Post-Communist Identity Group (PCIG)
2007/2008
We invite staff and students to join a new discussion group organised by the Russian and East European Studies Department. Once a month in an informal atmosphere participants will be able to discuss (in English!) a number of broad and complementary themes relating to post-communist identity. Each session will have a facilitator who will briefly present material and/or pose questions to stimulate discussion which, it is hoped, will foster interaction between staff and students from different departments, and serve as seedbed for future academic initiatives.
The seminars will start at 4.00 p.m, Samuel Alexander Building, S3.3
Second Semester
20 February 2008
Prof. Stephen Hutchings (University of Manchester, UK)
"Russian TV and the global format: sitcoms and talk-shows"
12 March 2008
Dr. Ewa Ochman (University of Manchester, UK)
"Post-communist Identity and the Polish Press"
23 April 2008
Dr. Adelina Angusheva-Tihanov (University of Manchester, UK)
"Between the Horse Tail and the Folk Tale: the Creation of Cultural Identities
in Post-Communist Bulgaria"
21 May 2008
PhD student Maria Petrova
""The impact of the Roerich movement and related groups on the construction of Russian post-communist national identity""
First Semester
24 October 2007
Prof. David MacFadyen (University of California, USA)
"Russian Pop Music under Putin: Stately Media versus Pod- and
Videocasting"
14 November 2007
Dr. Adi Kunstman (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
"The Russian-speaking Internet as Post-Soviet Diaspora Space"
11 December 2007
Dr. Oxana Poberejnaia (University of Manchester, UK)
"Post-Soviet Stand up comedy"