Russia : patriotism in practice(s)

Program

Thursday, may 12th 2011

EHESS, Bâtiment Le France, salle du Conseil A (R-1)

9h00 – 9h30 : Introduction
9h30 – 11h30 : Co-production of Patriotism

Anne Le Huérou (CERCEC-CNRS/EHESS, Paris): “Practising patriotism” in schools and youth organizations. A view from Siberia.

Marlène Laruelle (SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC). Learning to be a Patriot: Patriotic Clubs for Teenagers

Kathy Rousselet (CERI – Sciences Po, Paris). The patriotism of orthodox believers

Presentation of a film about an orthodox militaro-patriotic club (15 mn)

Discussant : Mischa Gabowitch (Einstein Forum Potsdam)

11h45 – 13h00 : Uses of Patriotism

Oksana Karpenko (Center for Independent Sociological Research, Saint-Petersburg). The challenges of civic and patriotic education in Russian schools

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (PIPSS / CERCEC-CNRS/EHESS, Paris). The rehabilitation of veterans through patriotic activities

Discussant : Marlène Laruelle

13h00 – 14h00 : Lunch 14h00 – 15h15 : Interpretations of patriotism

Françoise Daucé (Université Blaise-Pascal, CERCEC-CNRS/EHESS). “Ethno-national” appropriation of patriotism in Russia

Myriam Désert (Université Paris IV / CERCEC-CNRS/EHESS). The reception of so-called « patriotic » films by the Russian public

Discussant : Alexis Berelowitch (CERCEC-CNRS/EHESS)

15h30 -17h00 : The Patriotism of Despair Presentation and discussion with S. Oushakine (Princeton University) about his book The Patriotism of Despair. Nation, War and Loss in Russia. Cornell University Press, 2009.

Friday, may 13th 2011

CERI, 56, rue Jacob

9h00 – 10h30 : Economic patriotism

Caroline Dufy (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, Centre Emile Dukheim). Patriotism in the Russian economy: morality, identities and interests

Svetlana Barsukova (High Economic School, Moscow). Patriotic speech and agricultural practices in Russia today

Discussant : Cornelia Woll (CERI-Sciences Po)

10h30 - 12h00 : Patriotic practices in a comparative perspective

Elena Filippova (Institute of Ethnology RAN, Moscow). Patriotism and identity in France

Mischa Gabowitch. Appropriating Negative Patriotism: Russia and the German Model Discussant : Myriam Désert

12h00 – 12h30 : Break

12h30 – 14h00 : Discussion with Laurent Thévenot (GSPM, EHESS)
about his text : "Bounded justifiability. Three constructions of commonality in the plural”

Presentations in Russian will be translated into French.

These working days conclude the Franco-Russian research program « Figures of patriotism in daily life » supported by the CNRS (France) and the RGNF (Russia)