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painting of people at the museum. four women seated and a man showing to the painting

Rifka Angel in the Context of Her Times

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Literary and art historian Leon Kogan discusses the artistic career of Rifka Angel (1899-1988), the Russian-born American visual artist.

Leon Kogan
Leon Kogan

Lecturer at the Department of Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies at Boston College

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

Stalin’s Millennials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism

Stalin’s Millennials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism

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Tinatin Japaridze’s debut monograph Stalin’s Millennials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism examines Joseph Stalin’s increasing popularity in the post-Soviet space, and analyzes how his image, and the nostalgia it evokes, is manipulated and exploited for political gain.

Tinatin Japardize
Tinatin Japaridze

Director of Policy and Strategy at The Critical Mass

Arvid Bell

Founder, Negotiation Task Force

Russian rubles

The Impact of Russian Sanctions

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Online

Russia is facing an arsenal of sanctions by the U.S. and European countries. What are the goals of these sanctions, and are those goals achievable?

Recording Available
Adam Smith
Adam Smith

Partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, LLP

Hans-Helmut Kotz
Hans-Helmut Kotz

Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Sergey Aleksashenko
Sergey Aleksashenko

Member of the Board of Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom and the Board of the Free Russia Foundation

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Cover of the Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia showing girl blowing bubblegum

Surveying Gender History in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia

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Online

We honor the editors and discuss the contributions to this volume as part of our celebration of International Women's Day.

Recording Available
Janet Elise Johnson
Janet Elise Johnson

Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Mara Lazda
Mara Lazda

Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College, City University of New York

Rochelle Ruthchild
Rochelle Ruthchild

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

China president Xi Jinping

War in Ukraine: The View From Beijing

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Online

You are invited to a conversation with Tony Saich and Alexandra Vacroux on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s response to the war, and what this may portend for the future of the Russia/China relationship.

 

Recording Available
Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Tony Saich
Tony Saich

Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation