By Griffin Edwards, MA student, REEI Natalia Savelyeva’s recent lecture “Parasite Organizations: What the Evolution of Direct Sales Marketing in Russia can tell us about Contemporary Capitalism” discussed the reception of direct sales marketing organizations in post-Soviet Russia, from its original stigma to acceptance. Savelyeva’s research seeks to answer questions such as: what were the… Read more »
Tag: Interdisciplinary research
Reflections on Stanislav Budnitsky’s talk, “Russia’s Great Power Identity and Internet Diplomacy”
Written by Nicholas Ingersoll, Graduate Student, Department of History On November 11, 2020, Dr. Stanislav Budnitsky, a postdoctoral fellow at the IU Russian Studies Workshop, gave a presentation on “Russia’s Great Power Identity and Internet Diplomacy” and its implications for Russia’s approach to internet governance and diplomacy. Dr. Budnitsky’s work investigates how the national identity… Read more »
Impressions from the conference, “Without barriers 2.0: New approaches to the study of disability”
Written by Sofiya Korzhuk, Assistant in the Department of General Sociology, Faculty of Economics, Novosibirsk National Research State University; Junior Researcher, Social Problems Department, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Автор: Софья Коржук, ассистент кафедры общей социологии, экономический факультет, Новосибирский национальный исследовательский государственный университет; младший научный… Read more »
Reflections on the conference “Without barriers 2.0. New approaches to the study of disability”
Written by Anna Nikonova, Assistant in the Department of History, Philosophy and Sociology at Kazan State Medical University Автор: Анна Никонова, ассистент кафедры истории, философии и социологии, Казанский государственный медицинский университет Перед тем, как рассказать о своих впечатлениях о конференции «Без барьеров 2.0. Новые подходы к исследованию инвалидности», хочу рассказать короткую историю, которая отражает… Read more »
Reflections on the Graduate Methods Training Workshop, September 14-15 2018
Memo from the Russian Studies Workshop. Written by Sarah Fogleman, RSW Project Coordinator. On September 14-15, 2018, RSW organized the “Graduate Methods Training Workshop: Focus on Russia.” The GMTW brought together 20 emerging social-science scholars from across the United States to IU’s Social Science Research Commons (SSRC), a state-of-the-art facility designed for social scientists. There, they met with over a… Read more »
“The Global Informality Project” with Alena Ledeneva
Written by Alisha Kirchoff, PhD student in Sociology On April 6, RSW hosted a fascinating Telebridge session with scholar Alena Ledeneva of the University College of London. Ledeneva, known for her work on blat, informal practices that shape post-Soviet politics and business, and the prospects for modernization in Russia, has led the effort to develop… Read more »