Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South
Schedule
Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 25 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Tallinn University | Tallinn, HA
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📢We have an important 'save the date' announcement for you!🙌Our team is overjoyed to announce the 1st International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub.
The conference, titled "Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South,” will take place between January 22-25 at Tallinn University in Estonia. It is convened by Drs Benjamin Klasche, Birgit Poopuu and Timothy Anderson.
Key highlights of the conference:
👉 The visibility of CEE has increased in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the dominant theoretical frameworks on security continue to center Western institutions and state elites, sidelining other voices, a pattern found in the Global South;
👉What remains overlooked across these contexts are the lived security experiences of marginalized communities, non-state actors, and those operating outside traditional infrastructures of security;
👉This conference aims to create a space of critical-relational reflection – one that resists treating CEE as an exceptional case and instead situates it within global structures of inequality, militarization, and securitization, alongside the Global South.
What the conference offers in addition to 👨🎓discussions:
🤌Fantastic keynote speakers; Madina Tlostanova (Linköping University, Sweden) and Nivi Manchanda (Queen Mary University of London, UK);
☀️social program offering engagement with local Estonian customs and cultural practices (i.e., Sauna!);
🙌A cultural-historical excursion to Lasnamäe – a district emblematic of the tensions and entanglements within our discussions;
🌻Unlike some other conferences - we are looking at you International Studies Association (ISA) - we will offer coffee, snacks and even lunches.
❗Paper call will be announced on May 6th!
🎊Select papers from the conference will be invited for submission to a special issue proposal in a leading journal, ensuring sustained engagement with these themes beyond the event.
Come join us in Tallinn and let's create new solidarities!
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Where is it happening?
Tallinn University, Tallinna Ülikooli Nova maja - BFM, Narva maantee 27, Kesklinn, Tallinn, 10120 Harju Maakond, Eesti, EstoniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
