Events archive
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Tracey German (KCL)
28 February 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre & Online
The perceived threat posed to Russia from so-called coloured revolutions – popular uprisings attributed by Moscow to malign sponsorship by external forces – has become a central theme in Russian... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Sirke Mäkinen (University of Helsinki)
21 February 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
Why have regimes and societies that would otherwise argue for their distinctiveness and sovereign decision-making caught ‘ranking fever’ in Higher Education? Why are they willing to give up their... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Professor Luca Anceschi (University of Glasgow)
14 February 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
We are witnessing a pandemic power-grab at play in Central Asia: emergency measures supposedly enacted to manage the spread of Covid-19 have been used to further entrench authoritarian control in a... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Nikolay Kozhanov (Qatar University)
7 February 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online
During the last eight years, Russia’s relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council have developed along a largely positive trajectory. This trend was determined by a complex mixture of factors that... Read more