Opening online lecture
November 6 2023
Mudam – The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg
Colonialism in all its forms is a global phenomenon that shaped – and continues to shape – policies and practices not only in Asia, Africa and the Americas, but also on the Eurasian continent. Colonial legacies and deep-rooted injustice still determine both human and nonhuman ways of living on our planet. This talk will address the history and legacy of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union from a postcolonial perspective, relying on case studies from the Baltic region and Ukraine. It will be followed by a discussion between Epp Annus, Beyond the post-soviet and the audience.
Epp Annus is associate professor with Tallinn University, Institute of Humanities (Estonia); she also regularly teaches at the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University (USA). Her recent books include Soviet Postcolonial Studies: A View from the Western Borderlands (Routledge, 2018) and Coloniality, Nationality, Modernity: A Postcolonial View on Baltic Cultures under Soviet Rule, ed. by Epp Annus (Routledge, 2018).Her research interests include Soviet and post-Soviet Baltic cultures, postcolonial studies, environmental studies and phenomenology of everyday life. She is the author of two novels.