Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Russia – register for the III period courses!

The Aleksanteri Institute organises multidisciplinary study programmes and courses on Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Russia. Please find below a list of III period teaching. All University of Helsinki degree and exchange students are welcome to participate. 

Ukrainian Studies 

• The Long Collapse of the Soviet Union, III period

East Central European, Southeast European and Baltic Studies 

• An Introduction to Society, Politics, and Culture of Southeast Europe, III period
• Spatiality, Security and the Rule of Law: Western Balkan Responses, III period
• Jazz in Soviet Union: culture, music and changing political tolerance, III period
• The Long Collapse of the Soviet Union, III period
• Romanian History and Society, III-IV period
• Hungary’s 2026 elections: Consolidation or challenge of the Orbán regime? III-IV period

Master's Programme in Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies

• Civil Society and Human Rights in Authoritarian regimes, III period
• Critical approaches to social media, III-IV period
• How Europe got Russia wrong. Energy, violence, and the environment, III period
• Russian Strategy: Implications for European and Eurasian Security, III period
• Social policy and welfare in Eurasia and Eastern Europe (spring course), III-IV period

More information on the Aleksanteri Institute study modules, master’s progamme as well as research projects, publications and events can be found at institute’s website and in Instructions for students Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Russia bulletin. Welcome to participate!