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Is "Imperial Nationalism" an Oxymoron?

Hosted by the Department of Government

Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

Speaker

Pål Kolstø

Pål Kolstø

Chair

John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson

This lecture will discuss the concept of imperial nationalism. It will also examine how Russian nationalists, past and present, have related to Russia given that it has historically been an empire.

Pål Kolstø is Professor of Russian and post-Soviet studies at the University of Oslo, specializing in nationalism, nation-building, ethnic relations, and unrecognized states in the former Soviet Union. He is the author or editor of ten books on these topics, most recently  Russia Before and After Crimea,  Edinburgh University Press 2018, and The new Russian nationalism: imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism, 2000-2015,  Edinburgh University Press, 2016 (both edited with Helge Blakkisrud).

John Hutchinson is Associate Professor (Reader) in Nationalism and Europe in the LSE Department of Government.

The Department of Government (@LSEGovernment) at LSE is one of the largest political science departments in the UK. Our activities cover a comprehensive range of approaches to the study of politics.

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