The conference will examine the study of non-Russian peoples in the Russian Empire by Russian and other scholars in the first half of the nineteenth century and assess the impact such study had on the shaping of local identities. Participants will discuss pre-circulated reports from some fifty researchers.
Session 1: Context: peoples and identities
Session 2: Mapping the Empire
Session 3: Defining the Nation
Session 4: The Empire´s European Parts
Session 5: North-Eastern Russia
Session 6: The Empire´s Asian Parts
Session 7: The Southern Borderlands