Nationalism, imperialism and Russian identity
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Introduction
Theorists of nationalism tend to see national and imperial identities are separate, opposed and sequential phenomena. But in the Russian case imperial and national identities are inextricably connected. What are the main parameters of Russian identity today?
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Attendees
Speaker: Peter Rutland
Peter Rutland is a professor of government at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, US. He studies the political economy of contemporary Russia and the dynamics of nationalism in the post-soviet space. He is author of “The Politics of Economic Stagnation in the Soviet Union” and “The Myth of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet Planning Experience”. He is an associate editor of The Russian Review, vice president of the Association for Study of Nationalities, and an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. He previously taught at Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin, and London University.
Moderator: Zhang Xin
Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University.
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Time and Venue
2025 June 6, 10:00—11:30
Conference Room A416, Science Building, Putuo Campus, ECNU
Background readings:
Rutland, Peter. 2023. “Thirty years of nation-building in the post-soviet state”. Nationalities Papers 51 (1): 14-32.
Blakkisrud Helge. 2023. “Russkii as the New Rossiiskii? Nation-Building in Russia After 1991.” Nationalities Papers, 51 (1): 64-79.
If you can’t find the two recommended background readings, please contact the moderator of the talk (email: xzhang@saias.ecnu.edu.cn)
