Past Events

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Two years into Russia's war against Ukraine, military analyst Pavel Luzin will consider what we know about Moscow's troop numbers, recruitment, officer corps, mercenaries, and more.

Recording Available

Visiting Scholar, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Executive Director, Davis Center

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This event will offer a rare insider look into the nexus of violence and identity politics in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region since 2014.

Professor, Ilia State University

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University

Associate Director, Davis Center

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The Queer Focus series will address a variety of questions and themes regarding LGBTQIA+ issues within Eurasia and Eastern Europe.

Recording Available

Independent Researcher

Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas

Professor and Principal Research Scholar, Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Princeton University; Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Visiting Lecturer, Gender Studies, Mount Holyoke College

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Our guest speakers will discuss Iran's and Türkiye’s interests in the South Caucasus, their political and economic perspectives on the region, and the implications for Georgia. 

Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative, and Visiting Scholar, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

Özgür Özkan is a research fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, American Foreign Policy Council; President, America-Georgia Business Council

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Theory meets practice as the panelists draw on empirical evidence and lived experiences to elucidate viable interventions aimed at empowering Ukrainian women in their quest for stability and belonging amid the tumult of displacement.

Recording Available

Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF) Program Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honorary Professor, Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism, Ukraine

CEO of Ukreate Hub and international projects lead at Open Lithuania Foundation

Activist and Founder of Open Nations

Research Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University