The course surveys both the history and the contemporary situation of the Russian Orthodox Church and its relation to the Russian State. During the course we discuss the church’s rising political influence and the role of Patriarch Kirill I (Gundiaev) in this process, ROC’s role within the Russian military, and the phenomenon of “political orthodoxy”. We pay special attention to the rise of radical nationalistic orthodox groups, and the ROC’s prosecution of some art exhibition and performances during the last decade.
The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.
This course, jointly organized by English Philology and Russian
Language and Culture, takes a bicultural and contrastive look at
current topics in digital media such as social networking, online
news, netspeak, and memes; the working language of the course will be
English. The course will offer new insights into the changing
landscapes of computer-mediated communication and tools for the
linguistic and discursive analysis of multicultural phenomena.
Coursework will comprise lectures, practical exercises and a final
essay.
16 students will be selected to the course: 8 from the English degree programme and 8 from the Russian degree programme. If either quota is not filled students queueing in the other quota will be selected instead.
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The course provides an insight into the phenomenon of virtualization of politics. During the course, the student gets acquainted with the interrelation between Post-Soviet political culture and the contemporary virtual world from an interdisciplinary perspective. The students familiarize themselves with the Russian political Internet, Russian social media, the blogosphere, and online memory wars.
The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.
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