IU Hamilton Lugar School to host a teach-in on Russia’s attack on Ukraine

Events organized by Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute 

The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University will host teach-in events March 1-3 on Russia’s attack on Ukraine featuring experts from Indiana University, the Hamilton Lugar School, and Ukraine. All events, organized by the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute, will be held at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at 355 N. Eagleson Ave. Recordings will be made available following the events.

A panel discussion on Wednesday, March 2 will be held 5-7:00 p.m. in Shreve Auditorium at the Hamilton Lugar School and will also be live streamed to the Hamilton Lugar School Facebook page. Download poster with panelists (PDF)

Topics include the war in Ukraine and international law, Russian military strategy, Ukrainian civil society, Ukrainian culture and national identity, the history of Kievan’ Rus, the history of warfare in 20th Century Europe, the potential Ukrainian refugee crisis, contentious politics in contemporary Russia, Russian media ecology and war coverage, repercussions on US politics and public opinion, and much, much more. 

Events are supported by the Department of International Studies, the Inner Asian and Uralic Resource Center, the Center for the Study of Global Change, and the Institute for European Studies.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1 SCHEDULE

9-10am   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
What is the Ideology Behind Putin’s Actions?
Robert Kravchuk, Professor, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

10-11am   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Ukraine and the great powers rivalry
Justyna Zajac, Professor of Practice, International Studies and Political Science, and Director, Polish Studies Center

10-11am   |   GA 4067
Entangled Histories: Russia and Ukraine–Legacies of the Russian Empire on Politics
Tatiana Saburova, Lecturer of History and Co-Director, Russian Studies Workshop

11am-12pm   |  GA 1060/Global Lounge
How Ukraine’s Refugees Became Weapons of War
Elizabeth Dunn, Professor of Geography, and Director, Center for Refugee Studies

12-1pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Ukraine as a European Democracy
Padraic Kenney, Professor of History and International Studies, Associate Dean for Social and Historical Sciences and Graduate Education

11am-1pm   |   GA 4067
Viewing of film “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”

1-2pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Law and Order: International Legality, Legitimacy and Power in the Ukraine War
Timothy Waters, Professor, Maurer School of Law and Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy

1-2pm   |    GA 4067
What do Russians know? Russian media coverage of the war in Ukraine
Stanislav Budnitsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Russian and East European Institute / Russian Studies Workshop

2-3pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
‘F*ck off,’ and other Translation Subtleties in the Ukraine War
Russell Scott Valentino, Professor and Chair, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

2-3pm   |  GA 4067
Orbán and Putin: Energy, Propaganda, and the View from Budapest
Jessica Storey-Nagy, PhD Candidate, Central Eurasian Studies

3-4pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Why Did Russia Invade, and Why Now?
Dina Spechler, Associate Professor of Political Science

3-4pm   |   GA 4067
Sticks and Stones: How Words Matter
Kate Graber, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Central Eurasian Studies

4-5pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Why We in the US Should Care about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Jeffrey C. Isaac, Rudy Professor of Political Science

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 SCHEDULE
5-7:00 p.m. – Shreve Auditorium

Moderator: Hannah Buxbaum, Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University, John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics, and Professor of Law.

Panelists:

Tymofii Brik, Head of Sociology Department, Kyiv School of Economics

Stanislav Budnitsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Russian Studies Workshop

Elizabeth C. Dunn, Professor of Geography and Director, Center for Refugee Studies

Sarah D. Phillips, Professor of Anthropology and Director, Russian and East European Institute

Nataliia Shapoval, Head of Policy Research at Kyiv School of Economics

Polina Vlasenko, IU alumna and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Akron

Timothy Waters, Professor of Law, Val Nolan Faculty Fellow and Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy

Justyna Zajac, Professor of Practice in European Security Studies and Director, Polish Studies Center

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 SCHEDULE

9-10am   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
The Nuclear Dimension of the Russian Invasion 
Spenser Warren, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science

10-11am   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
East-Central Europe in International Politics, 1914 to the present
Laszlo Borhi, Associate Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and Anthropology

11am-12pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
The Romanian minority in Ukraine: history and current situation
Maria Bucur, Professor of History and Gender Studies

11am – 12pm   |    GA 4067
Responding to War: A Q and A with Russian Scholars and Activists
Regina Smyth, Professor, Political Science

12-1pm  |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Is Ukraine a Country?
Timothy Waters, Professor, Maurer School of Law and Associate Director/Center for Constitutional Democracy

12-1pm   |   GA 4067
Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed: “Contested Memory: Ukraine and Russia” (Zoom)
Doctoral Student/Department of Slavic and East European Language and Cultures

1-2pm.  | GA 1060/Global Lounge
VUFKU. LOST & FOUND. Forgotten History of “Ukrainian Hollywood”
Stanislav Menzelevskyi, Doctoral Student, Media School

1-2pm   |   GA 4067
Discover Ukraine with your smartphone
Svitlana Melnyk, Senior Lecturer, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

2-3pm    |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Three Generations of Ukrainian Women in War: A Personal Story
Polina Vlasenko, IU Alumna and Visiting Asst. Professor/Anthropology, University of Akron

2-3pm  |   GA 4067
A Church at War: Orthodox Christianity and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Patrick Lally Michelson, Associate Professor, Religious Studies

3-4pm   |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
How are they doing it? The rise and rise of Ukrainian Civil Society
Sarah Phillips, Professor of Anthropology and Director, R.F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute

3-4pm    |   GA 4067
The End of the Cold War and Its Legacy in the 21st Century
Michael De Groot, Assistant Professor, International Studies

4-5pm    |   GA 1060/Global Lounge
Documentation and Criminal Accountability for Conflict-Related Crimes in Ukraine
Emma Gilligan, Associate Professor, International Studies

4-5pm    |   GA 4067
What the United States Can and Should Do
Amb. Lee Feinstein, Hamilton Lugar School Founding Dean and Professor of International Studies