Russian Exceptionalism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

The perennial question of Russian exceptionalism has resurfaced in recent years, in light of Putin's assertive foreign policy and challenge to Western values. This panel explores the question of Russian exceptionalism from various disciplinary perspectives: history, politics, international relations and gender studies.

Sub Unit

• History: Russian and Eurasian, since 1924

Chair

• Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, King's College London (UK)

Papers

• Post-Soviet Sexuality and Gender Dynamics in Russian Culture - Yana Hashamova, Ohio State U

• Russian Exceptionalism: National or Imperial? - Alexander M. Semyonov, NRU Higher School of Economics (Russia)

• Three Vladimirs and the Return of Russian Exceptionalism - Peter Rutland, Wesleyan U

Discussants

• Greg Carleton, Tufts U

• Ronald Grigor Suny, U of Michigan