• Researchers from more than 30 countries across the world will gather in Tartu to discuss the past, present, and future of Eastern Europe and Eurasia

    The Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies on 11–13 June 2023 will bring more than 200 researchers from 33 countries to Tartu to discuss the fundamental cultural, social, economic, and political trends affecting all aspects of life in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The international conference in the field of social sciences […]… Read more

  • Event invitation: Three sessions of the Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies open to the public

    The Sixth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies on 12–14 June 2022, invites everyone interested to attend three open sessions. A keynote address by Prof Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas): Confronting Epistemic Injustice: Ukraine as a Challenge to Our Field If there is a common thread in the world’s reaction to Ukraine’s […]… Read more

  • International conference to reflect on the state of East European and Eurasian Studies in the light of Russia-Ukraine war

    The Sixth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies on 12–14 June 2022 will bring more than 150 researchers to Tartu for a discussion on the contemporary challenges in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The international conference, organised for the sixth time by the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) of the University […]… Read more

  • Schedule of the Sixth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies is now out

    Schedule and detailed programme of the Annual Tartu Conference are now available on the conference website. Topics vary from international relations to domestic politics, sociology, literary studies, history, culture, digitalisation, healthcare, gender studies, covering a wide range of issues and bringing together specialists focusing on Eastern Europe and Eurasia from different disciplinary perspectives. Overall, more than […]… Read more

  • CfP: Sixth Annual Tartu Conference, 12-14 June 2022

    We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for panels, roundtables and papers for the Sixth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies, due to take place on 12-14 June 2022 in Tartu, Estonia. Next year’s theme is “Which Way is the Future? Progress and Tradition in Eastern Europe and Eurasia”. Scholars […]… Read more

  • Eastern Platform Conference in Tartu on 14-15 October 2021

    University of Tartu Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, in cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Leonid Nevzlin Research Center, and Nadav Foundation, are organizing the next edition of the Eastern Platform, titled “Platform “Freedom and Unfreedom in Critical Times: Liberalism and Illiberalism in Central, Eastern, and Baltic Europe”, from 14 to 15 October. […]… Read more

  • Roundtables mark the beginning of this year’s Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies

    Two roundtables, focussing on information warfare and on Soviet subjectivities, respectively, will take place ahead of the Fifth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies. While the conference is held on 6-8 June for registered participants and guests, the roundtables on 31 May and 5 June are open to everyone interested. Viacheslav Morozov, […]… Read more

  • Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Tartu Conference 2021

    FIFTH ANNUAL TARTU CONFERENCE ON RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIESPost-Socialist (dis)Orders 6-8 June 2021, Tartu, Estonia Deadline for CfP is 20 January 2021. Scholars working in all subfields of area studies, including comparative politics, international relations, economics, history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and related disciplines, are invited to submit proposals for panels, roundtables and papers for the […]… Read more

  • Tartu Conference received the ICCEES Award for International Cooperation

    The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) has chosen the Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies as the first recipient of the Award for the Promotion of International Cooperation. The aim of the ICCEES award is to recognize international networks of scholars which have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to ICCEES’ […]… Read more

  • Conference focuses on issues of sovereignty and identity in Russia and Eastern Europe

    The Fourth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies on 9-11 June will bring nearly 250 researchers from across the world to Tartu for a discussion over the contemporary challenges to states and communities in Russia and Eastern Europe. This academic conference is organised for the fourth consecutive year at the initiative of […]… Read more