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Previous Programs: Russian War Against Ukraine

A Conversation with Ukrainian Parliament Member Oleksiy Goncharenko

A Conversation with Ukrainian Parliament Member Oleksiy Goncharenko (full details in caption)

February 27, 2023
A conversation with Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament. Goncharenko is also a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Vice President of the PACE Committee on Immigration, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons.

Moderated by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Russian War in Ukraine and Global Food Crisis

Russian War in Ukraine and Global Food Crisis (full details in caption)

October 24, 2022 
A conversation with Dr. Oleg Nivievskyi, an assistant professor and vice-president for economic education at Kyiv School of Economics, Center for Food and Land Use Research.

Hosted by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Digital Archiving of the Russian War in Ukraine

Digital Archiving of the Russian War in Ukraine

October 20, 2022
A conversation with Dr. Steven Seegel, professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, in residence at the UT Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (UT CREEES). Founder of the "February 24th Archive."

Hosted by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Russian War in Ukraine, Territorial Defense:
The Civilian Army

Russian War in Ukraine, Territorial Defense (full details in caption)

October 7, 2022
A conversation with Dr. Oleksandr Lukyanenko, associate professor and chair of culture studies at Korolenko Pedagogical University of Poltava and, since February 24, coordinator of the city's territorial defense unit.

Hosted by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Discussion with the Faculty of the Kyiv School of Economics (full description in caption)

Discussion with the Faculty of the Kyiv School of Economics

March 24, 2022
A discussion with world-class scholars who continue to work in the Ukrainian capital under Russian fire. The program included:

  • Tymofiy Mylovanov, a president of the Kyiv School of Economics and an advisor to Ukraine's presidential administration
  • Tymofii Brik, the head of sociological research at the Kyiv School of Economics
  • Anna Bulakh, an expert on international security and technology and a member of the Hybrid Warfare Task Force in Kyiv
  • Oleg Nivievskyi, a coordinator of the UaFoodTrade research project, a partnership with the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies

Hosted by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Russian War in Ukraine: A Public Teach-In (full description in caption)

Russian War in Ukraine: A Public Teach-In

March 16, 2022
A public teach-in about the conflict in Ukraine with:

  • Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
    Penn State Behrend
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk, Ph.D.
    Mechnikov National University, Odesa, Ukraine

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Putin's War in Ukraine (description in caption)

Putin's War in Ukraine: A Public Teach-In

March 2, 2022
A public teach-in about the conflict in Ukraine with:

  • Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
    Penn State Behrend
  • Nataliia Kasianenko, Ph.D.
    University of California at Fresno

What can you do? 
Visit this list of resources from RazomForUkraine.org

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NATO in Ukraine

NATO in Ukraine

February 17, 2022
A discussion by NATO experts:

  • Mark Webber, Ph.D.
    University of Birmingham, U.K.
  • Pierre Lépine, CD, Ph.D.
    Royal Military College of Canada
  • R. James Orr III, J.D., LL.M.
    National War College

Moderated by:
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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Ukraine in the Spotlight

Ukraine in the Spotlight

February 9, 2022
A discussion by Ukrainian experts:

  • Elena Besedina, Ph.D.
    Kyiv School of Economics
  • Olena Lennon, Ph.D.
    University of New Haven
  • Nataliia Kasianenko, Ph.D.
    California State University at Fresno

Moderated by: 
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend

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