Programme
June 2
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11:00–12:00 Keynote speaker: Professor Homi K. Bhabha (Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, USA). Dignity in Extremis: Migration, Death, and the Risk of Survival |
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12:30–14:30 Session 1. Dignity As a Historical and Philosophical Concept Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer) |
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Igor E. Surikov (Institute of World History of RAS, Moscow). Concepts of Dignity in Ancient Greek and Latin Languages: Birth of the Category in Two Ancient European Civilizations |
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Konstantin Bandurovskiy (RANEPA, Moscow). Concept of Dignity in the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas |
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Akopyan Ovanes (University of Warwick, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, UK). Pico’s Oration: Not on the Dignity of Man? |
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Sergey Ivanov (NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow; SPbSU). Did Byzanthium Have a Concept of Human Dignity? |
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15:30–17:30 Session 2. Dignity and Discursive Practices Chair and commentator: Nikolay Vakhtin (European University at St. Petersburg) |
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Elena Marasinova (Institute of Russian history, RAS; HRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow). Concept of Public Dishonour in 18th Century Russia |
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Vladislav Rjeoutski (Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau, Moscow). Dignity, National Pride and Language: an Exploration into the Culture of the Russian Elites in the Eighteenth Century |
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Tatiana Venediktova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow). Individual Dignity in the Court of “Ruthless Democracy”: The Case of Herman Melville |
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Andrey Zaostrovtsev (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg). Bourgeois Dignity as the Source of Economic Growth: Deirdre McCloskey's Vision |
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June 3
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11:00–12:00 Keynote speaker: Professor Avishai Margalit (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Manipulation and Dignity |
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12:30–14:30 Session 3. Dignity As a Historical and Philosophical Concept (continuation) Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer) |
12:30–14:00 Session 4. Dignity in the Islamicate World Chair and commentator: Alfrid Bustanov (European University at St. Petersburg, Universiteit van Amsterdam) |
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Andrey Desnitskiy (Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS, Moscow). Biblical Origin of Human Dignity
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Evgeniya Nikitenko (IOCS RSUH, School of Advanced Studies in Humanities, RANEPA, Moscow). Assaulting Dignity and Admiring Self-restraint: Dignity in Early Modern Persian Texts |
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Mikhail Nemtsev (GEFTER.RU, Moscow). Dignity and Vulnerability: Some Remarks About the Theory of Gaymon Bennett |
Ilshat Saetov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, Moscow). “Don't Interfere in Our Bedrooms”: Offended Turkish Citizens and Gezi Protests in 2013 |
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Rosas Joao Cardoso (University of Minho, Portugal). A Political Conception of Dignity - in Connection with Human Rights |
Diliara Brileva (Kazan Federal University, Kazan). From [Self]Humiliation to Dignity: the Discourse of the Muslim Tatars of the Russian Empire of the Early Twentieth Century (As Covered by the Journal “Shura” (1908–1917)) |
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Elvis Imafidon (Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies, SA). Ontological and Ethical Inhibitions to the Dignity of Other |
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15:30–18:30 Session 5. Dignity and Discursive Practices (continuation) Chair and commentator: Nikolay Poselyagin (the New Literary Observer) |
15:30–18:30 Session 6. Political and National Aspects of Dignity Chair and commentator: Tatiana Weiser (the New Literary Observer) |
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Svetlana Stephenson (London Metropolitan University, UK). Dictatorship of Feelings |
Hermann Aubié (Aston University, UK). The Politics of Dignity in Twenty-First Century China |
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Xenia Cherkaev (NRU Higher School of Economics SPB, St. Petersburg). From “the Ignoble Cross” to “Commonly Accepted Standards”: Dignity As a Juridical Term in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation
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Julieta Gaztañaga (Argentine National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Navigating Dignity through Political Work in Argentina |
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16:30–17:00 Coffee-break |
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Ekaterina Pravilova (Princeton University, USA). “Signs of Dignity” or “Signs of Confidence”? Paper Money and Political Discourse in Russia in the Late 18th— First Half of the 19th Century |
Jitendra Uttam (School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India). Stripping of Dignity: Political Economy of Caste-based Humiliation in India |
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Oleg Zhuravlev (Tyumen State University, Public Sociology Laboratory, St. Petersburg). “Dignity” As a Category of Authenticity Policy |
Anna P. Ronell (University of Massachusetts, USA). Dignity and the Refugee Crises — Then and Now: New Materials from Israel |
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Irina Rudik (Institute of Foreign Languages at Ryazan State University named for Sergei Yesenin, Ryazan). “I Did Nothing Defamatory or Casting a Shadow on the Corporation and Myself”: “Honor” and “Dignity” in the Practice of Student Corporations |
Svetlana Sidorova (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow). Stiff Upper Lip: Behavioral Code of British Colonists in India |
June 4
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11:00–12:00 Keynote speaker: Professor Oleg Kharkhordin (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg). Dignity of an Individual vs. Dignity of a Group |
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12:30–15:30 Session 7. Dignity Through the Lens of Personal and Fictional Texts Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer) |
12:30–15:30 Session 8. Dignity and Fashion Chair and commentator: Lyudmila Alyabjeva (the New Literary Observer) |
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Alexey Bespalov (UFU, Yekaterinburg). Male Dignity of a Female Officer: Nadezhda Durova and Gender Mode of “Honour and Dignity” in 19th Century Aristocratic Culture |
Ksenia Eltsova (RSUH, The New Literary Observer, Moscow). Semiotic of Distinction: Fashion Discourse in Russian High-Quality Media (“The Kommersant” Case) |
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Oleg Proskurin (Emory University, USA). Offended Dignity and the Right for Terrorism (Why Pushkin Wanted to Kill the Tzar and Why He Didn’t Do It) |
Linor Goralik (NRU Higher School of Economics, MSSES; Izrael). Fashion Shaming: Evaluating a Costume or Personal Insult? |
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Alexey Kozlov (Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk). Category of Dignity in the Memoirs of Petrashevsky Circle Members |
Agnès Rocamora (London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK). On the Dignity of Labour in the Fashion Industry: the Case of Internships |
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14:00–14:30 Coffee-break |
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Larisa Nikiforova, Anastasia Vasiljeva (Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg). Iconography of Dignity and Choreographic Positions in Russian Portrait Art of 18th Century |
Alison Matthews David (Ryerson University, Canada). Dignity Undressed: Forced Removals of Clothing in an Age of Surveillance |
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Tomáš Glanc (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Animation of Dignity |
Olga Vainshtein (RSUH, Moscow). Tavi Gevinson’s Pink Bow: Dignity in the Age of New Media |
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16:00–18:30 Session 9. Dignity Through the Lens of Personal and Fictional Texts (continuation) Chair and commentator: Nikolay Vakhtin (European University at St. Petersburg) |
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Maria Onipkina (independent researcher, Chelyabinsk). Dignity As a Key Concept of Women’s Autodocumentary Texts about GULAG |
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Natalya Gramatchikova (Institute of history and archaeology, Ural branch of RAS, UFU, Yekaterinburg). Dignity, Pride, Trust and Ability to “Be Alive” in (Auto)biographic Texts of 1930–1940s |
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Aleksey Popov (V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol; South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk). Kostya Gumankov's Incident: Interpretations of Honor and Dignity in Soviet Tourism Abroad |
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Vyacheslav Shulzhenko (Pyatigorsk State University, Pyatigorsk). Restoration of Dignity in Behavioral Models of Сharacters from Caucasus in Post-Soviet Literature |
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