Dominika Kruszewska is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Weatherhead Scholars Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She received her PhD in Government from Harvard University in May 2019, where she was also a Graduate Student … Read more
This feature documentary follows an international team of open-source investigative journalists trained in social media mining, reconstruction techniques, and visual analysis to shed light on news stories that are shrouded in secrecy, conspiracies, and state-sponsored political spin. These range from … Read more
Vladimir Putin won his reelection in March 2018 with a convincing margin, but now his regime is facing some the most difficult domestic challenges in the last twenty years. Why is that happening? How will Russian political elite resolve the … Read more
A special presentation by the Ambassador of Poland to the United States and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Dessert reception to follow. Ambassador Piotr Wilczek received his Ph.D. (1992) and Habilitation (2001) from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. As a prolific literary … Read more
Misinformation. Misdirection. Fake News. Russian meddling. After more than a year in a new, Russian-style fog machine, the American public has learned one thing: Sunlight remains the best disinfectant. Real information -- provided by professional, credible journalists with standards and … Read more
Boris Kolonitsky is Professor of History at the European University in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is considered one of the leading scholars of the 1917 Russian Revolution and has published extensively on the subject. Professor Kolonitsky is a member of … Read more
A free public reception celebrating the "Image of Ukraine (Образ України): Exploring Ukrainian Culture through Embroidery and Painting” exhibition will feature a keynote lecture by Natalie Kononenko on "Ukrainian Folk Art: Magic and Meaning" and will be followed by demonstrations … Read more
The recent hacking of the Democratic National Committee is the latest chapter of a story going back nearly a half-century to the dawn of cyber espionage, with both Russia and the U.S as its main protagonists. Meanwhile, the dark territory … Read more
Antony Polonsky is Chief Historian at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and studied history and political science at the … Read more
