UCL Nordic/Baltic Study Day

Friday, 28 November 2008, Council Room, South Wing, UCL

Opening presentation (9.45-10.30)

Politics and International Relations (10.45-12.15)
Chair: Patrick Salmon, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dr Christopher Browning, Warwick University: 'Narrating Identity and Security beyond Westernisation'
Dr Kristina Spohr-Readman, LSE International History: 'Researching Baltic diplomatic history in the twentith century'
Dr Allan Sikk, UCL SSEES: 'Green without a Tinge of Red: The Fall and Rise of Estonian Greens'

Lunch (12.30-1.30)

Nation and Identity (13.30-15.00)
Chair: Dr Charles Walker, University of Oxford

Ms Olga Cara, UCL SSEES: 'The acculturation of Russian-speaking adolescents in Latvia: three years after the 2004 education reform'
Mr Matthew O'Sullivan, University of Oxford: ''The Russian-speaking population in Latvia: ethnic identity as a factor in higher education choice'
Ms Violeta Parutis, UCL SSEES: ''At home' in migration: the social practices of constructing 'home' among Polish and Lithuanian migrants in London'

History and Society (15.30-17.00)
Chair: Thomas Munch-Petersen, UCL Scandinavian Studies

Dr Mary Hilson, UCL Scandinavian Studies: 'Nordic contacts and Nordic internationalism in the consumer co-operative movement, c. 1895-1939'
Dr Richard Mole, UCL SSEES: 'Nationality and sexuality: homophobic political discourse and the ‘national threat’ in post-Soviet Latvia'
Dr Titus Hjelm, UCL SSEES: 'What pluralism? The ethnic and religious diversification of Finland'

Places for the Study Day are limited. Anyone interested in attending must contact Richard Mole or Mary Hilson in advance.

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