Monthly Archives: February 2014

Not What Putin Bargained For

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Stephen Norris

What transpired in Ukraine last week was nothing short of remarkable; after three months of mass protests against the decision of their president, Viktor Yanukovych, not to sign a deal which would’ve brought Ukraine and the European Union closer, Ukrainians … Continue reading →

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A Miamian in Moscow

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Matt Bodner, a 2013 graduate of Miami with degrees in Political Science and Russian Studies, currently lives in Moscow and writes for The Moscow Times.  Here’s a link to his recent story about where to watch the Olympics in Russia’s capital: … Continue reading →

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A Spectator in Sochi

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Lara McCoy Roslof received her M.A. in History from Miami in 2004–her thesis focused on the transformation of the Orthodox Church after 1991.  She is now the Executive Editor for the Western Hemisphere at Russia Beyond the Headlines.  Based in Moscow, … Continue reading →

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Cold War Traces

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Read about the transformation of a former Cold War listening post in Berlin–Oana Godeanu from American Studies took Miami students on a Winter Term workshop to see it and the New York Times covered the visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/where-nsa-kept-watch-in-cold-war-artists-now-find-refuge.html?_r=0

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Sochi 2014

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Steven Lee Myers has an interesting piece in the February 5, 2014 New York Times that uses interactive maps co-created by Havighurst Center postdoc Edward Holland.  Check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/an-olympics-in-the-shadow-of-a-war-zone.html?hp&_r=1

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Kyiv 2014

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Stephen Norris

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Andrey Kurkov is one of the most popular writers living in contemporary Ukraine. Kurkov visited Miami University in 2008 to talk about contemporary Ukrainian fiction and to introduce the film, A Friend of the Deceased, based on his novella A … Continue reading →

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