Nations and ethnicity in humanities and social sciences. Ethnic, protonational and national narratives: formation and representation

Abstract

The symposium comprises the collection of the materials of the second international conference “Ethnic, protonational and national narratives: formation and representation” (Saint Petersburg State University, February, 24–26, 2015). The symposium is dedicated to a variety of narratives and their instrumental capacities in different periods, from the Middle Ages to Contemporary history. Such chronological and geographical scope is due to the possibility of identifying of the universal scenarios of constructing and representing narratives. The materials of the conference will be of interest to historians, political or social scientists, philologists and scholars of the cultural studies as well as those who are concerned with the issues of ethnicity and nationalism.