Past Events

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Hear filmmakers Levan Lomjaria and George Sikharulidze explore the historical trajectory of Georgian cinema and the challenges it faces today, including attempts at state control over artistic expression.

Producer

Ph.D., George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

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In person

Julia Nemirovskaya will discuss how translators and editors of bilingual anthologies such as Disbelief, Dislocation, and Rupture have created a repository of poems protesting the war and government persecution in Russia and Belarus, titled Kopilka. 

Recording Available

Poet, Writer, and Senior Instructor in Literature, University of Oregon

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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In person

This film sheds light on the stories of six women from a nuclear-affected community in Kazakhstan. It explores topics such as technology-driven and state-sponsored gender-based violence, as well as the social stigma faced by nuclear-test survivors, particularly women.

Filmmaker, Producer, and Co-Founder of Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

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In person

Join us for a timely and thought-provoking conversation at the intersection of journalism, diplomacy, and war, discussing the making of the podcast "Escalation," sharing behind-the-scenes insights, and exploring what lies ahead for Ukraine.

Recording Available

Editor-in-Chief, Lawfare; Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Ukraine Fellow, Lawfare

Managing Editor, Lawfare

Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Online

This talk focuses on the history of the 1960s-1980s Festival of Cinemas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, held in Soviet Tashkent — a unique historic cinematic formation irreducible to binaries of North-South, East-West, Orientalism, or Cold War.

Recording Available

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University

Professor of Film and Moving Image Studies, Concordia University, Montreal