Dinara Urazova
Program Area(s): Comparative Politics; International Relations; Political Theory
Regional Specialization(s): Europe; Asia
Dissertation Title:
Cynical Sovereignty: Power and Spectacle in Post-Soviet Russia
Dissertation Committee: Loriaux, Michael (Chair); Reno, Will; Hurd, Ian
Research Interests: Dinara Urazova studies how the new techno-social environment is transforming domestic and international politics. She is particularly interested in the new forms of power that arise because of changes in communication technologies, how certain political projects are enabled by these changes, and how actors navigate this emergent environment. Her regional concentration is the post-Soviet space with a particular focus on Russia. In studying politics, she is interested in intellectual history, qualitative research methods, and historical sociology.
Conference Presentations:
- 2023 Cynicism in Russian military thought: Visions of past glory in the "hybrid war" discourse,” International Studies Association – Northeast, Providence RD, November 10
- 2022 Philosophical ideas of Putin’s ideologist Vladislav Surkov, Paris International Philosophy Colloquium, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 12-14 September
- 2022 “In the Eyes of a Political Technologist: Surkov on Power in Russia,” Russian Studies Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 2-3
Honors & Awards:
- 2023-2024 Global Impacts Fellowship, Northwestern University Buffett Center
- 2022-2023 Critical Theory Fellowship, Northwestern University Critical Theory Cluster
- 2019 Minar Summer Research Award, Political Science Department, Northwestern University