, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 11th May
Speaker: Eamonn Butler (Department of Government, University of Strathclyde)
‘ Hungary and the European Union: The Implications of Hungary 's 'Nation Policy' for the Development of Minority Rights Within the EU'
Venue: University of Strathclyde, European Policies Research Centre, Graham Hills Building, room 951.
Date: Wednesday 18th May
Speaker: Dr Helen Morris (CEPS, Brussels and visiting fellow CEES, Glasgow)
‘ Latvia 's Current Nationalities policy: the rights and status of the non-citizen population following EU accession'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
Date: Wednesday 25th May
Speaker: Dr Derek Hutcheson (University of Glasgow)
‘The State of the Fourth Estate: Media and Politics in Russian Elections'
Venue: University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, room T315, 5.30pm.
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