Alumni spotlight: Meet Conor Cunningham
December 29, 2020
In autumn 2020, one of the Jackson School’s newest alumni, Conor Cunningham, gave us his reflections on how the Jackson School expanded his world. During his time at the UW,
Topic: Russian East European and Central Asian Studies
COVID-19 Global Conversation Series
April 7, 2020
Sharing our knowledge in times of global crisis is part of our mission. Take a virtual journey around the world in a series of global conversations between our faculty in
Songs of Summer with UW FLAS Fellows (Part 5: Russia & Central Asia)
January 4, 2019
“It’s thrilling to realize that after only two years of study (or one academic year and one summer of intensive study in this case), I have already found some keys
Chirot: A Russian nesting doll? Trump and Putin’s converging goals | Seattle Times
July 17, 2018
In his opinion piece “Peas in a Russian nesting doll: Trump and Putin’s converging goals,” Herbert Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Jackson School, Professor Dan Chirot,
Senderovich on how The Americans (on FX) challenges Cold War narratives | The New Republic
May 29, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, discusses the FX show ‘The Americans’ and how it has repeatedly challenged the narrative that the end of the Cold War represented
Senderovich on the passing of Jewish American writer Philip Roth | PRI
May 24, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, discusses the passing of Jewish American writer Philip Roth. Senderovich, who immigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union, says that
Senderovich reflects on the protests in Gaza and U.S. embassy inauguration in Jerusalem | Jewish Currents
May 22, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, in his article “Tree More Pieces” reflects on last week’s events in Israel and Palestine marking the 70th anniversary for Israel’s independence
Chirot comments on warming relations between Russia and India | Al Jazeera
May 21, 2018
Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies Daniel Chirot comments on India’s thawing relations with Russia in an article titled “Modi meets Putin as India walks US-Russia tightrope” about a recent meeting between Indian
Senderovich and satirist Shteyngart discuss life in Soviet Russia and U.S. immigration experience | KUOW
May 14, 2018
Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich and satirist and author Gary Shteyngart join KUOW’s The Record, hosted by journalist Bill Radke, for a conversation about comedy under President Trump, life in Soviet Russia and
Radnitz: How will Putin act if he has compromising material on Trump? | Washington Post
April 25, 2018
Associate Professor and Director of the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Scott Radnitz discusses the different scenarios if in fact Russia possesses compromising material on Trump in an