Location: The University of Manchester’s campus and online
Contact: vitaly.kazakov@manchester.ac.uk & dmitrijs.andrejevs@manchester.ac.uk
Programme: please find the full programme here: http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN
Registration: please register your attendance here: https://forms.gle/JvC9RPjiiWUCeU1j6
The concept of ‘nation projection’ subsumes classic public and cultural diplomacy efforts and ‘soft power’ activities, such as the hosting of sport and entertainment events. The term also refers to state-sponsored campaigns of external influence activities including international broadcasting and covert meddling in the affairs of foreign states. This hybrid symposium will expand on debates and bring together comparative perspectives on how nation projection differs across: 1) sporting, popular culture, and international media events and channels; 2) liberal and illiberal contexts; 3) different kinds of illiberal regimes; and 4) various media formats and technological platforms.
This multifaceted focus is reflected in the two day programme (access the detailed schedule and programme here: http://man.ac.uk/MVt7hN):
Day 1: 20 October
Panel 1: Nation projection through sport: ‘soft power’, ‘sportswashing’, ‘sports diplomacy’
Participants: Paul Michael Brannagan and Seth Joseph Perkin; James Dorsey; Kaixiao Jiang; Adam Dinsmore; and Laeed Zaghlami.
Keynote 1: “Sport and the ‘Illiberal Turn’: Globalization, Soft Power, and International Development”
Richard Giulianotti
Panel 2: Nation projection through sport: Governance, Values, and Sport Diplomacy Participants: Barrie Houlihan; Solomon Ilevbare; Malte Frank; Michael Skey; and Chris Harvey.
Keynote 2: “The Hard Edge of Soft Power: Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and Making Nations Great Again”
Sven Daniel Wolfe
Panel 3: Sporting events’ legacies and audiences
Participants: Tom Fabian; Jiri Zakravsky; Valerio della Sala; James Saunders; and Richard Arnold
Day 2: 21 October
Panel 4: Nation projection through media: the case of Russia
Participants: Rui Wang; Maxime Audinet; members of the RUSINFORM research project; Maksim Alyukov; Mikhail Batuev; and Anton Shekhovtsov (presentation on Day 1)
Keynote 3 “Rethinking agency in il(liberal) nation projection: representing, resisting and reconstructing the nation in wartime”
Precious Chatterje-Doody
Keynote 4 “Projecting Russia in a Mediatized World: Recursive Nationhood”
Stephen Hutchings
Panel 5: Nation projection through cultural production and outputs: cross-regime and historical perspectives
Participants: Pınar Özdemir; Peter Rollberg; Kanika Ahuja; Jonathan Ervine; and Marco Biasioli.
We look forward to seeing you in person or online!
