Winter 2021: Flagship and Russian Area Studies Events

1. General information from the UCLA Career Center

UCLA Career Center:  www.career.ucla.edu (http: //www.career.ucla.edu)

Humanities Career panels: https://humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/ (https: //humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/)

  • Monday, January 25, 4 pm PST: Bruins from the Bay to the Beach: Inside Careers in Tech for North Campus Majors (https: //humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/bruins-from-the-bay-to-the-beach-inside-careers-in-tech-for-north-campus-majors/)
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 4 pm PST: Fight the Power: Inside Careers in Social Justice and Non-Profits (https: //humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/fight-the-power-inside-careers-in-social-justice-and-non-profits/)
  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 4 pm PST: Inspiring Minds: Inside Careers in Education (https: //humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/inspiring-minds-inside-careers-in-education/)
  • Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 4 pm PST: Bruins and Big Data: Inside Careers in Data Science for North Campus Majors (https: //humanities.ucla.edu/career/hcps/events/bruins-and-big-data-inside-careers-in-data-science-for-north-campus-majors/)

2. Zoomed events relating to Russian area studies 

  • Tuesday, January 12, 7-8 am PST: Kazakhstan's Parliamentary Elections: What Next? Davis Center/Program on Central Asia, Harvard University (Link (https: //daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/kazakhstans-parliamentary-elections-what-next))

  • Tuesday, January 12, 10-11:30 PST: Wilson Institute book launch: "The Arctic and World Order." Watch the livestream here (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/event/arctic-and-world-order). 
  • Wednesday, January 13, 9 am PST: Fighting HIV/AIDS in Russia: Challenges, Successes and Working in a Pandemic, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-fighting-hivaids-russia-challenges-successes-and-working-pandemic)) 
  • Thursday, January 21, 9 am PST: Russia’s Worlds: The Russian Empire and the Ottoman World, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-russias-worlds-russian-empire-and-ottoman-world))
  • Friday, January 22, 12 - 1:15pm PST: Technological Solutions for Complex Problems: Emerging Electronic Surveillance Regimes in Eurasia, Center for Russian and East European and Eurasian Studies, Stanford University (Link (https: //creees.stanford.edu/events/technological-solutions-complex-problems-emerging-electronic-surveillance-regimes-eurasia)) 
  • Monday, January 25, 9 am PST: Legitimated State Repression in Authoritarian Regimes: Russia 2010-2017, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-legitimated-state-repression-authoritarian-regimes-russia-2010-2017))
  • Thursday, January 28, 9 am PST: Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster (book talk by the author, Kate Brown); Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-book-talk-manual-for-survival-kate-brown))
  • Friday, January 29, 5 pm PST: Wende Museum film discussion with Vladimir Paperny: Hollywood in Moscow (Link (https: //www.wendemuseum.org/programs/film-discussion-vladimir-paperny-hollywood-moscow))
  • Thursday, February 11, 7:00-8:00am PST: Global Perspectives | Ethiopia-Russia Relations, Wilson Center (Link (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/event/global-perspectives-ethiopia-russia-relations))
  • Friday, February 12, 1:00-2:00pm PST: Book Talk: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order, Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Link (https: //stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c1fgsQ77Q0yy3ibzhhNSzA))
  • Friday, February 12, 11:00 am-12:30 pm PST: New Directions in Research: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in the American Arctic and Siberia (Link (https: //pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zoa1prA5TFulmGMbt8AcFA))
  • Monday, February 15, 9:00am-10:00am PST: SRAS Live Stream Excursion: The Metro - Moscow vs. St. Petersburg (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Tuesday, February 16, 9:30-11:00 am PST: Stalin and the Fate of Europe: A Roundtable Discussion, Davis Center, Harvard University (Link (https: //daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/stalin-and-fate-europe-roundtable-discussion))
  • Wednesday, February 17, 12:30-1:45pm PST: Pathways to Success: Russia, Race, and Careers in Public Service, Kennan Institute (Link (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute))

  • Thursday, February 18, 9:00 am PST: Russia’s Worlds: The Soviet Union and the Middle East, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-russias-worlds-soviet-union-and-middle-east))
  • Friday, February 19, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST: Race in Focus: Talking about Whiteness. Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Link (https: //creeca.wisc.edu/event/race-in-focus-lecture-series-talking-about-whiteness-racial-and-ethnic-minorities-in-eastern-europe-russia-and-central-asia/))
  • Saturday, February 20, 4:00p PST: Screening and Discussion of Film 'Russian Ark' in Russian with Dr. Benjamin Rifkin, Hofstra University (Link (https: //events.hofstra.edu/index.php?eID=39196&fbclid=IwAR0dwiBs4J0jdrHM5dks_DPGj9jjjlhPb25o1nIP0ASa1xjfd5bOLIXa01U))
  • Friday, February 19, 12:00 - 1:15pm PST: Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after WWII; Center for Russian and East European and Eurasian Studies, Stanford University (Link (https: //creees.stanford.edu/events/soviet-judgment-nuremberg-new-history-international-military-tribunal-after-wwii))
  • Tuesday, February 23, 7:00-8:15am PST: Race, Racism, and Diversity in Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Kennan Institute ( (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute)Link (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute))

