The Russian Institute (Director: Pyo Sang-yong) held an online academic conference titled ‘Russophobia – Russkiy Mir Dialectic: A Clash of Civilizations or Two Propagandas?’ on June 23, 2023 at 3pm.

In the first session, the authors of <Lussophobia>, Guy Mettan, Professor Greg Simons, and Professor Jiyeon Lee shed light on the history of Lusophobia in the West and the fiction of war narratives that originated from it.

In the second session, sociolinguistic researchers who paid attention to the Russian language situation in Eastern European countries gathered to examine the current status of 'Russkimir' as a linguistic community. These two opposing perspectives will further explain the causes of the crises and catastrophes we face today.

Seminars that analyze Russophobia, the combination of imperial hegemony and antagonism inherent in the war in Ukraine, Russia’s “explosion of historical reality,” should be continued, and this seminar will serve as a solid foundation for future research.

Through this academic conference, I was able to understand Russia's traditional values ​​and choices about historical issues, and at the same time, I was able to look at Russia's linguistic imperialism without prejudice.