Discourses of Death in Russia, 2022–2023 (In Russian) Abstract: Since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, the theme of death has been present in Russia's public sphere. The ways it is discussed are analytically significant, as attitudes towards the dead and relationships with them can reveal something important about the living. Speaker bio: Svetlana […]

Abstract: Script reforms are rarely a technical process, but political, ideological, and cultural. In Kazakhstan, the transition from Cyrillic to Latin exemplifies such dynamics due to its geopolitical positioning and multiethnic society. Launched in 2017, the Latinization of the Kazakh alphabet reflects the country's evolving national and geopolitical identity. Engagement of Russia with the Kazakh […]