WARPUT: Ideology and Interregnum during the War in Ukraine

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WARPUT: Ideology and Interregnum during the War in Ukraine: Sovereignism, Liberalism, the Struggle for Order - symposium in Belgrade 21st March 2026:

Hosted by Fakultet za medije i komunikacije, Room 401, Karađorđeva 65
One-day academic symposium funded by the Research Council of Norway (WARPUT: 356315)

Opening remarks: Faculty dean Prof Žarka Cvejića (FMK Beograd) and Matthew Blackburn (NUPI) 10.00-10.15

Panel 1
10.15 – 11.30:
In Search of an Ideology: From Centre to Right and Left; liberalism and sovereignism
Speakers:
Phillip Cunliffe (LSE London)
Mikhail Suslov (University of Copenhagen)
Ilya Matveev (University of Bremen)
Moderator: Matthew Blackburn (NUPI)

Panel 2
11.45 – 13.15:
The impact of the war on the European Union:
Speakers:
Julie Wilhelmsen (NUPI)
Ekaterina V. Klimenko (NARXOZ University)
Agnes Gagyi (Gothenburg University)
Thomas Fazi (Independent Research and Unheard Journalist)
Moderator: Matthew Blackburn (NUPI)

Panel 3
14.15-16.15
The impact of the war on Russia
Ivan Fomin (Charles University Prague)
Oleg Zhuravlev (TU Dresden)
Matthew Blackburn (NUPI)

Panel 4 
16.30-17.45 
Serbia’s choice and the South-Eastern neighbourhood
Speakers:
Filip Balunovic (FMK Beograd)
Milan Varda (University of Belgrade)
Moderators: Ilya Matveev (University of Bremen)