Bloody January: Kazakhstan 2022 and the Culture of Protest
Featuring the following Panel Presenters:
Diana Kudaibergenova, University of Cambridge
Assel Tutumlu, Near East University
Suinbike, filmmaker, art activist
Ramil Niyazov-Adyljan, poet
Register to attend on zoom: https://bit.ly/Kazakhstan2022
South Asian Studies Council Colloquium Series: Book Panel: Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India.
A book panel discussion with Rohit De, SASC & History; Kelvin Ng, History; and Ali Touilila, French Department.
Sponsored by Modern Europe Colloquium, the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, the European Studies Council, and South Asian Studies Council, Yale University.
Zoom link: https://cutt.ly/SASC203
State surveillance has long been a means of disciplining populations of Central and East Europe. While the authoritarian governments of the region have reverted to the Soviet-style state surveillance strategies by silencing dissidents (Belarus) or listing and wiretapping “Soros mercenaries” (Hungary), corporates today penetrate the society by means of technology and collect data on all aspects of the individual’s life.
Are you considering a Masters degree in a field related to Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies but wondering whether and when you should take this next step? Unsure what sorts of programs exist? Curious about finding and funding opportunities near your own current institution or alma mater? This webinar gives you a chance to hear from and pose your questions to both a career consultant and the representatives of various Northeast U.S. universities and colleges.
Featuring:
-Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram, Polish human rights lawyer and 2021 Yale World Fellow
-Mauro Mondello, freelance reporter, war correspondent, documentary filmmaker; and 2020 Yale World Fellow
-Maksimas Milta, MA Candidate in European & Russian Studies, Yale; and professional in higher education management, policy analysis, and media of Lithuania and Belarus
Moderated by Dr. Bradley Woodworth, Program Manager of Baltic Studies Program at the MacMillan Center, Yale
Discussants:
1.Prof. Philippe Schmitter: Emeritus Professor of Political Science (EUI), Co-Author of the Book
2.Prof. Gabriela Ippolito-O’Donnell: Professor of Political Science (UNSAM)
3.Prof. Milan Svolik: Professor of Political Science (Yale University)
Moderator:
Martin Mejia: Visiting Doctoral Fellow CLAIS (Yale University/Tulane University)
In contrast to macro discussions of labor flows and remittance dependence between Tajikistan and Russia, this panel will look at issues of migration from the perspective of the everyday, or how officials and migrants involved in migration between Tajikistan and Russia encounter challenges of representation, mobility, and agency.
Join the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies and the Yale Translation Initiative to welcome alumnus Adam Mahler back to Yale for a discussion related to a forthcoming book - a new translation of the 1920 book of poems by Portuguese symbolist poet, Camilo Pessanha, who resided in Macau for the last part of his life (1894-1926). The session will feature a reading of a selection of the original poems in Portuguese with Adam’s new translations.
Wondering what a career related to Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies might look like, and how to pursue it successfully? Come hear alums from several REEESNe institutions (large and small, public and private) talk about how their studies of this part of the world prepared them for non-academic professions and how they have navigated careers in areas ranging from development and investing to government accountability, from journalism to environmental and human rights non-profits.
The discriminative politics and hateful rhetoric of the Hungarian and Polish authoritarian governments have put the local LGBTQ communities under increased attacks in recent years. Polish municipalities have declared themselves “LGBT-free zones” and prosecuted the protesting activists. Meanwhile, the Hungarian parliament revised the constitution to legally establish that in a family “the mother is a woman, the father a man,” and also passed a law that bans the “promotion” of sexual orientation in schools and in other public institutions.
