Publication: Symposium on regionalism and the transformation of liberal international order
In the forthcoming issue of Polity (the University of Chicago Press), the symposium focuses on the transformation of the liberal international order through studies of regions located at Europe’s margins, where new dynamics of power relations are on the rise and the appeal of illiberal ideas and forms of governance is growing. The symposium has been put […]… Read more
Annual Tartu Conference 2020 cancelled
We regret to inform you that, after careful consideration, we have come to the conclusion that the Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies cannot take place this year. Given the scale of the COVID-19 epidemic, it is unrealistic to expect that the global travel situation will stabilise by June. We are therefore […]… Read more
Viacheslav Morozov to deliver a public lecture in Brussels
CEURUS member Viacheslav Morozov is giving a talk at the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent) on “The long 1980s: class, gender and late Soviet neoliberalism”. The lecture takes place on 5 March at 12:30. Since the mid-1970s, Soviet popular culture is increasingly concerned with the new class hierarchies, which constitute the Soviet […]… Read more
CEURUS to train Estonian MFA staff
The University of Tartu (UT) and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen the capacity of the Estonian foreign service. The agreement includes collaboration in the fields of R&D, applied research as well as degree studies and training courses. The agreement, which focuses above all on international […]… Read more
CfA: BEAR Network Summer School for UT students
The ‘Soft Power’ of the EU and Russia in Divided Societies The BEAR Network invites applications from (post)graduate students to attend the BEAR 2020 Narva Summer School at Narva College, University of Tartu, Estonia, June 28-July 3, 2020. A summary of summer school activities can be found below. Full-time thesis students enrolled in a (post)graduate […]… Read more
Vice President of the Atlantic Council to talk about the Three Seas Initiative
The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies is pleased to announce that Mr Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President of the Atlantic Council, will give a public lecture on the Three Seas Initiative at the Institute on Tuesday, 18 February at 12.15. The lecture takes place in the Faculty of Social Sciences building, at Lossi 36, room […]… Read more
CfA: OSF Eurasia Programme Fellowships 2020 at the University of Tartu
The University of Tartu (Estonia) announces a call for applications for doctoral candidates and PhD-holding academics in the Social Sciences for a five-month fellowship at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, supported by the Eurasia Programme of the Open Society Foundations. The call is addressed to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine […]… 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
CfA: OSF Eurasia programme fellowships 2019-2020
The University of Tartu (Estonia) announces a call for applications for doctoral candidates and PhD-holding academics in the Social Sciences for a five-month fellowship at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, supported by the Eurasia Programme of the Open Society Foundations. The call is addressed to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine […]… Read more
New MOOC on EU-Russia relations out today
On February 11, the online classes offered for more than 800 participants by the e-course “Understanding EU-Russia Relations: Foreign Policy Actors, Institutions and Policy-Making”will officially start. The main goal of the course is to provide an interdisciplinary overview of EU-Russia relations. The lectures cover the two actors’ policy-making and institutions in the field of foreign policy […]… Read more
