Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia - MSSR

07/06/2022

[EVENT POSTPONED]

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies will be postponing the Monterey Conversation between Michael Kimmage and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan originally scheduled for July 6.

Make-up details to follow.

06/30/2022

NEW EVENT | Debating the War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

🗓️ : Wednesday, July 6
⏰ : 10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT

Join Michael Kimmage (The Catholic University of America) as he interviews Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor of Foreign Affairs, about how the magazine has has tried to cover the war in Ukraine, to keep its readers informed about key developments, and to ensure that the war gets thoroughly and rigorously debated.

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06/28/2022

Join our co-hosts Michael Kimmage (The Catholic University of America) and Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) for the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies Podcast featuring recent Monterey Conversations and the 3-part lecture series "Understanding Ukrainian History" presented by Professor Serhii Plokhii (Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University).

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute enables students with advanced Russian language skills to professionalize their interest in Russia and Eurasia. This podcast showcases the projects of the Monterey Initiative: Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia, Monterey Convers...

06/24/2022

REMINDER | Reporting on the War in Ukraine

🗓️ : Tuesday, June 28
⏰ : 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

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for a discussion of the challenges of covering the war in Ukraine.

Sign up: http://ow.ly/tU8b50JC7V9

06/24/2022

STARTING NOW

Please join the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies for the second lecture in the Understanding Ukrainian History series with Prof. Serhii Plokhii of Harvard University.

https://middlebury.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FXa970oAQEWvDOOJW7tRXw

06/22/2022

NEW EVENT | The Trouble with "the Free World"

🗓️ : Thursday, June 30
⏰ : 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join Michael Kimmage (The Catholic University of America) as he discusses the notion of the free world with Peter Slezkine (East China Normal University & Kennan Institute) based on Slezkine's May 6, 2022 article in Foreign Affairs. Joining him to debate this idea are Anatol Lieven (Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft) and Jeff Gedmin (American Purpose) who will offer their perspectives on the proper connections between the Cold War past and the 21st-century present.

Sign up: http://ow.ly/jfH550JF8Xf

06/20/2022

NEW EVENT | Reporting on the War in Ukraine

🗓️ : Tuesday, June 28
⏰ : 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

Join Jade McGlynn, Michael Kimmage, Joshua Yaffa, and Anton Troianovski for a discussion of the challenges of covering the war in Ukraine.

Sign up: http://ow.ly/zbMO50JC7V6

06/15/2022

TOMORROW! | The Ukraine Scenarios

🗓️ : Thursday, June 16
⏰ : 10:00 - 11:30 AM EDT

Join Liana Fix, Michael Kimmage, and Justin Vogt as they discuss the multiple pathways of Russia's war in .

http://ow.ly/QWwv50JrWYv

06/10/2022

ICYMI: Jade McGlynn of Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey moderated the second of the week with Michael Kimmage (The Catholic University of America), Olga Malinova, and Will Pyle (Middlebury College).

"The Wild 1990s: (Mis)remembering the Yeltsin Era in Today's Russia"

Watch the recording here:

"The Wild 1990s: (Mis)remembering the Yeltsin Era in Today's Russia"Moderator: Jade McGlynn (Senior Researcher, Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies)Paneli...

06/10/2022

We are proud to announce the sixth cohort of fellows of the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. The Monterey Symposium brings together leading experts on Russia with outstanding graduate students for an intense, comprehensive curriculum designed to closely examine Russian politics and its repercussions internationally and domestically.

Read the fellows' bios here: http://ow.ly/Ceng50JuL33

The Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2022, conceived as a series of discussions this year, addresses pressing issues in the field of Russian Studies. In spring 2022, the Monterey Symposium has been redesigned to help fellows contextualize Russia’s war on Ukraine and regional and global challenges caused by it. Experts from Russia, America, Ukraine, the EU, and China will offer incisive and contrasting analyses on the Russian military, sanctions, values in foreign policy, the mercurial nature of power, memory politics, and potential outcomes of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Through high-level debate and discussion, fellows will explore questions of empire and imperialism, Russia’s frayed bilateral relations, and divisions among the international community in how to respond to Russia’s war. The 2022 Monterey Symposium will include supplementary courses on Ukrainian history, the evolution of Russian foreign policy, and diplomatic writing.

Continuing the best traditions of the Monterey Symposium, the interdisciplinary bilingual curriculum will comprise interactive lectures, roundtables, workshops, boot camps, and debates. Through such content, the symposium will construct a supportive platform for rising Russia specialists to understand the shadows of the past, deal honestly with the calamitous challenges of the present, and lay the foundations for a more hopeful future.

06/09/2022

ICYMI: MIchael Kimmage moderated the first of the week about the impact of the war in on and the with Max Bergmann, Hans Kundnani, Jade McGlynn, and Rachel Rizzo.

Recorded via Zoom on June 6, 2022Moderator: Michael Kimmage (Professor of History, The Catholic University of America)Panelists: Max Bergmann (Director of th...

06/07/2022

NEW EVENT | The Ukraine Scenarios

🗓️ : Thursday, June 16
⏰ : 10:00 - 11:30 AM EDT

Sign up: http://ow.ly/eIce50JrXe6

Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, many predictions about the course of the war have been put into question. In this conversation, Michael Kimmage (The Catholic University of America), Liana Fix (Körber-Stiftung International Affairs), and Justin Vogt (Foreign Affairs) will discuss the multiple pathways of this war - and the consequences for U.S. and European security if the war doesn’t end.