Past Events

Event Format
Hand holding Russian Federation and State of Israel

Critical Citizenship and Civic Participation in 3 Generations of Russian Israelis

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In person

Prof. Remennick's talk highlights the dynamics of civic attitudes and participation in three consecutive generations of ex-Soviet Israelis: from adult immigrants to the Israeli-born Gen 2.0.

Recording Available
Larissa Remennick
Larissa Remennick

Professor of Sociology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

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

Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Queer Focus: Arts and Culture (Panel 3)

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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
Ramona Dima

Associate Professor, Center for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger

Luc Beaudoin

Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Denver

Maria Engstrom

Professor of Russian, Department of Modern Languages, Uppsala University

Aleksandra Gajowy

Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin

Phillip Gleissner

Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University

Poster for Decolonizing Ukraine conference

Decolonizing Ukraine in Theory and Practice

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In person
Online

Join HURI's Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program for a four-panel conference on decolonizing how we think about Ukraine, with a focus on policymaking, diplomacy, and advocacy.

Emily Channell-Justice
Emily Channell-Justice

Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

covers of the journals in 1983

Tamizdat as a Literary Practice and Political Institution of the Cold War Era

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In person

Yasha Klots will speak about the history of tamizdat as a literary practice and political institution of the Cold War era, as well as about its relevance today, when censorship and political persecution in Putin’s Russia is back, generating another “wave” of emigration from Russia and forcing numerous authors and journalists to publish abroad.

Yasha Klots
Yasha Klots

Associate Professor, Hunter College

Daria Khitrova
Daria Khitrova

Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Oqlanmagan Photo

'Oqlanmagan – The Unexonerated': Film Screening and Discussion

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In person

This documentary attempts to tell the story of more than 18,000 people in Uzbekistan formerly designated as “extremists” by the Karimov government.

Noah Tucker
Noah Tucker

Senior Research Consultant, Oxus Society; Program Associate, Central Asia Program, George Washington University

Emina Umarov
Emina Umarov

Graduate Student of Security Policy Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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