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ZOiS Spotlight 34/2021
Rap in Tatar: Turning Away from Russian?
by Aleksej Tikhonov
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With millions of clicks on YouTube videos, Tatar rap is now popular far beyond the borders of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. For many artists, choosing Tatar is, not least, an expression of an ever-growing distance between themselves and the Russian language and culture.
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Workshop | 30 September - 01 October 2021 | ZOiS
Migrant and Minority Activism: Between protest movements and everyday engagement
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At a time of the proliferation of migrant, refugee and minority protests across the world, we bring together scholars who combine a focus on migrants or minorities with that on protest and activism. We focus both on the most visible struggles and everyday forms of activism, which often escape recognition.
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Meet the Author
"Navalny is clearly taken very seriously in the Kremlin"
with Jan Matti Dollbaum
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Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble and Morvan Lallouet have authored a book about Alexei Navalny. In this Meet the Author interview, we spoke with Jan Matti Dollbaum about why this is the right moment for the book, the international community’s greatest misconception, and Navalny’s future in Russia.
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ZOiS Spotlight 33/2021
German Elections: What Next for Policy towards Eastern Europe?
by Gwendolyn Sasse
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Although Russia plays a role in many of the urgent problems facing Eastern Europe, the SPD, CDU and Green candidates for the chancellorship appear to have few tangible strategies for dealing with this authoritarian state. This poses a risk for Germany’s future foreign policy and relations with Eastern Europe.
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ZOiS Spotlight 32/2021
The Russian State Duma Elections: Costs for the Kremlin
by Ben Noble
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In the run-up to the upcoming elections to Russia’s State Duma, many observers consider the victory of United Russia a forgone conclusion. However, election results in Russia are not inevitable. The Russian authorities have to invest significant resources into achieving the results they want.
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Workshop | 6 - 7 October 2021
The New Belarus: Societal Change, Regime Repression, and Western Reactions
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The workshop brings together scholars from different regions and disciplines and intends to offer empirical work on recent developments in Belarus, its international relations and the reactions of the European Union, its member states, and European civil society to the hardening of Belarusian authoritarianism.
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Conference | 10 - 12 October 2021 | W.M. Blumenthal Akademie
Jews along the Silk Road
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Within the framework of the three-day international conference, we would like to approach the little-known stories of flight, deportation and migration between Europe and Asia, the experiences of neighbourhood and religious everyday practices of (post-)Soviet Jews from the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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ZOiS Forum | #30PostSovietYears | 12 October 2021 | 7pm | W.M. Blumenthal Akademie
30 Years of Post-Soviet Migration. A Life between Worlds
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Olga Grjasnowa reads from her latest novel ‘Der verlorene Sohn’ [The Prodigal Son] and talks to us about the illusions, fears, and hopes of people living in transcultural and transnational spaces. The evening event is part of ‘Jews along the Silk Road’, an international conference at the Jewish Museum Berlin.
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Due to the current pandemic we have decided to cancel all public events at ZOiS until October 2021. The ZOiS Forum and the ZOiS Research Colloquium will take place online.
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27 September 2021
In conversation with experts, including Gwendolyn Sasse, Deutsche Welle analyses the impact of the German federal elections on Germany's policy towards Russia (Russian).
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21 September 2021
In the podcast Aufhebunga Bunga, Félix Krawatzek talks about the role of youth in politics (English).
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20 September 2021
Deutsche Welle reports on the Duma elections and quotes expert Gwendolyn Sasse (Russian).
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20 September 2021
Gwendolyn Sasse is interviewed for the tagesschau on the subject of Duma elections in Russia (German).
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14 September 2021
Deutsche Welle reports on the Champions League club without a country, Sheriff Tiraspol, with quotes from Sabine von Löwis (English).
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