Russian/Eurasian Studies Program and Human Rights Project Present
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Fighting for Freedom 2020: Protest Across Eurasia
Online Event
10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5
10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5
A Panel
Thomas Keenan Moderator, Bard CollegeThomas Keenan teaches human rights, media theory, literature, and directs the Human Rights Project as well as Bard’s degree program in Human Rights. He has served on the boards of a number of human rights organizations and journals, including WITNESS, Scholars at Risk, The Crimes of War Project, The Journal of Human Rights, and Humanity. He is the author of Fables of Responsibility, 1997; and with Eyal Weizman, Mengele’s Skull, 2012. He is co-editor, with Wendy Chun, of New Media, Old Media, 2006, 2nd ed. 2015; with Tirdad Zolghadr, of The Human Snapshot, 2013. The Flood of Rights, co-edited with Suhail Malik and Tirdad Zolghadr, appeared in 2017.
Maksimas Milta on Belarus, European Humanities University
Maksimas Milta leads the Communication and Development Unit and is a part-time faculty member in the Department of Humanities and Arts at the European Humanities University, a Belarusian University-in-Exile. Starting from the outbreak of the revolt in Belarus, Maksimas has been a frequent commentator to Lithuanian, regional and international media (including BBC, Times Higher Education etc.), providing daily reports on the dynamics of the protest and analysis of the political movement in the country. Maksimas holds a Master's degree in Eastern European and Russian Studies from Vilnius University.
Alesia Rudnik on Belarus, Karlstad University
Lesia Rudnik is a Research Fellow at the Center for New Ideas, PhD Fellow at Karlstad University (Sweden). Lesia Rudnik is also involved in consulting ongoing projects of the Belarusian opposition. She is based in Sweden where she also chairs an organization of Belarusian diaspora. Alesia has published her analyses for media and analytical editions based in Belarus, Sweden, Poland, Germany, UK, the USA. Lesia holds the following degrees: MA pol sci (Stockholm University), MA Journalism (Sodertorn University), BA pol sci and European research (European Humanities University). Her academic research is digitalization of politics, protest mobilization via social media.
Medet Tiulegenov on Kyrgyzstan, America University of Central Asia
Medet Tiulegenov teaches political science at the Dep't of International and Comparative Politics of American University of Central Asia. His teaching and research interests include normative diffusion, civil society in transition countries, contentious politics, politics of identity and political participation.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87030710599?pwd=WEVySi9YcGtnaW15VjVIV01rOHhNZz09
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Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Online Event