Past Events

Event Format
Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Queer Focus: Politics & Law (Panel 4)

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Online

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

Recording Available
Katalin Fabian
Katalin Fábián

Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College

Jennifer Suchland

Associate Professor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University

Marianna Muravyeva

Professor of Law

Piro Rexhepi

Research Fellow, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

Helene Thibault

Associate Professor of Political Science, Nazarbayev University

a soldier in the field

What the Russian People Think About the War and Its Mastermind

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In person

As Vladimir Putin heads into his fifth presidential election while casualties mount in the Russo-Ukrainian War, a panel of experts will shed light on how various sectors of Russian society view the war and their president.

Ivan Kurilla
Ivan Kurilla

Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College

Maria Lipman
Maria Lipman

Visiting Research Scholar, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University; Editor, Russia.Post

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center; Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Russian occupying army in Georgia during Russo-Georgian war in 2008 near Zugdidi.

Reverberations of the War Against Ukraine: Impact on Abkhazia, Georgia

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In person

Our speakers will discuss current developments in and around Abkhazia, human rights violations, and Georgian and international responses. 

Recording Available
Mamuka Tsereteli
Mamuka Tsereteli

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

Malkhaz Toria
Malkhaz Toria

Associate Professor, Ilia State University

David Abesadze
David Abesadze

Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations

a soldier on the road with a back turned to the viewer

Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States

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In person

Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States examines the root causes of Russia's war against Ukraine. The book explains how, since 1991, Russia and Ukraine have diverged politically, ending up on a collision course. 

Oxana Shevel
Oxana Shevel

Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Maria Popova
Maria Popova

Associate Professor, Jean Monnet Chair, McGill University

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center; Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

St. Michael's Monastery, Kyiv

SWB Virtual Talk on Identity and Religious Freedom: Dilemmas of National Security and Democracy in Wartime Ukraine

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Online

Shevel examines the politics of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine in time of war and the nexus of identity, national security considerations, and democratic freedoms.

Oxana Shevel
Oxana Shevel

Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Daniel Epstein

Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center

Portrait of Tornike Metreveli
Tornike Metreveli

Associate Professor in Sociology of Religions, Lund University

Henry Hale
Henry E. Hale

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University; Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School

George Soroka
George Soroka

Instructor, REECA Program, Davis Center; Executive Officer, Harvard Academy; Lecturer, Harvard University Government Department