From December 10th to 11th, the 11th East Asian Slavic Eurasian Conference, hosted by the Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University, the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, was successfully held at East China Normal University. The conference adopts a combination of online and offline mode, and more than 120 scholars from more than 20 countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mongolia, Germany, Sweden, Central Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe participated.
The theme of this conference is "Eurasian Space in the Context of Global Change: The Starting Point for Reshaping the Regional Order". The opening ceremony was presided over by Professor Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University.
The international research community strongly supports this conference
Cao Youyou, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of East China Normal University, first delivered an opening speech. He pointed out that the East Asian Slavic Eurasian Conference is the largest and most influential academic conference in the field of Eurasian studies. Holding this conference will help promote the construction of regional and national disciplines and provide intellectual support for solving complex problems in Eurasia.
The picture shows Cao Youyou, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of East China Normal University, delivering an opening speech.
Professor Kravchuk, President of the International Council for Central and Eastern European Studies, said in his speech that it is of great significance for international scholars to actively mobilize intellectual resources to solve major conflicts in the face of the complex situation in Eurasia.
Yoshiro Ikeda, President of the Russian Society for Eastern European Studies in Japan, Yan Jiuhao, President of the Slavic Eurasian Society of Korea, and Altai Dolba, President of the Central and Eastern European Society of Mongolia, delivered speeches, thanking East China Normal University for hosting this conference during the epidemic, and Chinese colleagues for their contributions to East Asian countries and international academic cooperation, and providing a platform for academic circles from various countries to display their research results.
The East Asian Slavic Eurasian Conference was initiated in 2009 by the Russian Eurasian Studies Association of China, Japan and South Korea. After more than ten years of development, the scope of participating scholars has expanded from East Asia to India, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Australia, Europe and the United States, becoming an international academic conference with great international influence.
The discussions were wide-ranging and diverse
The keynote speech session of the East Asian Slavic Eurasia International Conference invited four scholars with world-renowned influences from China, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom, namely Professor Feng Shaolei of East China Normal University in China, Professor Kotaka Matsuzato of the University of Tokyo, Professor Karaganov of the Higher University of Economics in Russia, and Professor Sakova of the University of Kent.
In their speeches, the four professors respectively analyzed a series of major issues facing the international community from core concepts and propositions such as global transformation, national construction, reflection on theoretical and historical issues, political East and political West, including profound analysis of major theories, keen insight into severe practical issues, and comprehensive reflection on long-term historical issues.
The picture shows Professor Feng Shaolei delivering a speech.
During the two days of participation, more than 120 scholars from more than 20 countries around the world organized 19 conference sub-venues, focusing on the financial and economic process of modern Russia, the opportunities and challenges of Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation under the new situation, the atypical research methods of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the study of Central and Eastern Europe under the Ukraine crisis, Arctic governance and the game of great powers, the concept of Greater Eurasia in the era of globalization, China's Eurasian policy in the new era, the spatial restructuring of the post-Soviet Union, the authoritarian political dynamics of post-Soviet countries, the historical mirror image and contemporary presentation of Russian culture, The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the geopolitics of Central Asia, the interaction of diverse civilizations in Eurasia and the reconstruction of the geopolitical pattern, Russia's foreign economic relations under new geopolitical conditions, the impact of Western sanctions on Russia and the global economy, war and peace in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean region, the historical memory and contemporary projection of the Soviet Union, the politics and diplomacy of Central Asian countries, and the response of Eurasian countries to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The picture shows Professor Andrei Kravchuk.
Professor Andrei Kravchuk, President of the International Central and Eastern European Society, organized a special session entitled "Responding to the Ukrainian Crisis--- Assessing Needs and Promoting International Academic Cooperation", Professor Henrik Holgren, President of the Swedish Society for Russian, Central and Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Professor Pia Koivinen, President of the Finnish Society for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Professor Pia Koivinen, President of the Finnish Society for Russian and Eastern European Studies. Professor Yoshiro Ikeda, President of the Japanese Society for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Professor Mark Conliv, President of the Slavic Society of Canada, and Carol Sigman, researcher of the French National Center for Scientific Research, participated in the special discussion.
Author: Shen Qinhan
Editor: Liu Chang
Responsible editor: Song Cheng
Image source: Courtesy of the organizer
Source: Wenhui