Preliminary schedule “Between Peripheries” Conference
22nd January 2026
14.00 Registration
15.00 Workshop “What is our role as scholars at a time of monsters?”
17.00 Documentary Screening
Afterwards: Conference Reception
23rd January 2026
08:00 Registration
09:00 Coffee & Opening
09:30-11.30 Keynotes (Madina Tlostanova, Linköping University, Sweden & Nivi Manchanda, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11:45-13.15 Panel presentations
13.15-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Panel presentations
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.30 Panel presentations
24th of January 2026
09:00-09:30 Coffee & Opening
09:30-11.00 Panel presentations
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-12.45 Panel presentations
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Panel presentations
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-18.00 Closing High-level Roundtable
(Chairs: Anna M. Agathangelou, York University, CA and Olga Burlyuk, University of Amsterdam, NL. Participants: Botakoz Kassymbekova, University of Zurich, CH, Mustapha Pashar, Aberystwyth University, UK, Bohdana Kurylo, LSE, UK, and Alexandros Zachariades, University of Cyprus, CY).
20.00 “Saunapidu” (Traditional Estonian Sauna + Swimming in the Baltic Sea)
25th of January 2026
Guided morning tour of Lasnamäe district
Lasnamäe district – Picture by Tõnu Tunnel