Humanities research on emotions now is in full swing; some have identified an “emotional turn.” This emotional turn is just beginning to reach Russian studies. The aim of our joint French-German-Russian conference is to bring together works-in-progress on emotions in Russian history and culture, to invite rereadings from an emotions perspective, and to spawn new research in this exciting new field. We deliberately encourage submissions on all periods of history. The geographic focus of the conference is a broadly conceived geographic-cultural space of the former Soviet Union.