By Dafna Rachok, PhD student in Anthropology It is not a secret that concepts travel through time and places and often get vernacularized and reshaped. To find out how the idea of inclusion is understood and employed in contemporary Russia, on April 16th, a panel of experts gathered to tackle the question of diversity and… Read more »
Tag: social movements
Legal Memos & Social Journalism: IU student & faculty research team supports Russian human rights advocacy organization Moscow Helsinki Group
By Clare Angeroth Franks, REEI alumna Deaths which occur in state custody are a growing crisis in the Russian Federation. While there are no official statistics on deaths in custody in the country, more than one third of deaths associated with law enforcement agencies and the Federal Penitentiary Service (Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний or FSIN) are not adequately explained. Most often, the public only learns that… Read more »
Reflections on the RSW panel, “The State of Human Rights in Russia Today”
This post is the first in a two-part series on this panel. Part 1: The Fall of Human Rights By Clare Angeroth Franks, REEI alumna On Friday, February 5, 2021 four experts on human rights in Russia gathered to discuss the state of human rights in Russia today as part of the Russian Studies Workshop’s… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 4, Developing a regional human rights network in Russia
This is the fourth in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 3, Monitoring courts, police, and prisons
This is the third in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 2, Freedom of Assembly
This is the second in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
Blog series on Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: Panel 1, Memories of Lyudmila
This is the first in a series of five blog entries from the “Symposium on Human Rights in Russia: The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva,” which took place on November 15-16, 2019 on the campus of Indiana University—Bloomington. The blog entries were written by graduate students who come from a variety of disciplines at… Read more »
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 Angelina Davydova’s talk on Environmental Policies and Challenges in Russia
Written by Clare Angeroth-Franks, MA student in the Russian & East European Institute An environmental journalist from St. Petersburg with broad expertise, including on Siberia, Angelina Davydova is based at UC Davis as a Humphrey Fellow this year. She has more than 10 years of professional experience of working with Russian and international media. Among other honors, she… 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 »