Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research

27/05/2026

RUCARR Seminar June 2, 13:15-15:00 pm CET: "Russian-led Eurasia: still holding together, but for how long?" by Sean Roberts, Senior Lecturer and Ulrike Ziemer PhD, Senior Lecturer, both from University of Wi******er.

More info and Zoom-link here:

🎤Sean Roberts, Senior Lecturer and Ulrike Ziemer PhD, Senior Lecturer, both from University of Wi******er 📅June 2, 13:15-15:00 🏢Zoom: https://lnkd.in/eFB3P9Ua

15/05/2026

RUCARR Seminar May 19, 3.15-5 pm CET: "The Colonial Imaginary of ‘Europe’ in the EU’s Asymmetrical Response to the Russian and Israeli Aggressions: Ukraine as a Member of the ‘Family’ Whilst ‘Othering’ Palestine" with Alvaro Oleart, Post-doctoral Researcher at the Université Libre de Belgique (ULB). More info and Zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/05/15/seminar-may-19-the-colonial-imaginary-of-europe-in-the-eus-asymmetrical-response-to-the-russian-and-israeli-aggressions-ukraine-as-a-member-of-the-family-whilst/

30/04/2026

Welcome to join us on May 5 for Professor Madina Tlostanova's talk: “Caucasian deep coalitions? A case for the future relational critical political imaginary” in the RUCARR Distinguished Speaker Series. Madina Tlostanova is professor of gender studies at Linköping University (Sweden) and a decolonial feminist thinker and fiction writer.
Time: 5 May, 17:30-19:00 CET
Place: Niagara (Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, 211 19 Malmö), NI:C0E11 or Zoom. More info, abstract and Zoom link:
https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/04/30/rucarr-distinguished-speaker-series-may-5-madina-tlostanova-caucasian-deep-coalitions-a-case-for-the-future-relational-critical-political-imaginary/

20/04/2026

Welcome to next RUCARR seminar with Alexandra Brankova: "Russian Digital Nationalism: Digital Practices and Discursive Constructions of the Russian Nation in a Nationalist Media Ecology". April 21, 15:15-17:00 CET, NI:C1029, Niagara or Zoom.
Alexandra Brankova is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University.
More info and zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/04/20/rucarr-seminar-with-alexandra-brankova-russian-digital-nationalism-april-21/