Frederik Edsberg and Daniela Lange Andersen from our Russian Studies program have written an article about their visit to the Latvian city of Daugavpils, which is known for its large Russian diaspora.

Frederik and Daniela have been on exchange in Latvia this semester, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has meant that our BA students from Russian Studies have had to find alternative ways to complete their semester abroad, where they focus improving their Russian language skills.

Read about Frederik and Daniela’s fascinating trip to Daugavpils here (in Danish)

On 8-9 June 2023 in King’s College London (KCL) a two-day workshop, “In Defence of Europe: Pro-Ukraine activism and mobilization across Eastern Europe”, took place. The workshop was organized by King’s College London (Adam Fagan) and the University of Belgrade (Filip Ejdus, Nemanja Džuverović), and sponsored by the European University alliance Circle-U, a network of nine universities including Aarhus University.

Frederik Edsberg from our Russian Studies program wrote an article on Latvia’s relation to its Soviet past and its neighbor, Russia.

Frederik is a BA student and is currently on exchange in Latvia. Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our BA students from Russian Studies have had to find alternative ways to complete their semester abroad, where they focus improving their Russian language skills. Studying abroad in a former Soviet republic offers unique insights into the legacy of the Soviet Union, which the students might otherwise have been unaware of.

Read about Frederik’s observations here (in Danish)

On March 28, the conference “Rebuilding of Ukraine. People, Ideas, Technologies, and Recourses” took place, organized by AUFF-Ukraine Research Fellows at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), with the financial support of the Carlsberg Foundation. The idea of organizing the conference appeared in the fall of 2022.