Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Co-organizers: Donna A. Buchanan (Professor, Music, Anthropology, Slavic Languages & Literatures); Maureen E. Marshall (Associate Director, REEEC; President, ARISC)
Co-organized by ethnomusicologist Donna Buchanan (…
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Ralph E. Gomory
The Arnold O. Beckman Lectures on Science and Innovation
In conjunction with: Graduate College, Center for Advanced Study, Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seitu Jones
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Dawn Blackman
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Listen in online to one-on-one sharing of stories at kitchen tables in Champaign-Urbana and St. Paul. Artist Seitu Jones will visit virtually with Champaign-Urbana food and environmental justice activists (Dawn Blackman and Jennifer Monson) to discuss local issues related to access and…
Seitu Jones
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Ruby Mendenhall
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Magdalena Novoa Echaurren
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Bobby Smith II
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Rachel Lauren Storm
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Jennifer Monson
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Dawn Blackman
VIDEO
Artist Seitu Jones' life work has been grounded in the civil rights movement and the Black Arts movement, so the impacts of structural and systemic racism frame his approach. The pandemic, as we know, has revealed injustices that have been there all along, as well as the generous spirits that…
Seitu Jones
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Jennifer Monson
VIDEO
Listen in online to one-on-one sharing of stories at kitchen tables in Champaign-Urbana and St. Paul. Artist Seitu Jones will visit virtually with Champaign-Urbana food and environmental justice activists (Dawn Blackman and Jennifer Monson) to discuss local issues related to access and…
Ivan Krastev
The war in Ukraine is having a dramatic impact on the political imagination of Europe. It has reframed the East-West divide by replacing the Cold War narrative of the past decades with one of decolonization and the threat for the sovereignty of the European nation states born out of the…