Events archive
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu (LSE)
6 March 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The political economy of natural resources is not a new area of study, but the presentation on the Caspian Basin countries is from a less-researched angle. This talk focuses on the characteristics of... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Olesya Khromeychuk (Director, Ukrainian Institute, London)
20 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Ukrainians did not wake up on 24 February suddenly feeling defiant. Their resistance was built up over centuries of repression, whether Russian imperial or soviet, and decades of shaping their... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Danielle Lussier (Grinnell College, USA)
13 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
A key feature contributing to public support for Putin over the past two decades is high levels of trust in him as an individual. This trust has shaped patterns of Russian political participation and... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Dave Dalton (Independent Scholar)
6 February 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Among the key puzzles of Ukraine’s post-communist development have been its poor economic performance and an inability to develop a fully rule-of-law state. The two issues are related, my research... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Diana Kudaibergenova (Cambridge)
30 January 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
In this talk, I argue that unconventional ways of political contention successfully shape the regime, its elites, and its forms of oppression even under the most authoritarian contexts and... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Eleanor Knott (LSE)
23 January 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
In Moldova, the number of dual citizens has risen exponentially in the last decades. Before annexation, many saw Russia as granting citizenship to – or passportizing – large numbers in Crimea. In... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Olga Tokariuk (RISJ & CEPA)
16 January 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Miriam Dobson (University of Sheffield)
28 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Olga Khomenko (St Antony's)
21 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Nataliya Kibita (University of Glasgow)
14 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Stefan Guth (Heidelberg University)
7 November 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Per Anders Rudling (Lund University)
31 October 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Mike Loader (University of Glasgow)
24 October 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Isaac Scarborough (Leiden University)
17 October 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Dr Natalya Chernyshova (University of Winchester)
10 October 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:45pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The seminar series this autumn focuses on the history of the USSR’s non-Russian republics and successor states. It explores political reforms, socio-economic transformations, and cultural upheavals... Read more