The Center for European and Russian Studies, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages & Cultures and Department of Political Science, held a talk with Ekaterina Shulmann and Maksim Kurnikov, moderated by Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science at UCLA. The talk took place at Royce Hall Room 314 on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 at 4 PM.
About the Speakers
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Ekaterina Shulmann is a political scientist specializing in the decision-making and bureaucratic behavior of modern authoritarian regimes with particular emphasis on Russia. Shulmann is currently a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin and teaches political science as an associate professor at the Maqsut Narikbayev KAZGUU University in Astana, Kazakhstan. A prominent commentator and public speaker, Shulman’s official YouTube channel has over 1.2 million subscribers where she commentates on Russia’s legal and political landscape.A prominent commentator and public speaker, Shulman’s official YouTube channel has over 1.2 million subscribers where she commentates on Russia’s legal and political landscape.
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Maksim Kurnikov is a journalist, the head of Ekho Online and the former deputy editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, widely considered the last independent radio station in Russia. Kurnikov is also the current lead editor of BILD, where he and Ekaterina Shulmann host their weekly program "Status" which averages over 500,000 views on a weekly basis. Described by BILD editor-in-chief, Johannes Boie, as a "great, independent and courageous journalist who, undeterred by Putin’s propaganda, continues to report and comment as a free voice for the people of Russia", Kurnikov seeks to offer audiences a complete picture of what is happening in Russia.
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Daniel Treisman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was educated at Oxford University (BA Hons. 1986) and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1995). Treisman’s work focuses on Russian politics and economics and comparative political economy. He has published four books and many articles in leading political science and economics journals including The American Political Science Review and The American Economic Review, as well as in the public affairs journals Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy.
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