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The Silk Road After the Russo-Ukraine War: A New Vision for Eurasian Integration

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The talk will discuss the durable impacts of Russia's attempted recolonization of Ukraine on Eurasia's economic and supply chain integration.

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Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

The cover of "Transpatial Modernity" by Xiaolu Ma

'Transpatial Modernity': Chinese Cultural Encounters With Russia via Japan (1880-1930)

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Online

A new book,Transpatial Modernity, offers the first in-depth account of the triangular relationship among Chinese, Japanese, and Russian literature and culture in the modern era.

Fragment of Ivan Franko Park, Lviv 1955

Sources From Ukraine: (Re)structuring Place, Memory, and Nature

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Day-long workshop for educators interested in exploring the intersection of ecology and historical narratives in Ukraine.

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Associate Director, Davis Center

Sandra Grudić

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

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Russia’s Gamble: The Domestic Origins of International Assault, February 2022

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Vladimir Gel’man will explore the origins of Russia's assault on Ukraine and provide an explanation for its failure to achieve its objectives.

Irina Busygina
Irina Busygina

Independent Scholar

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Paradoxes of Proximity: Geography and Identity Expression in Georgia

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In person

How do individuals' experiences of violence and their geographical proximity to theaters of war affect their identity expression?