  • Tuesday, February 23, 12:00-1:00p PST: Choosing Propaganda: Understanding News Selection in Russia, CERS Graduate Student Lecture by Ashley Blum (UCLA Political Science) on the politics of contemporary Russian media (Link (https: //www.international.ucla.edu/euro/event/14882))
  • February 26, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST: Race in Focus: #BLM: Reception in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Link (https: //creeca.wisc.edu/event/race-in-focus-lecture-series-blm-reception-in-eastern-europe-russia-and-central-asia/))
  • Saturday, February 27, 7:45am - 8:45am PST: SRAS Virtual Excursion: Glimpse of the Winter Palace (The Hermitage) (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Saturday, February 27, 9:00am - 10:45am PST: SRAS Secret of the Queen: Russian Chess Tradition (Link)

3. Looking ahead

  • Monday, March 1, 1:00 pm PST: Lecture by Artemy Troitsky: Victor Tsoy and KINO: Myths and Reality of Russian Protest Rock Music (Link (https: //lftic.lll.hawaii.edu/troitsky/)) 

  • Tuesday, March 2, 6:30-8:30 am PST: The Evolution of Putinism: Constitutional Change and Regime Stability, Kennan Institute (Link (https: //engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/evolution-putinism-constitutional-change-and-regime-stability?emci=36dc13e4-7c78-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=6ac8dac6-9e7a-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&ceid=244349))
  • Tuesday, March 2, 9:30-11 am PST: Cold War Broadcasting and its Lessons Countering Russia’s Disinformation under Putin, Davis Center, Harvard University (Link (https: //daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/cold-war-broadcasting-and-its-lessons-countering-russias-disinformation-under-putin))
  • Thursday, March 4, 6:00-7:00am PST: Russia in the Time of Climate Change, CSIS (Link (https: //www.csis.org/events/russia-time-climate-change))
  • Friday, March 5, 7:00-8:15am PST: Black Journalists in Russia/Eurasia, Kennan Institute (Link (https: //www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute))

  • Saturday, March 6, 8:00-9:00am, 9:15-10:00am PST: SRAS Russian Slang Workshop: Learn to sound more like an everyday speaker by incorporating some modern slang phrases into your speech. (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Monday, March 8, 12:00pm PST: There will be a brief Peace Corps presentation by Janis Jeffrey, UCLA Peace Corps Representative. For the Zoom link, contact Susan Kresin, kresin@ad.ucla.edu
  • Saturday, March 13, 9:00-10:00am PST: SRAS Maslenitsa in Moscow Blini, Games, and More: Maslenitsa is an ancient Slavic tradition that remains one of the most important yearly celebrations in Russia. The streets and parks are filled with color, food, games, and street theater. Join Alex Sitnikov and Marina Gromova to experience it virtually for yourself! (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Thursday, March 18, 9:00 am PST: Russia’s Worlds: The Russian and Soviet North Pacific, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Link (https: //harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-russias-worlds-russian-and-soviet-north-pacific))
  • Saturday, March 27, 8:15-9:15am PST: SRAS Live Stream Excursion: Journey Around Ukraine (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Saturday, April 3, 8:00-9:00am PST: SRAS Language Workshop: Russian through Advertisements (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Saturday, April 17, 8:00-9:00am PST: SRAS Live Stream Excursion to Red Square (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • Saturday, May 1, 7:00-8:00am PST: SRAS Live Stream Excursion: Spring and Easter Traditions (Link (https: //sras.heiapply.com/application/booking))
  • May 22-23, 2021: Workshop on disability studies in Russia - Disability 3.0: New Approaches to Studying Disability in Russia (Link (https: //events.iu.edu/reei/event/142717-rsw-disability-30-new-approaches-to-studying?utm_source=reei.indiana.edu/news-events/calendar-of-events/index.html&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=framework&utm_term=standard&utm_content=2021-05-22-allday-RSW:%20Disability%203.0:%20New%20Approaches%20to%20Studying%20Disability%20in%20Russia))
  • Tuesday, March 23, 9:30-10:45 am PST: Soviet Dissidents and Their Impact in West Germany, 1950-1985, Davis Center, Harvard University (Link) (https: //daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/soviet-dissidents-and-their-impact-west-germany-1950-1985)
  • Аpril 24, all day: Twenty fourth Annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic, East/Central European and Eurasian Studies, hosted virtually by the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA (Link (https: //slavic.ucla.edu/conference/uc-undergraduate-conference/))

Organizers: Yana Demeshko, Cooper Lynn, Peter Winsky

Faculty advisor: Susan Kresin, RussianFlagship@international.ucla.edu 

  • June 22-24, 2021: Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference (virtual) (Link (https: //carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/24/2021-carnegie-international-nuclear-policy-conference-event-7506))