Royce Hall, Rm 314
Registration for this event has filled up, please send requests to be added to the waitlist to cers@international.ucla.edu. Please note that UCLA students and faculty have priority.
In case you couldn't register for our talk, Ekaterina Shulmann and Maksim Kurnikov are also giving a talk at the Fine Arts Theatre on October 4, 2024, 7:00 PM. View information and tickets here.
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, invites you to a talk with Ekaterina Shulmann and Maksim Kurnikov, moderated by Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science at UCLA. The talk will take place at Royce Hall Room 314 on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 at 4 PM. This event is open to the UCLA community and general public, with registration required to be admitted.
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.
Venue
Royce Hall Room 314
10745 Dickson Ct
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking
Parking Structure 5 is closest to the event venue. Parking Structure 5 is accessible from Royce Drive, south of Sunset Boulevard, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). Alternatively, Parking Structure 4 is also close to the venue and has Pay-By-Space Visitor Parking available. Guest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Accessible parking: If you have accessibility needs, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures, Department of Political Science