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The Emigration of Belarusian and Russian Academics and Institutions

In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many Russian academics left Russia for Europe and elsewhere fearing increased reprisals from university administration as well as from the state itself. In Belarus, however, this trend began over a decade earlier. This panel discussion examined how academics have rebuilt, or are rebuilding, their research, their networks, and even in some cases their entire universities.    

This event is a part of the Kennan Institute’s spotlight on Migration in Eurasia.

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Speakers

Andrei Zorin
Andrei Zorin
Professor and Chair of Russian, Oxford University; Member of the Board, International Teodor Shanin Foundation (Lithuania); Board of FLAS (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Montenegro)
Krzysztof Rybinski
Krzysztof Rybiński
Rector, European Humanities University in Vilnius
Dmitry Rudenkin
Dmitry Rudenkin
Visiting Researcher, Yerevan State University; Non-resident Fellow, The Russia Program at George Washington University; Co-founder, Academic Bridges Lab

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