Written by Rachel Julia Myers, JD/ MA in Russian and East European Area Studies. As a first-year law student also pursing an MA in Russian and East European Area Studies, I am interested in studying the legal profession both in the United States and in Russia. In my class on legal professions at Indiana University… Read more »
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2018 Midwestern Russian History Workshop
Written by Sam Fajerstain, RSW graduate affiliate. This past April, nearly thirty historians of Russia and the Soviet Union convened in Bloomington for the 2018 Midwestern Russian History Workshop. An annual staple of Midwestern Russian studies since the early 1990s, the MRHW serves as a collaborative nexus, allowing scholars to present their unpublished work for… Read more »
“The Global Informality Project” with Alena Ledeneva
Written by Alisha Kirchoff, PhD student in Sociology On April 6, RSW hosted a fascinating Telebridge session with scholar Alena Ledeneva of the University College of London. Ledeneva, known for her work on blat, informal practices that shape post-Soviet politics and business, and the prospects for modernization in Russia, has led the effort to develop… Read more »
“Coping with Uncertainty: Petty Traders in Post-Soviet Russia” with Kamil Wielecki
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI. What’s the difference between a petty trader and a smuggler? Quite a lot, actually. The issue of criminality was but one of the many topics addressed by Kamil Wielecki, Fulbright recipient and Visiting Professor at Wagner College, at his lecture “Coping with Uncertainty: Petty Traders in Post-Soviet Russia.” The… Read more »
Siberia from the outside and from within: international conference of field researchers / Сибирь извне и изнутри: международная конференция полевых исследователей
Written by Elena Korkina, member of the Center for Independent Research in the Social Sciences-Irkutsk / Написано Еленой Коркиной, сотрудник Центра независимых социальных исследований – Иркутск Конференций о Сибири, много. Конференций, в которых могут участвовать исследователи Сибири ещё больше. Почему иркутская – особая статья? В основе иркутской конференции три принципа: Исследования “человеческой”, повседневной и современной… Read more »
REEI Networks! event with Michael Kimmage
Written by Clare Angeroth Franks, REEI MA student. Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at Catholic University of America, spoke with a group of students on April 2, 2018 to talk about how funding proposals can employ policy relevance. Dr. Kimmage also touched on the state of US-Russian diplomatic relations. The group was comprised of PhD and… Read more »
“Human Rights Justice in Hybrid Regimes: Enforced Disappearances and Torture in the Russian Federation”
Written by Madeline McCann, graduate student in REEI Several weeks ago, the Russian Studies Workshop and the Department of International Studies sponsored a seminar on Human Rights Justice in Hybrid Regimes. Although the seminar broadly addressed the challenges of domestic litigation where there is weak rule of law, the focus in particular was on enforced… Read more »
2018 Russian Presidential Election: Results preordained, future uncertain
Written by Megan Burnham, RSW graduate affiliate Vladimir Putin coasted to victory on March 18th, winning his fourth term as President of the Russian Federation. Figures place the voter turnout at about 67.5% of the registered voter population, with incumbent Vladimir Putin receiving about 76.7% of the popular vote. These results are hardly surprising: enjoying… Read more »
Global Russia Panel and Deciphering Russian Foreign Policy at “America’s Role in the World” conference
Written by Timothy A. Model, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Prompted by revelations about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, investigations of Russian ties to the U.S. presidential administration officials, and the alleged Russian poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England, America’s attention to Russia has reached… Read more »
Natalia Forrat, visiting fellow at Notre Dame: “People’s Movement in Support of the State”
Written by Daniel Muck, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Social movements and civil society organizations in authoritarian settings are commonly seen to be working in opposition to the ruling regime, leading researchers to examine the threats that social movements pose, as well as the redistributive strategies autocrats use to co-opt or isolate… Read more »