Deadline: 17 October 2014
Open to: contributors from Political Science and International Relations, Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Education and Media, Communication, Cultural Studies
Venue: 19-20 February 2015, London, United Kingdom
Description
University College London calls for papers for a workshop on ‘Popular geopolitics in Russia and post-Soviet Eastern Europe‘, to be held at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies on 19-20 February 2015. This workshop is intended to advance research into the societal or ‘popular’ dimension of geopolitics in Russia and post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
Participants are invited to tackle the following interrelated questions:
- How do citizens (the public) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other post-Soviet states perceive ‘the West’ and its constituent parts (the European Union, the USA and other individual countries), their regional neighbourhood and their place on the geopolitical map?
- How are geopolitical narratives sustained and/or challenged by domestic and transnational media, popular culture, government policies (including education and public diplomacy) and processes outside state control (such as travel and increasing internet use)?
- How do public attitudes reflect, contradict and/or shape official geopolitical rhetoric and policy choices?
- How might theoretical approaches and evidence from different disciplines and geographical areas be combined to further our understanding of such issues?
Eligibility
Contributions are invited from all relevant disciplines, particularly Political Science and International Relations, Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Education and Media/Communication/Cultural Studies.
Costs
Some funding is available to assist the strongest applicants with their travel and accommodation costs.
Application
In order to apply, please send an abstract of 250–300 words to the workshop convener, Dr Joanna Szostek, at j.szostek@ucl.ac.uk. Please indicate your name, title, institutional affiliation, research interests and the level of financial assistance you would require to attend (if any).
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 17 October 2014. Notifications on decision will be sent out by Friday, 7 November 2014. Papers will be due on Friday 16 January 2015.
Read the official call HERE.