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Student reviews of guest lectures

The Weapon of Laughter: On Boris Efimov’s Soviet Caricatures

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By Yuri Klinkenbergh On Monday, February 22, 2021, Miami University’s Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed its second guest lecturer of the semester, Dr. Stephen Norris. Dr. Norris is the director of the Havighurst Center and received his … Continue reading

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Sino-Russian Rapprochement: What does it mean?

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By Zach Martin The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed Dr. Hilary Appel, professor of government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, to speak for its penultimate lecture in its spring colloquium series “Russia and … Continue reading

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Only If Winner Takes All

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By Taylor Rathe The first man landed on the moon in 1969. This was an historic moment for the United States and the world—the U.S. had done the unimaginable and, by the rule of winner takes all, had officially “won” … Continue reading

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Do or Die Governance: The Weaponization of Corruption in Russia

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By Quinn Riley On Monday, March 2, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet welcomed Dr. Timothy Model, Havighurst Teaching Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, to the spring colloquia series. In a lecture titled “Russia’s Weaponization of Corruption in Ukraine,” … Continue reading

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The Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian Nationhood

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By Quinn Sippola The Russian invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea in 2014 affected the geopolitical stability of the entire Black Sea region. It also profoundly affected one of the major ethnic groups residing in the peninsula, the Crimean Tatars. … Continue reading

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Russia as a Regional Hegemon: Dr. Eugene Huskey on Linkages and Leverages in Central Asia

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By Nancy Pellegrino On Tuesday, February 24th, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed its second guest lecturer of the semester, Dr. Eugene Huskey, a professor emeritus from Stetson University and expert on Kyrgyzstan. His talk focused on … Continue reading

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