Past Events

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This talk will examine selected Polish ecopoetic texts to reflect on the challenges and possibilities of literary imagination attempting to cross various borders.

Associate Professor, University of Warsaw

Alfred Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature, Harvard University

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Yaroslav Trofimov, the author of “Our Enemies Will Vanish” and chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, discusses Ukraine’s resistance against Russia as the war enters its third year, casualties mount on both sides, and indispensable American support for Kyiv begins to crumble.

Recording Available

Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, Wall Street Journal

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

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

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

Recording Available

Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College

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

Professor of Law

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

Associate Professor of Political Science, Nazarbayev University

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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.

Visiting Professor of History, The Ohio State University

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

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

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

Recording Available

Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations