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Ukrainathon | 24 Hours of Expert Lectures Related to the Invasion

  • March 15, 2022
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A 24-hour marathon of expert lectures on topics related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

PONARS Eurasia, the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), and the Petrach Program on Ukraine invite you to Ukrainathon, a 24-hour “marathon” online event on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The program will feature continuous 15-minute talks from regional experts starting Wednesday, March 16th at noon EDT and lasting until noon the following day.

More than 90 speakers join forces to provide comprehensive insight into the war from multiple angles. Each speaker will offer a 10-minute talk on their area of expertise related to the conflict, followed by a brief Q&A. As part of the event, attendees are encouraged to contribute to organizations that support displaced Ukrainian students and scholars. 

Hosted by PONARS Eurasia, the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), and the Petrach Program on Ukraine.

Wednesday, March 16, 12 pm (EDT) – Thursday, March 17, 12 pm (EDT)

View the full event recording here. View by speaker below:

12:00 Opening Remarks:
Henry Hale, George Washington University, United States
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University, United States
Dean Alyssa Ayres, George Washington University, United States

Chair: Olexiy Haran, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
12:15 Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Western Academics’ Responsibility for Helping Russian Colleagues Enable the Putin Regime’s Aggression
12:30 Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University, United States
Women and the War

Chair: Oxana Shevel, Tufts University, United States
13:00 Polina Sinovets, Odesa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: The Nuclear Card
13:15 Alexander Iskandaryan, Caucasus Institute, Armenia
Russian Political Migrants in Armenia
13:30 Tymofii Brik, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
Policy Dimensions of Resistance
13:45 Serhii Plokhii, Harvard University, United States
The Battle for Kyiv and the Fall of the “Russkii Mir.”

Chair: Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
14:00 Volodymyr Paniotto, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla, Ukraine
14:10 George Gavrilis, Host of the Monuments Women Podcast
Greece’s Surprising Turn against Russia
14:20 Dominique Arel, University of Ottawa, Canada
Ukraine’s Unnamed War: The Ongoing Donbas War
14:30 Nona Shahnazarian, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Russia’s “Special Operation” and its Impact on Armenia
14:40 Paul D’Anieri, University of California, United States
14:50 Kathryn Stoner, Stanford University, United States
Strategizing Sanctions

Chair: Valerie Sperling, Clark University, United States
15:00 Aleksandar Matovski, Naval Postgraduate School, United States
Domestic Sources of Russian Aggression
15:15 Dmitry Gorenberg, Harvard University, United States
Russia’s Military Performance
15:30 Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh, United States
How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Affects Central Asia
15:45 Lawrence Markowitz, Rowan University, United States
Sanctions and Illicit Economies in Central Asia

Chair: Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University, United States
16:00 Valerie Sperling, Clark University, United States
Masculinity, Political Leadership, and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
16:15 Stephen Hanson, William & Mary, United States
The Origins of Putin’s Patrimonial-Imperial Regime
16:30 David Szakonyi, George Washington University, United States
Reaction of Russian Society and Elites- Can we expect opposition to constrain Putin?
16:45 Susanne A. Wengle, Notre Dame University, United States
How does the War in Ukraine affect Eurasian Agriculture?

Chair: Stephen Crowley, Oberlin College, United States
17:00 Sharon Wolchik, George Washington University, United States
Ukrainian Resistance as Part of a History of Civic Mobilization
17:15 Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University, United States
War and Identity / Attitude Change in Ukraine: Evidence from the Previous Round
17:30 Kelly McMann, Case Western Reserve University, United States
Russian Pressures on Putin to End the War
17:45 Edward C. Holland, University of Arkansas, United States
Russia’s New Wars

Chair: Ora John Reuter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
18:00 Stephen Crowley, Oberlin College, United States
Sanctions and Putin’s Fear of Color Revolutions
18:15 Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics and Political Science, United
Kingdom
The Social Origins of Support for and Contestation of Putin’s Autocracy and War in Ukraine
18:30 Jesse Driscoll, University of California at San Diego, United States (Recording not available)
18:45 Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, United States
Central Asia Mobilizes to Support Ukraine

Chair: Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, United States
19:00 Richard Arnold, Muskingum University, United States
Contemporary Ukrainian Cossacks: National Vanguard.
19:15 Juliet Johnson, McGill University, Canada
Financial Sanctions and Russia’s Response
19:30 Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College, United States
The China Factor in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
19:45 Stanislav Markus, University of South Carolina, United States
Oligarchs, Siloviki, and the Prospect of Coup Against Putin

Chair: Richard Arnold, Muskingum University, United States
20:00 Mark Kramer, Harvard University, United States
Putin’s Goals and the Canard of Neutrality
20:15 Scott Radnitz, University of Washington, United States
Putin’s Conspiracy Narratives and the Invasion of Ukraine
20:30 Alexander Cooley, Columbia University, United States
Londongrad Fallen: Countering the Oligarchs, Exposing Western Enablers of Grand Corruption
20:45 Ora John Reuter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
Public Opinion and Regime Stability in Russia

Chair: Elise Giuliano, Columbia University, United States
21:00 Timothy Frye, Columbia University, United States
Sanctions and Russian Domestic Politics
21:15 Mariya Omelicheva, National War College, United States
US Security Assistance to Ukraine
21:30 Joshua Tucker, New York University, United States
Tentative: Social Media and Sanctions
21:45 Scott Gehlbach, University of Chicago, United States
Domestic Politics in Russia: Rising Repression in Response to a Hard War

Chair: James Richter, Bates College, United States
22:00 Jordan Gans-Morse, Northwestern University, United States
Ukraine is Helping the US and NATO – Not Vice Versa
22:15 Elise Giuliano, Columbia University, United States
Public Opinion on Foreign Policy in Ukraine
22:30 Robert Orttung, George Washington University, United States
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Implications for Sustainability
22:45 Alexandra Hrycak, Reed College, United States
Heroic Women as Volunteers: Civic Response to Russia’s War on Ukraine

Chair: Andrew Barnes, Kent State University, United States
23:00 Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Two Sociological Studies of the Consequences of the 2014 Donbass War
23:15 Marta Dyczok, Western University, Ontario, Canada
Information War Intensifies
23:30 Oxana Shevel, Tufts University, United States
Putin as a Ukrainian Nation-builder

Chair: Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University, United States
24:00 Andrew Barnes, Kent State University, United States
Strategies of Survival and Adaptation
00:15 Danielle N. Lussier, Grinnell College, United States
Belief Systems of Russian Foreign Policy Elites
00:30 Maria Snegovaya, George Washington University, United States
Addressing Russians Support of the War
00:45 Emil Dzhuraev, OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Determinants of Central Asian Response(s) to the War

Chair: Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University, United States
01:00 Tymofiy Mylovanov, University of Pittsburgh, United States; Kyiv School of
Economics, Ukraine
Ukraine’s New Reality: War Economy, Refugees, and Health Care
01:15 Kornely Kakachia, Georgian Institute of Politics, Georgia; Tbilisi State
University, Georgia
Georgia’s Strategic Dilemmas Amid Ukrainian War
01:30 Olena Rybiy, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
Life Under Bombs: Reflections on Russia’s War on the Democratic World, and the Heroism of the Ukrainian People

Chair: Shairbek Juraev, Crossroads Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
02:00 Olexiy Haran, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
The Ukrainian Response to the War- Why the Surprise?
02:12 Mykola Riabchuk, Institute of Political and Nationalities’ Studies of the
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
A Final Solution to the “Ukrainian Question”?
02:24 Caress Schenk, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
The War’s Effect on Migration, From the Perspective of Kazakhstan
02:36 Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University, United States
At the Breaking Point: Ukraine’s Future, and Ours
02:48 Şener Aktürk, Koç University, Turkey
Four Points: Patterns and Precedence, Grand Strategic Repercussions for Ethnicity and Religion in Russia, Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy and Security

Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse, Centre for East European Research and
International Studies, Berlin, Germany

03:00 Shairbek Juraev, Crossroads Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for Central Asia?
03:15 Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Russian-Ukrainian War: Implications for Finland
03:30 Sophie Lambroschini, Centre Marc Bloch, Germany
Maintaining Critical Infrastructure as a Form of Resistance
03:45 Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Turkey’s Role in the War: Playing Both Sides

Chair: Alexei Trochev, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
04:00 Alexei Trochev, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Constitutional Manipulations in Putin’s Russia
04:15 Gwendolyn Sasse, Centre for East European Research and International
Studies, Berlin, Germany
Reflecting on How Scholars Could Have Better Conveyed the Strength of Ukrainians’ Sense of National Identity
04:30 Ryhor Nizhnikau, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Implications for Belarus and Lukashenko’s Regime
04:45 Graeme Robertson, University of North Carolina, United States and Erik Wibbels, Duke University, United States
#DataforUkraine: Using Twitter to Identify Humanitarian Crises in Real Time (Machine Learning for Peace)

Chair: Volodymyr Kulikov, Central European University, Austria
05:00 Ivan Gomza, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
The Name and Nature of the Russo-Ukrainian War
05:15 Olga Onuch, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Identity and Civic Engagement in Ukraine: The Zelensky Effect
05:30 Inna Melnykovska, Central European University, Austria
Putin’s Cronies and their Disintegration in Global Finance
05:45 Oleksandra Keudel, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
The Black Books of Ukraine: How Collaborative Democracies Contributes to Societal Resilience in Times of War

Chair: Oleksandra Keudel, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
06:00 Volodymyr Kulikov, Central European University, Austria
Business Enterprises in Armed Conflicts: Historical Perspective
06:15 Pauline Jones, University of Michigan, United States
Russian Oil Embargo: Short Med & Long-Term Effects
06:30 Arturas Rozenas, New York University, United States
The Donbas Knot?
06:45 Eugene Finkel, Johns Hopkins University, United States
Food, Sanction and Russia’s War

Chair: Sergiy Kudelia, Baylor University, United States
07:00 Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University, United States
Is China’s Russia Policy Blowing Up?
07:15 Erik Herron, West Virginia University, United States
07:30 Katie Stewart, Knox College, United States
Putin’s Nation Building
07:45 Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, United States
The Weight of History

Chair: Katie Stewart, Knox College, United States
08:00 Judyth Twigg, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Public Health Impacts of the War in Ukraine
08:15 Keith Darden, American University, United States
Negotiating a Permanent End to the war (which has been bad for both sides)
08:30 Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Russian Public Opinion to the War: Support for the “military operation”
08:45 Sufian N. Zhemukhov, George Washington University
Why Russia is Conducting the War

Chair: Lauren McCarthy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
09:00 Erica Marat, National Defense University, United States
Recognizing Ukraine’s Democratic Progress: Civil Society Achievements in Police Reform
09:15 Jean-François Ratelle, University of Ottawa, Canada
Chechens and Russia’s War in Ukraine
09:30 Bryn Rosenfeld, Cornell University, United States
Protest Participation and Attitude Change: Evidence from Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution
09:45 Paul Goode, Carleton University, Canada
How Russian TV Talks about War

Chair: Erica Marat, National Defense University, United States
10:00 Lauren McCarthy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Anti-war Protests in Russia and the State’s Response
10:15 Maria Popova, McGill University, Canada
Judicial Reform Before the War and Coping Mechanisms in Courts and Prosecutors Office Now
10:30 Sebastian Peyrouse, George Washington University, United States
Assessing the Impact of Putin’s War on Ukraine in Central Asia
10:45 Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, United States
Pre-War Political Status Preferences in the Donbas

Chair: Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
11:00 Sergiy Kudelia, Baylor University, United States
Can permanently neutral status help protect Ukraine?
11:15 Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odesa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
Sea Blockade of Ukraine
11:30 Yaroslav Pylynskyi, Southern Ukrainian National Pedagogical University K.
D. Ushinsky, Ukraine
Illiberalism as a Key Factor of Russian Foreign Policy
11:45 Uliana Movchan, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
The War in Kharkiv: Civilian Response

11:55 Closing Remarks from Henry E. Hale

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