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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall Rm 10383
Join us for a lecture by Paul Melas, PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, and a graduate student mixer open to all disciplines.
Friday, December 6, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
Come join us for a discussion with Fiori Berhane (with comments by Andrew Apter) on kinship networks and political activism in the Eritrean diaspora in Italy.
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News & Announcements

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Repression is working, says Russian journalist

Monday, March 18, 2024

Investigative journalist Roman Badanin says many criminal and administrative charges have either been newly introduced, or more aggressively pursued, in the last six years to suppress dissent in Russia.
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Opinion: The best tribute we can pay to Navalny

Saturday, February 17, 2024

"Navalny's example and ultimate sacrifice remind us that there have always been — and still are — Russians who believe in decency and freedom for all. Now more than ever, we need to show them that they are not alone," says Daniel Treisman (UCLA Political Science).
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Putin's ‘fear dictatorship': Political scientist Daniel Treisman on the state of Russia's autocracy

Friday, July 28, 2023

Meduza special correspondent Margarita Liutova spoke to Professor Treisman to learn more about how Putin's regime has changed in recent years — and what the future might have in store for Russia.

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Crimes, Not Just Tragedies: Reporting War Against Ukraine

Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian journalist, on how to reunite truth with justice amidst war against Ukraine.
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The Return of the Native: Can Liberalism Safeguard Us Against Nativism?

A book talk by Jan Willem Duyvendak on how and why there has been a resurgence of nativist logic.
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Structures of Bias: How the State Systematically Downplays Right-Wing Extremism

Jonathan Homola, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA, discusses the rise of right-wing extremism and his forthcoming publication.

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