Geography and Geographical Thought on Postimperial Spaces

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

The papers in this session offer a broad-based consideration of how imperial and postimperial spaces in Russia and the former Soviet Union have been constructed geographically and historically. The authors aim to situate current geographic work within a discussion of the state of the field of Eurasian studies, acknowledging the 2023 and 2024 conference themes of decolonization and liberation.

Sub Unit

• Geography, Urban Studies, Built Environments

Chair

• Vera Smirnova, Kansas State U

Papers

• Geography’s Contribution to Discussion of Decolonization: Mapping the Specificities of Socio-Ecological Interactions across Eurasia - Megan L. Dixon, College of Idaho

• Сomparative Urban Studies on Russia and in Russia - Elena Trubina, UNC at Chapel Hill

• Historical Cartographies of the Nagorno-Karabakh Region - Jennifer S. Wistrand, Woodrow Wilson Center, Kennan Institute; Edward Christian Holland, U of Arkansas

Discussant

• Mark Bassin, Södertörn U (Sweden)