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CANCELLED: Wed 5/1 @ 6 pm event with Ahmet Evin of ipc_ipm and Alexander Cooley on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and China's Belt & Road Initiative ambitions.

Tmrw @ 2 pm: a reading by Ukrainian poet Yuliya Musakovska and her translator Olena Jennings, hosted by our Ukrainian Studies Program. They will read from Musakova's upcoming collection 'The God of Freedom,' in Eng and Ukr & discuss wartime Ukraine ow.ly/QAAG50RnC8x

On Mon 4/29 @ 6:30 pm, we'll host a screening of the thriller Claustro (2023), followed by a discussion w/ director Olzhas Bayalbayev. Mod. by Tatiana Efremova ow.ly/i54y50RnmSu

Tmrw @ 6:30 pm we'll host a screening of Roher's Navalny (2022) w/ the Lenfest Center for the Arts & Columbia University Political Science. Introduction by Sarah Cole of ColumbiaSchoolofArts Columbia English & Comparative Literature & discussion by Mikhail Zygar + Tim Frye + Valentina Izmirlieva ow.ly/Ctk050RlpH8

Congratulations to our faculty member Agnieszka Legutko, who was awarded a 2024 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award ow.ly/WIkt50RlpU8

Please join us w/ Barnard College Slavic Dept on 4/25 for an author talk w/ journalist & novelist Sasha Vasilyuk on her debut 'Your Presence is Mandatory,' which follows a Ukrainian Jewish WWII soldier & his family. Mod. by John Wright ow.ly/I5qc50Rlp9M

Tmrw @ 4:10 pm, we'll host a lecture by Edward Verona on the complex dynamics of the Russo-Ukrainian war, focusing on sanctions, energy, and asymmetrical warfare. Mod. by Natasha Udensiva ow.ly/Be6U50RloP3

'...The scale of Ukrainian civilian contributions to the war effort was beyond anything we had seen before, and it was being overlooked by the media and analysts...' - @Emm_Mateo. Read our postdoct spotlight interview ow.ly/JMfL50RlxXg

Don't miss “Eurasia Decentered: Internal and External Souths From Muscovy to Present,' a 2-day conference 4/19-4/20 co-hosted by Kritika Journal ow.ly/wfLo50Ricto

Do independent Russian journalists have a future in journalism? Tmrw @ 12 pm, join us w/ Columbia Journalism & Andrey Zakharov, investigative journalist & 2024 Klebnikov Civil Society Fellow. Mod. by Keith Gessen ow.ly/SWca50Ric1s

Our visiting professor Ferenc Laczó of CU History Department has recently given several expert interviews & was quoted in leading Dutch-language media including NU.nl & the Belgium newspaper De Morgen on the political rise of Péter Magyar ow.ly/yG0650RgxUY

Congratulations to Dennis Yi Tenen of Columbia English & Comparative Literature on the publication of his book 'Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write' (@wwnorton, 2024), reviewed in The New York Times & The Washington Post & Chicago Tribune ow.ly/1pOb50RgmPh

What role can Russian emigres play in shaping Russia’s future? Tmrw @ noon, join us for a mtg of the NY-RU Public Policy Series w/ NYU Jordan Center & Margarita Zavadskaya + Ivetta Sergeeva + Elizaveta Osetinskaya + Erik R Scott. Mod. by Joshua Tucker & Anton Shirikov ow.ly/tQnE50Rcu7B

Congratulations to Ann Cooper, Columbia Journalism prof & Harriman Mag EIC, who coauthored 'Newshawks in Berlin' w/ Larry Heinzerling & Randy Herschaft, examining The Associated Press's coverage of Germany from the inception of the Nazi regime through the aftermath of WWII ow.ly/cIhN50Rgow3

On Wed 4/17 @ 10 am, join us for a lecture by Ambassador Andrei Sannikov on non-violent struggle under dictatorship in Belarus. Mod. by Elise Giuliano ow.ly/cwUF50RctCl

Don't miss it: tmrw @ 4pm, we'll partner w/ the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism Columbia Journalism for a conversation w/ Simon Shuster on his months-long embed w/ Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський in Kyiv during the full-scale Russian invasion. Mod. by Keith Gessen ow.ly/Wm3b50Rctjf

How is Russia's war in Ukraine reshaping its relationship with Korea? Find out on Tues 4/16 @ noon during our panel w/ Gregg Brazinsky 裴斗虎 GW University, Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick @lizwish.bsky.social Montclair State University WEAI, & Jenny Town Stimson Center 38 North, mod. by Elise Giuliano ow.ly/G2Ju50RcsQh

On Mon 4/15 @ 6:30 pm, the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will host a screening of the documentary Intercepted (2024), directed by Oksana Karpovych, who will discuss after the screening. Mod. by Yuri Shevchuk ow.ly/uOz650RcrXa

Don't miss “Criminalized Again: Culture(s) of LGBTQI+ in Search for Freedom,” a 3-day conference, organized by Mark Lipovetsky Columbia University & Vlad Strukov University of Leeds w/CU Seminar on Slavic History & Culture, CU Dept of Slavic Lang, & ISSG @ Columbia ow.ly/I0cA50RcqTN