Events / Program: The World in Pieces

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922	Mon, 27.10.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov	Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922 Mon, 27.10.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows' Colloquium will demonstrate that, Russian imperial collapse notwithstanding, Constantinople’s allure was still strong enough in Bolshevik Moscow to generate outstanding literary works, artistic production, and geopolitical fantasizing. Russian political imagination during Istanbul’s short ‘Russian moment’ reflected a real multi-sided geopolitical rivalry over Constantinople. Read more
Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922 Mon, 27.10.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows' Colloquium will demonstrate that, Russian imperial collapse notwithstanding, Constantinople’s allure was still strong enough in Bolshevik Moscow to generate outstanding literary works, artistic production, and geopolitical fantasizing. Russian political imagination during Istanbul’s short ‘Russian moment’ reflected a real multi-sided geopolitical rivalry over Constantinople. Read more
	Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity	Mon, 20.10.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina	Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity Mon, 20.10.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Inna Berezkina explored how societies reckon with unaddressed violence in the absence of formal judgment. Berezkina proposes reframing accountability as a historical force that can foster social repair and resilience even without democratic transition. Read more
Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity Mon, 20.10.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Inna Berezkina explored how societies reckon with unaddressed violence in the absence of formal judgment. Berezkina proposes reframing accountability as a historical force that can foster social repair and resilience even without democratic transition. Read more
	Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism	Mon, 16.06.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova	Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism Mon, 16.06.2025 Speakers: Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Assaf Sharon explored the rise of religious nationalism as a dominant political force in many countries around the globe. Often regarded as a front for xenophobia, racism, or economic anxiety, it has deep intellectual roots and a distinct approach to political authority, state sovereignty, and social morality. Taking it seriously is indispensable for understanding the phenomenon and the challenge it poses for liberal societies. Read more
Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism Mon, 16.06.2025 Speakers: Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Assaf Sharon explored the rise of religious nationalism as a dominant political force in many countries around the globe. Often regarded as a front for xenophobia, racism, or economic anxiety, it has deep intellectual roots and a distinct approach to political authority, state sovereignty, and social morality. Taking it seriously is indispensable for understanding the phenomenon and the challenge it poses for liberal societies. Read more
	Decolonizing Slavic Studies	Tue, 28.11.2023	Lecture	Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson	Decolonizing Slavic Studies Tue, 28.11.2023 Speakers: Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson Series: Lecture Ewa Thompson´s lecture dealt with the insights first articulated in that book: why Russian colonialism has not been noticed until recently, how the teaching of Russian literature and history in the West has been influenced by colonialist distortions present in Russian literature, and the role of Western universities and research centres in promoting a colonialist version of Russian history. Read more
Decolonizing Slavic Studies Tue, 28.11.2023 Speakers: Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson Series: Lecture Ewa Thompson´s lecture dealt with the insights first articulated in that book: why Russian colonialism has not been noticed until recently, how the teaching of Russian literature and history in the West has been influenced by colonialist distortions present in Russian literature, and the role of Western universities and research centres in promoting a colonialist version of Russian history. Read more