Since the launch of the full-scale war against Ukraine, tens of thousands of Russian citizens have left their country. Yet these mobilities often remain difficult to grasp: at times underreported, at other times hyper-visible in public debates, they unfold in contrasting national contexts that reshape the conditions of settlement, activism, and public expression for those in exile.
This workshop, organised jointly by CORUSCANT, EXILEST, and RT EST, aims to examine the visibility and invisibility of Russian exiles and their political actions. Why do certain migration flows remain “unnoticed”? What spaces, practices, and forms of activism develop out of sight? Conversely, how are certain presences rendered particularly visible—or even problematized—within host societies?
Programme
14h Introduction
14h10-14h40 Olga Davydova-Minguet (University of Eastern Finland)
The “unnoticed” war-induced migration from Russia to Finland
14h40-15h10 Joanna Fomina (The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science (IFiS PAN))
Warring for peace and democracy? The (In)visibility of armed resistance within the traditionally nonviolent Russian pro-democracy diaspora
15h10-15h30 Pause
15h30-16h Olga Bronnikova (Université Bordeaux Montaigne/Plurielles, EXILEST) and Anna Zaytseva (Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, LLACreatis)
On the (In)visibility of the spaces of Russian exile in Georgia (2022–2024)
16h-16h30 Mariam Darchiashvili (Ilia State University)
Postimperial anger: local responses to Russian migration in Georgia
16h30-17h Discussion
Moderation: Julie Deschepper (University of Utrecht)
Practical information:
Campus Condorcet, Recherche sud building, room 0.016, and online
To receive the Zoom link, please fill this form.
For further information, please write at coruscant.contact (at) gmail.com
This workshop, organised jointly by CORUSCANT, EXILEST, and RT EST, aims to examine the visibility and invisibility of Russian exiles and their political actions. Why do certain migration flows remain “unnoticed”? What spaces, practices, and forms of activism develop out of sight? Conversely, how are certain presences rendered particularly visible—or even problematized—within host societies?
Programme
14h Introduction
14h10-14h40 Olga Davydova-Minguet (University of Eastern Finland)
The “unnoticed” war-induced migration from Russia to Finland
14h40-15h10 Joanna Fomina (The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science (IFiS PAN))
Warring for peace and democracy? The (In)visibility of armed resistance within the traditionally nonviolent Russian pro-democracy diaspora
15h10-15h30 Pause
15h30-16h Olga Bronnikova (Université Bordeaux Montaigne/Plurielles, EXILEST) and Anna Zaytseva (Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, LLACreatis)
On the (In)visibility of the spaces of Russian exile in Georgia (2022–2024)
16h-16h30 Mariam Darchiashvili (Ilia State University)
Postimperial anger: local responses to Russian migration in Georgia
16h30-17h Discussion
Moderation: Julie Deschepper (University of Utrecht)
Practical information:
Campus Condorcet, Recherche sud building, room 0.016, and online
To receive the Zoom link, please fill this form.
For further information, please write at coruscant.contact (at) gmail.com
