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International Law and the Ukraine-Russia Crisis

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

“This case has become much bigger than just Ukraine vs Russia. It has become a test of who will prevail: Russia, or the post-war international legal order.” In 2022, Harold Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, … Read more

Lecture in Jewish Studies with Marat Grinberg • Soviet Jewish Bookshelf

UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room 150 South Rd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

The study of Soviet Jewish culture and collective psyche presents a fascinating yet still little known subject of inquiry. Frequently subject to quotas and varying degrees of discrimination, Soviet Jews still participated fully within the larger society. Most were secular, … Read more

Talk • War’s Footprint on Ukraine

On Zoom

Anna Ackermann is a climate and energy policy professional, a founding member of the Center for Environmental Initiatives "Ecoaction" and a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development working on a green reconstruction of Ukraine. She has over … Read more

Talk • Trajectories of Ukraine’s Local Governance: How Formal and Informal Institutions Shape Local Politics

1009 FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Uliana Movchan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. She has conducted research at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George Washington University); Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University … Read more

Discussion • Dedication to Public Service with Zana Rudi

1005 Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill , NC

Join Carolina’s Diplomacy Initiative for an inspiring conversation with Ambassador Zana Rudi, Kosovo’s first ambassador to serve in Latin America. Rudi will share insights from her journey through public service. Attendees will learn lessons and skills from the experiences that … Read more

Exhibit • Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and AntiColonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album

Rubenstein Library 249, Carpenter Conference Room Duke University Libraries 411 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC

This new library exhibit seeks to educate visitors about the little-known Polish-Ukrainian roots of the author of The Heart of Darkness. Focusing on the family photo album that the orphaned victim of Russian imperialism carried with him into permanent exile, … Read more