Past Events

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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

Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Queer Focus: History and Archives (Panel 2)

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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
Feruza Aripova
Feruza Aripova

Lecturer in Modern Political, Social, and Cultural History in Global Context, The Cooper Union (NYC)

Roman Utkin
Roman Utkin

Assistant Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Assistant Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Wesleyan University

Irina Roldugina

UCIS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

Anita Kurimay

Associate Professor of History and Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Bryn Mawr College

Kamil Karczewski

Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University College London

Bright new day at the Kremlin in Moscow

SWB Virtual Talk: 'Can We Save Our Country?' Projects for Post-Putin Russia Invented in Exile

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Online

Busygina will give an overview of ideas and plans for a post-Putin Russia percolating among Russians who have left the country.

Irina Busygina
Irina Busygina

Independent Scholar

Daniel Epstein

Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center

Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Queer Focus: State of the Field (Panel 1)

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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
Simone Bellezza

Assistant Professor of Modern History, Department of Social Sciences of the University of Naples “Federico II.”

Tamar Shirinian
Tamar Shirinian

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee

Vladislav Beronja

Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Jasmina Tumbas
Jasmina Tumbas

Associate Professor, Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Buffalo

Emily Channell-Justice
Emily Channell-Justice

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