The Russian invasion of Ukraine has challenged scholars in Slavic studies to collectively rethink approaches to the field. This conference gathers fellow graduate students from other universities across a range of disciplines to engage new and developing approaches to study of the region.
By comparing the border area between Turkestan and Xinjiang with the region in the Russian Far East bordering Manchuria, the talk will explore how the cross-border opium economy connected the Tsarist Empire and then the USSR to China and to the larger global opium market.
Due to unanticipated changes in President Zourabichvili’s schedule, our International Women’s Day Forum has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule President Zourabichvili to join us in the JFK Jr. Forum at a later date.
