Scientific Committee: Stefano Bianchini, Marco Puleri, Massimiliano Trentin.
The Communist Legacy, Thirty Years On: Politics, Economics and Society beyond (Post-)Communism
December 16, h. 10:00 am – online
Chair: Massimiliano Trentin (University of Bologna)
- Marco Puleri (University of Bologna), Remapping the Post-Soviet Space: Politics, Culture and National Identities after the Collapse of the USSR
- Stefano Bianchini (University of Bologna), The Unfinished History of Yugoslav Disintegration
- Stephen Crowley (Oberlin College, US), The Legacy Transformed: Russia and the Challenge of Deindustrialization
- Marco Zoppi & Sanja Kajinic (University of Bologna), Human Rights, Minorities and Migration: Thirty Years After the Breakup of Yugoslavia
Discussant: Mikhail Minakov, Kennan Institute (Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington D.C.)
The Demise of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union as a Multifaceted Experience: Looking at the Diversity of Impacts Beyond the Breakdown
December 16, h. 03:30 p.m. – online
Chair: Marco Puleri (University of Bologna)
- Georgiy Kasianov (Marie Curie - Sklodowska University, Lublin), How Revision of the Past Destroyed the Soviet Union in the Present: the Case of Ukraine
- Artemy Kalinowsky (Temple University, USA), Impact and Legacies of the USSR Demise in Central Asia
- Julie Mostov (New York University, USA), Gendered Aspects of the Breakdown of Yugoslavia and Populist Present
- Craig Nation (Dickinson College, USA), Transition in the Twilight Zone: Post-Yugoslavia’s Strategic Void
Discussant: Stefano Bianchini (University of Bologna)
International Projections of the Demise of the Socialist Federations. Special focus on and the Non-Aligned Movement and MENA Countries
December 17, h. 10:30 am – Department of Political and Social Sciences, Aula 4, Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna
Chair: Francesco Privitera (University of Bologna)
- Chiara Lovotti (University of Bologna), Defining Influence: the Heydays of the USSR in the Middle East and North Africa
- Rinna Kullaa (University of Tampere), The Compunded Impact of the Crisis of Yugoslavia and the USSR on the Non-Aligned Movement
- Massimiliano Trentin (University of Bologna), The Economic Impact of Socialist Demise in the Middle East
- Francesco Saverio Leopardi, The Arab Left(s) and the Demise of Socialism in the USSR
Discussant: Andrey Chuprygin (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
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