Decolonization: Why Does It Matter?

Subtitle: 
Decolonization in Focus Series (Panel I)
Activity Type: 
Panel Discussion
Presenter: 
Epp Annus, Svitlana Biedarieva, Marina Mogilner, Tamar Shirinian
Date: 
Friday, February 3, 2023 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Zoom

The Russian war in Ukraine has had innumerable impacts, from personal to political, local, national, and global. One of the many sea changes wrought by the war has been the reckoning within Slavic/Russian & Eurasian Studies over the outsized role Russia has played and continues to play in the field and what could and should be done about it. In its third year, the In Focus series will focus on decolonizing Russian and Eurasian studies. The invited panelists will consider the relationships of power that have long dominated the region, how they have impacted the field of study, and what, if anything, could and should be done about it.

The series will have six wide-ranging panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will be encouraged to consider why decolonizing Russian & Eurasian studies matters, how to implement concrete change in their classrooms, and how to conceive of the future of expertise within the field. All sessions will be convened using Zoom, live-streamed via YouTube, and recorded for later viewing.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Association for Slavic
East European
and Eurasian Studies
Non-University Sponsors: 
“Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies
University of Chicago”
“Center for Russia
East Europe
and Central Asia
University of Wisconsin-Madison”
“Center for Russian
East European
and Eurasian Studies
University of Kansas”
“Center for Russian
University of Michigan”
“Center for Russian
University of Texas at Austin”
“Center for Slavic
Ohio State University”
“Center for Slavic
Eurasian and East European Studies
UNC-Chapel Hill”
“Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Indiana University
Bloomington”
“Institute of Slavic
University of California
Berkeley”
“Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute
Bloomington”
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No