CfP: 2011 ASEEES Local Identities in Post-Soviet Russia

[Joonseo Song]

Panel Title: Defining Local Identities in Post-Soviet Russia

The rapid transformation of local landscapes in Post-Soviet Russia
challenges scholars' understanding of local identities. In addition to
center-periphery relationships, such factors as ethnicity, migration,
media, market economy, and globalization have further complicated
self-images of individual regions. We organize a panel on
transitional aspects of local identities in Post-Soviet Russia. Primary
focus will be given to concrete cases of (re)construction and
representation of identities in the cities and federal subjects of the
Russian Federation. How have local identities been rebuilt after the
fall of Communism? How are real and imagined spaces integrated into
local identities? How do globalization and locality interact in the
rebuilding process of identities? How are newly established
identities shared and transmitted? By exploring these questions, we
intend to grasp the dynamics and complexity of regional identities in
contemporary Russia. 

We may organize one or two panels depending on the
number of participants and the coverage of topics. Please send your
paper title and brief abstract to songjoo1 at gmail.com by Jan 10,
2011.

Joonseo Song, Ph.D.
Institute of Russian Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Seoul, Korea

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