Events
"A Hard Country to Love": Patriotism and National Identity in Russia's Great War, 1914-1918
April 04, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Melissa Stockdale, Associate Professor of History, University of Oklahoma, and Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, discussed how Imperial Russia's participation in World War I led to a mobilization campaign that united the country's population under a cultivated national identity.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe 25 Years Later: What Have We Learned?
March 29, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Nataliya Mironova, founder, Movement for Nuclear Safety, Chelyabinsk; Natalia Manzurova, Radiation Ecology Expert, "Planet of Hope," Chelyabinsk
Book Discussion: The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism, and Society after 1825
March 28, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Scott Kenworthy, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and Former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Book Discussion: No Precedent, No Plan: Inside Russia's 1998 Default
March 24, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Martin Gilman, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and Former Senior Resident Representative, Moscow Office, International Monetary Fund (1996-2002)
Reassessing Russia's Decision Making Community: Intra-elite Conflicts, Political and Business Networks, and Ideological Constructions
March 21, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Marlene Laruelle, Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora in the Multiethnic Soviet Empire
March 14, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Erik R. Scott, Mellon/ACLS Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
The Current State of Civil Society as a Reflection of the Paradoxes of Modern-Day Russia
March 11, 2011 // 8:00am — 9:30am
Ella Pamfilova, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Civil Society, State University-Higher School of Economics, and Former Chair, Russian Presidential Council for the Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights
Holocaust Revisionism, Ultranationalism, and the Nazi/Soviet "Double Genocide" Debate in Eastern Europe
March 07, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Dovid Katz, Editor, www.DefendingHistory.com and Chief Analyst, Litvak Studies Institute, Vilnius
Killed Without Consequence: Why the Murder of Russian Journalists Matters Beyond Russia
February 28, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Nina Ognianova, Program Coordinator, Europe and Central Asia, Committee to Protect Journalists
All in the Family? Property Struggles and Patronage Politics in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan
February 22, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Regine Spector, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute