DECOLONIZATION IN FOCUS
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 East European & 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. The invited panelists in this series 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 virtual panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will be encouraged to consider why decolonizing East European & Eurasian studies matters, how to implement concrete change in teaching, and how to conceive of the future of expertise within the field.
For further information on the sessions and the bios of all speakers, please follow the registration links for each session.
PANEL V. Syllabus Design and Critical Pedagogies in the Classroom: How Do We Teach Differently?
Friday, March 17, 2023, 12 –1:30 pm EST
MODERATOR:
Caress Schenk, Associate Professor of Political Science, Nazarbayev University
SPEAKERS:
Shoshana Keller, Chair and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Director of Russian Studies, Hamilton College
Irina Roldugina, UCIS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Louis Porter, Assistant Professor of History, Texas State University
Information on subsequent panels here:
PANEL I. Decolonization: Why Does It Matter?
PANEL II. Discourse and Decolonization: Perspectives from Outside the Anglophone Academy
PANEL III. Emerging Scholars on the State of the Field, Activism, and Advocacy
PANEL IV. Decolonization: Impact Beyond the Ivory Tower?
PANEL V. Syllabus Design and Critical Pedagogies in the Classroom: How Do We Teach Differently?
PANEL VI. The Future of SEEES Expertise: How Can We Anticipate Tomorrow’s Differences?