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On Russia's war in Ukraine: MSU events and resources

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Painting by Barbara Ann Masten, created on March 6, 2022, in honor of the Ukrainians fighting for their freedom and independence. Full image

Statements by members of the MSU community

March 11, 2022: Statement by members of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies.

March 15, 2022: Joint statement by members of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, the Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, and the Asian Studies Center.

Events

 

  • October 2025 (exact date/time/location: TBA)
    Ukrainian Ceramics: Making Pots in Times of War
    • Irina (Ira) Bondarenko, University of Michigan
  • April 22, 2025 
    CEES Distinguished Lecture Series “The Rise and Persistence of Authoritarianism: Is Democracy in Peril?”
    Europe at Crossroads: Transatlantic Relations and the New U.S. Administration
    • Jan Havránek, Deputy Chief of the Mission Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC
  • February 24, 2025
    Joint event with Department of Art, Art History, and Design, MSU
    Art exhibition “Resistance – Ukrainian Art of Freedom”
    • Curator: Svitlana Biedarbieva
    • Panelists:
      • Svitlana Biedarbieva, President-Elect, Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture
      • Lesia Khomenko, Co-founder, Hudrada Curatorial Collective
      • Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor, Department of History, MSU
    • Art by: Yevgenia Belorusets, Alevtina Kakhidze, Lesia Khomenko, Maria Kulikovska, Piotr Armianovski, Olia Mykhailiuk, Mykola Ridnyi, Elena Subach, Serhiy Zhadan
  • January 27, 2023
    A Conversation with Ukraine (Flyer)
    • Bob Wood (MSU, 1980) and Emily Rutkowski (MSU, 2012)
  • November 14, 2022 
    War in Ukraine: Underlying Causes and Prospects for Peace in the Second Nuclear Age (Flyer)
    • Dr. Paul D'Anieri, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of California Riverside
  • November 4, 2022
    The Not-So-Surprising Russian War on Ukraine (Flyer)
    • Natalie Melnyczuk, Euro-Atlantic Security Consultant; Department of Political Science, Wayne State University; Government Affairs Committee, Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan
  • May 9, 2022
    The War in Ukraine and its Impact on Ukrainians: A Personal Perspective (Flyer)
    • Andrey Kurkov, Ukrainian novelist, President of PEN Ukraine
  • April 18, 2022
    Post-Conflict Assistance to Ukraine: What to Expect? (Flyer Video)
    • Susan K. Fritz, USAID Regional Mission Director to Ukraine and Belarus (2016 - 2020)
  • April 16, 2022
    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Panel discussion (Flyer)
    • Dr. Norman Graham, Professor, International Relations, James Madison College, MSU
    • Dr. Martha Olcott, Professor, International Relations, James Madison College, MSU
    • Dr. Sherman Garnett, Professor, International Relations, James Madison College, MSU
  • March 16, 2022 
    Event organized by the MSU Undergraduate History Club 
    Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (Flyer)
    • Teach-in by Dr. Matthew Pauly (Associate Professor, History, MSU)
  • March 16, 2022 
    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: What might lie ahead for Europe and the former Soviet Union. Panel discussion (Flyer)
    • Dr. Norman Graham, Professor, International Relations, James Madison College, MSU
    • Dr. Sherman Garnett, Professor, International Relations, James Madison College, MSU
  • March 3, 2022
    Joint event with MSU Ukrainian Student Organization
    Ukraine, Russia and the United States (Flyer  Video)
    • Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor
  • March 2, 2022
    Event organized by MSU College of Music
    Webinar "Understanding the War on Ukraine through Its Musical Culture" (Flyer Video)
    • Dr. Maria Sonevytsky, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Music, Bard College
  •  March 1, 2022
    Dem Hall Field, MSU campus 
    Spartans Stand with Ukraine rally (Flyer)
  • February 24, 2022
    Sponsored by MSU Global Studies in Arts and Humanities program
    Russian Aggression against Ukraine (Flyer)
    • Teach-in by Dr. Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor, Department of History, MSU

 

 

Articles and interviews by CEES core faculty and students

Dr. Norman Graham, Professor of International Relations, James Madison College of Public Policy

Dr. Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor, Department of History

 John Vsetecka, PhD candidate, Department of History

Resources

For members of the MSU community affected by the war

Hosting

Help - organized and coordinated locally 

Donations

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