The last Polish election might have been the last election in a normal, democratic context.
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Natasha BluthOksana Mykhed discusses the role of the plague in the making of the Ukrainian border
Ilaria Parogni
On November 6, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed historian Oksana Mykhed to present a lecture titled “A Plague on your Borders: Public Health and the Making of Russian Imperial Boundaries in Ukraine, 1762-95.” The lecture was based on a chapter from her upcoming book on the history of incorporation of Right-Bank and Central Ukraine into the Russian Empire between 1762 and 1860. As explained by NYU Professor Anne O’Donnell in her introduction, Mykhed defended her PhD dissertation at Harvard University in 2014 and was previously affiliated with the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Jordan Center hosts North East Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Conference
Anastassia Kostrioukova
On March 21, 2015, the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted the 36th Annual Meeting of the North East Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Conference. Roughly fifty participants came together to present and participate in lively discussions of the day. The conference consisted of nine panels touching on subjects varying from the psychological in Russian art and life, symbolic geography, Soviet film, Polish politics, émigré culture, to post-Communist culture and politics.
Poland’s Unlikely Ally, an Imperialist Russia
Tad Schnaufer II
The more the Russia taunts the West the more Poland gains political, economic, and military clout.
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