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Previous Programs: Russian War Against Ukraine
A Conversation with Ukrainian Parliament Member Oleksiy Goncharenko
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
Russian War in Ukraine and Global Food Crisis
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
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
Russian War in Ukraine, Territorial Defense:
The Civilian Army
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
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
Russian War in Ukraine: A Public Teach-In
March 16, 2022
A public
- Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D.
Penn State Behrend - Volodymyr Dubovyk, Ph.D.
Mechnikov National University, Odesa, Ukraine
Putin's War in Ukraine: A Public Teach-In
March 2, 2022
A public
- 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
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
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