EEF to host international scientific and practical conference dedicated to colonialism in the East and its impact on the modern world

6 September 2023

EEF to host international scientific and practical conference dedicated to colonialism in the East and its impact on the modern world

On 10 September, the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (organized by the Roscongress Foundation) will host an international scientific and practical conference entitled Colonialism in the East and Its Impact on the Modern World. This event will focus on the negative impact of the West’s colonial policy, the role of national liberation movements in Asian nations, and modern manifestations of neocolonialism (including in science and education).

“The false narratives around there being no alternatives to the Western model of development and the historical predetermination of the West’s dominance in international affairs have already done much damage and caused significant suffering to all of humanity. That is why it is so crucial today to collate the experience of national liberation movements in Asian nations, analyse the role of the Soviet Union and its partners in dismantling the colonial system, and focus on examples of intergovernmental cooperation between non-Western countries. It is also vital to develop alternative principles for a world order based on mutual respect, sovereignty, and genuine equality in international relations,” said Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Russian Historical Society.

The conference is set to welcome experts from Russia and other countries. Attendees will include Ruslan Gagkuev, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Historical Society and Executive Director of the History of the Fatherland Foundation; Boris Korobets, Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University; Yuriy Kulchin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Kyi Shwin, Rector of the Yangon University of Foreign Languages (Myanmar); Nikolay Kradin, Director of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East at the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Binod Singh, Director of the BRICS Institute; Carlos Tabunda, Director of the Center for Russian Studies at the New Era University (Philippines), and Ji Xianbai, Vice Dean of the School of Area Studies at Renmin University of China.

The conference is being organized by the Russian Historical Society; the Far Eastern Federal University; the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East (part of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences); and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is being held with the support of the History of the Fatherland Foundation and Russian Railways.

The Forum will also host the opening of an exhibition entitled Colonial Policy and the Anti-Colonial Struggle in Asian Nations. This historical and documentary initiative has been prepared by the Federal Archive Agency of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Russian Historical Society, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the State Museum of the East. It is being supported by the History of the Fatherland Foundation and Russian Railways. The exhibition is dedicated to the fight against colonialism in Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Korea, Myanmar, and the Philippines.

The 8th Eastern Economic Forum will take place on 10–13 September on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University.

EEF to host international scientific and practical conference dedicated to colonialism in the East and its impact on the modern world

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