By Griffin Edwards, MA student, REEI Natalia Savelyeva’s recent lecture “Parasite Organizations: What the Evolution of Direct Sales Marketing in Russia can tell us about Contemporary Capitalism” discussed the reception of direct sales marketing organizations in post-Soviet Russia, from its original stigma to acceptance. Savelyeva’s research seeks to answer questions such as: what were the… Read more »
FALL 2020 Event
Reflections on Stanislav Budnitsky’s talk, “Russia’s Great Power Identity and Internet Diplomacy”
Written by Nicholas Ingersoll, Graduate Student, Department of History On November 11, 2020, Dr. Stanislav Budnitsky, a postdoctoral fellow at the IU Russian Studies Workshop, gave a presentation on “Russia’s Great Power Identity and Internet Diplomacy” and its implications for Russia’s approach to internet governance and diplomacy. Dr. Budnitsky’s work investigates how the national identity… Read more »
Reflections on a talk by Dima Kortukov: “Political Change in Ordered Societies: Elections and the End of the USSR”
Phillips participates in Utopian Kruzhok, “Body, Technology, Environment: Disability Studies”
On August 29, Sarah Phillips, IU professor of anthropology and director of the Russian and East European Institute, was a guest of the online interactive Russian-language seminar Utopian Kruzhok, “Body, Technology, Environment: Disability Studies.” Created and led by Alexandra Kurlenkova, PhD student in Media, Culture and Communication at NYU, the Disability Studies “kruzhok” (circle) introduces participants from various… Read more »