We asked Griffin Edwards to write up a few notes about this conference – his first experience in presenting a research paper – to give other Master’s degree students a sense of how it actually works. The conference took place February 28-March 1, 2020; their website notes that, “Graduate students (“colleagues-in-the-making”) are particularly welcome.” For… Read more »
Tag: Russian Foreign Policy
Railroads, Tattooed Noblemen, and the Constitutive Other: A Reflection on Ivan Kurilla’s talk “Frenemies: U.S.-Russian Relations from a Historical Perspective”
Written by Stepan Serdiukov, PhD student in History What roles do U.S. and Russia play in each other’s public imaginations? This is what Ivan Kurilla, Professor of History and International Relations at European University in Saint Petersburg, focused on in his March 5 talk at Woodburn Hall 101. Dr. Kurilla started his career as an… Read more »
Reflections on Edyta Bojanovska’s lecture, “The Colonial World Through Russian Eyes”
Written by Ani Abrahamyan, PhD student in Slavic & East European Languages and Cultures Each semester the graduate students of the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures get the opportunity to invite a scholar for a guest lecture. As each student has a distinct academic research interest, the process of choosing the… 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 »
Celeste Wallander, President and CEO of the US-Russia Foundation: “Forging U.S.-Russia Partnerships”
Written by Kimberly Madsen, PhD student in SPEA Dr. Celeste Wallander met with students of the Russian Studies Workshop on March 27 to give advice on careers and address challenges in US-Russia relations. Given her impressive background as President and CEO of the U.S.-Russian Foundation, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia… Read more »