Visions of Hope and Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus

The continuation of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, political repressions, crackdowns on LGBTQ+, women’s, ethnic and religious communities’ rights, environmental crises, and the ramifications of colonial legacies have marked the past several years in the region of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. While indispensable academic research is being carried out to investigate various forms of political, social, cultural, and economic oppression and violence, it is crucial to highlight positive alternatives nurtured in these hostile contexts. Throughout history, individuals, communities, institutions, and states have and continue to navigate, adapt, and resist multiple overlapping challenges, fighting for their right to imagine and realize a better future.

The 2024 SSEES Postgraduate Conference celebrates the champions of hope and resilience of the past, present, and future of the region. Early-career researchers from a wide variety of disciplines will share their insights on how diverse actors and institutions have found, constructed, and negotiated political, social, cultural, and economic alternatives in the face of oppression, structural marginalization, and numerous overlapping threats and vulnerabilities.

All events take place either in the Masaryk Senior Common Room or in Room 432, both located in the SSEES building, 16 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW.

If you have any questions please contact us at sseespgconference2024@gmail.com

If you would like to join us online, please click on the relevant Zoom link:

4 November

Opening Remarks

9:45am London

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On Negotiating Identities I

10am London

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On Speaking Dissent

10am London

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Keynote Day 1: Sociological Research on Resilience During the War in Ukraine

Keynote Address by Dr Tymofii Brik

11:30am London

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On Negotiating Identities II

2:00pm London

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On the Power of Memory I

2:00pm London

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On Institutional Dissent

4:00pm London

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On the Power of Memory II

4:00pm London

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5 November

Keynote Day 2: Tangled in Space and Time: Decolonial Queer Option in Central Asia and Russia by Dr Mariya Levitanus

9:30am London

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On the Arts of Resistance I

11:00am London

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On Living in Defiance

11:00am London

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On the Arts of Resistance II

2:00pm London

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On Gendered Shifts

2:00pm London

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On the Arts of Resistance III

4:00pm London

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On Ways of Governance

4:00pm London

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