Deadline:
June 04, 2025
Program Starts: June 11, 2025
Program Ends: June 13, 2025
Location(s)
Estonia
Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, University of Tartu
Overview
The Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu, in collaboration with the University of Tartu Ukraine Centre (UTUC), invites proposals for full panels, roundtables, and individual papers for its 2025 annual conference on East European and Eurasian Studies. The Tartu Conference provides an academic forum that brings together scholars from area studies, comparative politics, international relations, economics, history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and related disciplines to discuss the fundamental cultural, social, economic, and political trends and questions affecting all aspects of life in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The organisers expect that, as in previous years, more than 200 scholars will attend the event.
Details
The conference will take place as a fully in–person event at the University of Tartu, Estonia. The conference will begin in the afternoon on Wednesday 11 June and end in the late afternoon on Friday 13 June. The conference opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday evening, followed by a plenary roundtable on “Democracy and Resilience” and a drinks reception. On Thursday evening, there will be a keynote lecture followed by a conference dinner. This year’s keynote will be given by Kate Brown, Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will speak about community action and urban self-provisioning in a talk entitled: “Tiny Gardens Everywhere: A Kaleidoscopic History of the Food Sovereignty Frontier.”
The Tartu Conference 2025 invites participants to address the historical legacies, contemporary challenges, and future pathways of resilience in Eastern Europe and Northern Eurasia, focusing on social, political, economic, and environmental factors shaping how different states, communities, and individuals adapt and transform when faced with adversity. The conference welcomes submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Historical and contemporary cases of resilience, including adaptations and transformations during times of crisis (e.g., wars, regime change, migration and population displacement, pandemics, economic downturns)
- Cultural resilience, including the role of language, identity, memory, and heritage in building and sustaining communities
- Democratic resilience, social mobilization, and collective action in response to political and legal challenges (e.g., authoritarianism, populism, political polarization, disinformation, corruption)
- Resilience and adaptive strategies in the face of resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and climate change
- Institutional adaptations to (geo)political pressures and internal and external security threats, including EU integration, NATO cooperation, hybrid warfare, and shifts in foreign policy alignment
- Strategies to counter the impact of disinformation and information warfare on public opinion, political stability, and social cohesion
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Dates
Deadline: June 04, 2025
Program starts:
June 11, 2025
Program ends:
June 13, 2025
Program Starts: June 11, 2025
Program Ends: June 13, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
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Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
