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[link removed] [[link removed]]BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA-APRIL 2, 2018: Candles in memory of Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and fiancee Martina Kusnirova who were shot dead in February 2018


Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture 2021: How Journalists Survived Backsliding and State Capture [[link removed]]
Wednesday, Nov. 17 // 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
For decades, journalists in Slovakia thought that the government listening to their phone conversations, tawdry verbal attacks by top politicians, or toxic oligarchs buying their publishing houses were the worst things that could happen to them.
Then in 2018 investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee were brutally murdered.
Journalists bled, but critical investigative reporting survived. Beata Balogová will discuss how independent journalists persevere in an era when significant democratic backsliding is reality, oligarchs keep throwing independent media into their shopping carts, and hate and disinformation sites target them on a daily basis.
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Achievements and Failures of Zelensky’s Presidency at its Midpoint [[link removed]]Monday, Nov. 15 // 10–11:30 a.m. (ET)
Volodymyr Zelensky has reached the midpoint of his five-year presidency. The Kennan Institute is hosting an online round table dedicated to the successes and failures of Zelensky’s presidency thus far. How has Ukraine changed in these years? What has President Zelensky and his team achieved so far? What remains to be accomplished from his list of electoral promises two and a half years ago?
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer [[link removed]]Monday, Nov. 15 // 4–5:30 p.m. (ET)
Kate Clifford Larson’s biography of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Walk with Me , is stirring, immersive, and authoritative. Recently declassified FBI files, rich movement archives, interviews with veteran activists, and extensive conversations with Hamer’s family led Larson to uncover Hamer the woman, her struggles to survive, and the critical turning points that forced her rebirth from a Mississippi sharecropper into a fierce freedom fighter.
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Global Perspectives | German-Russian Relations [[link removed]]Tuesday, Nov. 16 // 9:30–10:30 a.m. (ET)
Relations between Russia and Germany are at a low point following Russia’s attempts to undermine German democracy, its annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine, and its human rights abuses at home, among other issues. However, Germany and Russia have retained deep economic ties throughout this ebbing of relations, especially in the energy sector, where Germany is a major importer of Russian gas and the end-point of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Is the icy bilateral relationship here to stay? Might new German leadership move the relationship in a different direction?
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The Pulse of Democracy in the Americas: Results from the 2021 AmericasBarometer Study [[link removed]]Tuesday, Nov. 16 // 9:30–11:00 a.m. (ET)
Every two years, the LAPOP Lab at Vanderbilt University releases the AmericasBarometer, a regional field survey to gauge the public’s assessment of democratic governance, support for democratic values and institutions, and perceptions of basic liberties. Join us to discuss the latest findings of the AmericasBarometer.
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The American Passport in Turkey: National Citizenship in the Age of Transnationalism [[link removed]]Tuesday, Nov. 16 // 11:00 a.m.–12:30 pm. (ET)
The third GMES seminar this Fall features a discussion with Özlem Altan-Olcay and Evren Balta on the meanings and values of U.S. citizenship for people outside of the United States.
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Dostoevsky for the 21st Century: Reflections on the Bicentenary [[link removed]]Thursday, Nov. 18 // 10–11:30 a.m. (ET)
On November 11, 2021, the world celebrated the bicentenary of Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of Russia's greatest literary treasures. What is his enduring influence on culture and philosophy? What appeal do international readers find in his style and message today? And how do contemporary audiences explore and (re)interpret his writings? At this event, we will discuss Dostoevsky's relevance in the 21st century and the reasons why his influence has stretched beyond Russia and beyond his time.
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Watching Darkness Fall | FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler [[link removed]]Thursday, Nov. 18 // 2–3:00 p.m. (ET)
Watching Darkness Fall is a gripping new history of the years leading up to and the beginning of WWII in Europe told through the lives of five well-educated and mostly wealthy men all vying for the attention of the man in the Oval Office. Join us for a discussion with David McKean and Mary Jo Binker on diplomatic history, the U.S. response to the rise of the Third Reich in Germany, and the contemporary parallels behind this unique chapter in World War II history.
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