| The image of Russia in the Balkans |
International Conference MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Opening of the conference Morning sessionModerator of the morning session – Jan Kieniewicz, Robert Sucharski
Vladimir Petrukhin (Russia), Early Slavs and Rus` in the Balkans (6-10th centuries): First contacts with the world of civilization Konrad Kuczara (Poland), Gregory Tsamblak – Bulgarian at the seat of the metropolitan of Kiev. In-between the Balkans, Moscow and Kiev Răzvan Theodorescu (Romania), La Russie et les Russes dans les chroniques populaires roumaines autour de 1800 Boško Bojović (France), La Russie, la question d’Orient et la Serbie Wojciech Sajkowski (Poland), French Enlightenment reactions on Russian aspirations to the protectorate over Montenegro and on the story of Stephen Mali
Coffee break
Elena Koudryavtseva (Russia), The transformation of the idea of Russian protection Jerzy Paszkiewicz (Poland), The image of Russia in Greek political ideas in the 18th and 19th centuries. Marie Nystazopoulou – Pelekidou (Greece), L`occupation russe des îles de la mer Égée durant la guerre russoturque (1772-1774) Jacek Raszewski (Poland), An Opinion of a Greek Klepht and Warrior: Theodore Kolokotronis and Russia Olimpia Dragouni (Poland), The image of Moscow as the Third Rome in modern Greek writing
Discussions
Lunch break
Afternoon sessionModerator of the afternoon session – WojciechSajkowski Vladimir Iliescu (Germany), Relations politiques et dinastiques entre la Roumanie et la Russie au XIXe siècle Nikolay Aretov (Bulgaria), Russia in Bulgarian literature before the Liberation (1878). Variations of the images, their problematic existence and political background Igor Kaliganov (Russia), Liberation from the Turks in the Bulgarian periodicals. Little known publications and emotions in XIX century Maciej Falski (Poland), The image of Russia in Vuk Karadžić and Garašanin`s writings Pedro Bádenas (Spain), Le panslavisme russe au service de la « reconquếte » de Constantinople
Coffee break
Paweł Michalak (Poland), The attitude of Balkan nations toward Russia during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878, according to the newspaper “Dziennik Poznański” Riko Shiba (Japan), Russian Impact on Images of the Balkans Reflected in Meiji – Japan`s Newspapers Angel L. Encinas (Spain), The Spanish press correspondents in Russian-Turkish war. 1877-1878 Željko Holjevac (Croatia), The Image of Russia by the Party of Rights in Croatia in 1880`s Bogdan Trifunović (Serbia), The Image of Russia and pan-slavism in Serbia Between the Nevesinje rifle and Slivnitsa (1875 – 1885)
Discussions
TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBERMorning sessionModerator of the morning session – Jacek Raszewski
Natalia Golant (Russia), The Images of Russians and Russia in the works by Vasile Alecsandri Katica Kulavkova (Republic of Macedonia), The Narrative Identity of Russian Emigration since the 1920s in the Macedonian Novel (Srbo Ivanovski, Tome Arskovski, Tanja Uroševic, Blagoja Ivanov) Olga Belova (Russia), “Russian Motives” in Folk Legends of Southern Slavs Przemysław Kordos (Poland), Nikos Kazantzakis in Soviet Russia Konstantin Nikiforov (Russia), Attitude to the Russians in Serbia in the 20th century
Coffee break
Aleksander Novik (Russia), The Image of Russia in Albania Pellumb Xhufi (Albania), From Peter the Great to V.I. Lenin: refraction of the Russian factor in the Albanian political thought Maxim Makartsev (Russia), Image of Russia and Europe at the Slavic Minority in Boboshitica (District of Korcha, Albania)
Discussions
Lunch break
Afternoon sessionModerator of the afternoon session – Jędrzej Paszkiewicz Razvan Nicolae Mitu (Romania), Russia and Bulgarian Foreign Policy during the reign of Boris III Radislav Raspopović (Montenegro), The regard of Russian diplomacy towards the Balkans, prior and subsequent to May Upheaval 1903, with special reference to Montenegro Iskra Baeva (Bulgaria), The Image of Russia in Bulgaria during the twentieth century Florin Turcanu (Romania), L'émigration roumaine en Occident et l'image de la Russie pendant la première décennie de la Guerre Froide
Coffee break
Tanja Zimmerman (Germany), Russian and Yugoslav Orientalisms: Balkanization of Yugoslavia and Asiatization of Soviet Union after Tito`s Break with Stalin Vojislav Pavlović (Serbia), The ambiguity of a traditional alliance: continuity or ideological conflict. The Image of Russia versus Soviet Union as seen in the writings of: Milovan Djilas, Dragolub Jovanović, and Milan Grol Andrey Edemski (Russia), Three Yugoslav views on the Soviet Union after Stalin in 1953-56: Josip Bros Tito, Milovan Djilas and Slobodan Jovanović Katarzyna Taczyńska (Poland), The Image of Russia in the texts Prisoners from Yugoslavian Gulag
Discussions
WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
The morning educational seminarModerators of the morning session –Bogdan Trifunović
Irina Sedakova (Russia), Image of the Russian language in Bulgaria in the light of language and other unions Vesna Mojsova-Čepuševska (Republic of Macedonia), The Nomadism of the Diaspora Spread by Aquamarine Maria Kuglerova (Poland), “We had an Empire”: the traces of Imperial Consciousness in the Modern Image of Balkan World (in Russian Mental Context) – on the Material of Luan Starova`s and Pavel Krusanov`s text Elena Uzneva (Russia), The Image of Russia and Russians in Bulgaria: The mythologization and demythologization Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska (Poland), Serbian Orthodox Church and Russian Orthodox Church – relations in the beginning of 21st century
Coffee break
Elena Guskova (Russia), What was waited from Russia in the Balkans in the beginning of 90-thies of XX century Alexandra Ioannidou (Greece), “The salvation of Greece will come from Russia”: The new Image of Russia in Greece in the times of trouble… Miguel Angel Vencino (Spain), State Interest and Ideological Justification Bogdan Zawadewicz (Poland), The Image of Russia in Serbian Post-2000 Public Discourse and its impact on the Development of Political Cleavages
Discussions and round-up of the Conference |

