Iain Ferguson

Conferences

• Jul 2021	Online. International Political Science Association (IPSA). Presenter. Paper title: ‘The politics of Russian revisionism: diplomacy of a worldview, 2011-4’.
  Apr 2021	Online. HSE University XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Presenter and Discussant. Paper title: ‘The politics of Russian revisionism: diplomacy of a worldview, 2011-4’.
  Apr 2021	Online. ISA annual conference. Co-organiser of two panels, chair, discussant and presenter (x2). Papers titles: i) ‘The politics of Russian revisionism: diplomacy of a worldview, 2011-4’; ii) ‘The Russian realism of multipolarity: the normative conception of a security strategy’.
  Dec 2020	Uppsala, Sweden. Invited speaker at IRES – Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Paper title: ‘Russia’s ‘state civilization’: the defence of world order?’. Unable to attend due to travel restrictions.
  Jan 2020	London, UK. Presenter at and co-organiser of a conference on ‘Translation of/in World Politics’. Paper title: ‘Poles apart? The conceptions of polarity in American and Russian realisms’
  Nov 2019	San Francisco, USA. ASEEES annual conference. Presenter at and organiser of a panel: ‘Russia beyond realism?’ featuring Andrej Krickovic and Andrei Melville of HSE along with top Russia & IR specialists from the UK and US. Paper title: ‘Poles apart? The conceptions of polarity in American and Russian realisms’
  Oct 2019	Saint Petersburg, Russia. Invited talk at HSE Department of Political Science. Paper: ‘Dilemmas of a solidarist worldview? Russia’s ‘civilizational turn’ reconsidered’
  Sep 2019	Moscow, Russia. HSE Open Day – Gorky Park. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Sweet Enemies: understanding the EU and Russia’s troubled relationship
  Jun 2019	London, UK. BISA annual conference. Presenter and Chair. Paper title: ‘The dilemmas of Russia’s “civilizational turn”’. Plus, running the AGM for the working group Interpretivism in International Relations
  May 2019	Moscow, Russia. Presenter at and co-organiser of a conference on ‘Civilisations and International Order’, sponsored by Södertörn University and HSE. Paper title: ‘The dilemmas of Russia’s “civilizational turn”’
  Mar 2019	Toronto, Canada. ISA annual conference. Presenter at and organiser of a panel: ‘Russia beyond realism?’ featuring Olga Malinova and Sergei Akopov of HSE along with top Russia & IR specialists from the UK. Paper title: ‘The dilemmas of Russia’s “civilizational turn”’
  Dec 2018	Moscow, Russia. Presenter at HSE Department of Political Science, Research Seminar. Paper title: ‘The return of spheres of influence? An interpretive research project’
  Aug 2018	Hamburg, Germany. Presenter at and co-organiser of a conference. ‘Narrating International Relations: Narrative as concept and method’ workshop. Paper title: ‘Reconsidering Russia’s “civilizational turn”’?
  Jun 2018	London, UK. Presenter at and co-organiser of a conference. ‘Narrating Russian and Eurasian Security’ workshop. Paper title: ‘Reconsidering Russia’s “civilizational turn”’?’
  Jun 2018	Bath, UK. BISA annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Reconsidering Russia’s “civilizational turn”? Plus, served as a chair and a discussant on two other panels
  Jun 2018	Tartu, Estonia. Annual conference on Russia and Eastern Europe. Presenter at and co-organiser of two panels on ‘The politics of civilisations’ featuring Ronald Grigor Suny and Mark Bassin. Paper title: ‘Reconsidering Russia’s “civilizational turn”?
  Oct 2017	St. Petersburg, Russia. Presenter at and co-organiser of a conference. ‘Concepts and Post-Communist identities: The power of perspective’ workshop. Opening remarks.
  Sep 2017	St. Petersburg, Russia. Invited speaker at an expert panel on ‘How is Europe changing?’. Centre for German and European Studies (Bielefeld – St. Petersburg State). Title of talk: ‘The disintegration of Europe? The mood of Brexit.’
  Sep 2017	Barcelona, Spain. European International Studies Association (EISA) annual conference. Presenter. Paper titles: ‘Russia’s civilizational turn?’ & ‘Illusion in global governance’
  Jun 2017	Brighton, UK. BISA annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Russia’s civilizational turn?’
  Jun 2017	Tartu, Estonia. Annual conference on Russia and Eastern Europe. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Russia’s civilizational turn?’
  Mar 2016	Kazan, Russia. Kazan Federal University. Presenter at a workshop on the EU-Russia relationship. Paper title: ‘Spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship’
  Jun 2015	London, UK. BISA annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship’
  Apr 2015	Tartu, Estonia. Baltic Defence College. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Russia’s Foreign Policy and its Implications for Baltic Security’
  Feb 2015	New Orleans, USA. ISA annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship’
  Nov 2014	Brussels, Belgium. GR:EEN Future Researchers conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship’
  Jun 2014	Dublin, Ireland. BISA annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘Sweet enemies: The troubled character of the EU-Russia relationship’
  Oct 2013	Helsinki, Finland. Aleksanteri Institute annual conference. Presenter. Paper title: ‘The idea of Multipolarity in Russian foreign policy’