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Parution : Medievalism in Russia and Ukrainian Political Discourses

Anastasija Ropa (dir.), Medievalism in Russian and Ukrainian Political Discourses, Trivent Publishing, 2025.

Medievalism has been a common and hardly innocent practice in Eastern European political discourses ever since the dissolution of the USSR in the 1990s. To use but one example, both Russia and Ukraine have laid claims on such prominent historical figures as Prince Vladimir / Volodymyr the Great, Princess Olga, Boris and Gleb/Hlib, as well as on such semi-legendary characters as Ilya of Murom. The recent military conflict has led to a renewal of interest in the history of medieval Rus’ and to the rewriting and falsification of this history, particularly in the public sphere, education and political discourse. This multidisciplinary volume draws together contributions from scholars from different countries and different disciplinary backgrounds, who analyze a variety of media and sources in which medievalisms can be manifested. The authors examine the uses of medievalising statues, fiction, cartoons, tourism and popular history in Ukrainian and Russian political discourses. The aim of this volume is to take a balanced and wide-ranging approach to medievalism as a political weapon and a cultural mainstay and to facilitate a fruitful and respectful dialogue among scholars coming from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds with an interest in Slavic studies, medievalism, the use of history in public discourse and the history of ex-Soviet and post-communist countries.

 

Table des matières

Introduction. Whose Medieval Past? Anastasija Ropa, Edgar Rops

Prince Vladimir and Ilya of Murom: Whose Heroes? Edgar Rops, Anastasija Ropa

Leo Mol and St. Volodymyr: Chiselling the Myth of Rus’-Ukraine for the Diaspora and the Western World. Anastasija Ropa

History Serves the Motherland: Alexander Nevsky in Russian Political and Militarist Discourse (2018-2023). Olga Kalashnikova

“Peresvet’s Victory” in Mariupol: Notes on a Medieval Battle Narrative and its Contemporary Applications. Kati Parppei

Global Medievalism in Contemporary Vyborg. Aleksandr Rusanov, Alexandra Kolesnik

Conclusion: The Seductive Middle Ages. Anastasija Ropa

Notes on Contributors

 

Détails et commandes sur le site de l’éditeur.

Appel: Medievalism in Russia and Ukrainian Political Discourses

Conférence en ligne organisée à l’occasion du 58e International Congress on Medieval Studies, du 11 au 13 mai 2023.

Date limite d’envoi des propositions: 15 septembre 2022.

Medievalism has been a common, and hardly innocent practice, in both Russian and Ukrainian political discourse ever since the dissolution of the USSR in the 1990s. Both Russia and Ukraine have laid claims to the prominent historical figures of the Kievan/Kyivan Rus’, and the recent military conflict has led to renewed interest in the history of medieval Rus’. Our aim is to establish fruitful and respectful critical dialogue of this sensitive issue among scholars coming from various cultural backgrounds with an interest in Slavic studies, medievalism and the use of medieval history in public discourse, working in all relevant disciplines.

All proposals should be submitted via Confex proposal portal (icms.confex.com/icms/2023/cfp.cgi).

The deadline for submission is Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

In the meantime, please feel free to get in touch with the session organizer Dr Anastasija Ropa (Anastasija.ropa [at] lspa.lv) if you would like to propose a paper or moderate the round table.