• “I AM @ MEDIA“ project has launched blogging activities

    Blogging activities have been held in Chernihiv, Ukraine within the framework o “I AM @ MEDIA“ project run by Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) at the University of Tartu in cooperation with the Ukrainian Human Rights Foundation. Active participants of blogging workshops focusing on practicalities […]… Read more

  • Webinar on art and political activism in Belarus

    Under initiative supported by the 2020 – 2023 Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid to Eastern Partnership countries programme of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at University of Tartu and the Center for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) in cooperation with the Belarusian Student Support Association and Honest University […]… Read more

  • New project „I AM @ MEDIA“ aimed at Ukrainian female civil activists launched

    Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) at the University of Tartu are happy to announce the launch of “I AM @ MEDIA“ project, which will run from September 2021 to June 2022 in cooperation with the Ukrainian Human Rights Foundation. The initiative is supported by the […]… Read more

  • New training on Understanding Russia: Insights into Contemporary Russian Culture and Politics

    CEURUS will hold a training in Russian “Insights into Contemporary Russian Culture and Politics” for public and private sector employees in Tallinn, Estonia from 13-17 December, 2021. The language of instruction is Russian. The Russian Federation may often be perceived as the reincarnation of the Soviet Union, a country of authoritarian political culture single-handedly ruled […]… Read more

  • Andrey Makarychev’s inaugural lecture on 21 October 2021

    The inaugural lecture by Andrey Makarychev, Professor of Regional Political Studies at the University of Tartu on „Regionalism: a Biopolitical Perspective“ will be delivered on 21 October 2021 at 16:15 in the White Hall of the UT Museum. The discipline of regional studies has been traditionally known for its focus on geographic and geopolitical factors […]… Read more

  • Webinar “Migration crisis on the external border of the EU with Belarus”

    University of Tartu Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and The Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) are holding the next webinar in the series of “Raising civil society awareness in Belarus” on October 19 via Zoom from 18.00 – 19.30 (EEST, UTC+3). The topic of the fifth webinar is the migration crisis on the […]… 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

  • Join the new e-course “Common Challenges of Competing Regionalisms”

    Are you interested to widen your knowledge about comparative regionalism and integration processes in Europe and Eurasia? Would you like to know more about the dimensions of comparative regionalism in the European and Eurasian context in the light of emergence, transformation, and consolidation of integration processes in the EU and in the former Soviet space? Join our brand-new […]… Read more

  • Election Analysis Seminars: Russian Federal Elections 2021

    Election Analysis Seminar Series of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political StudiesRussian Federal Elections 2021: Who Cares? On September 19, Russian Duma elections will, without doubt, deliver yet another win for the ruling United Russia party. Given the current political reality, the elections appear as a mere imitation of democracy. One might ask, with the […]… Read more

  • Webinar “COVID-19 in Belarus: Social and Political Lessons of the Pandemic”

    University of Tartu Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and The Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) are holding the next webinar in the series of “Raising civil society awareness in Belarus” on September 21 via Zoom from 18.00 – 19.30 (EEST, UTC+3). The topic of the fourth webinar is social and political lessons of […]… Read more