The State of Human Rights in Russia Today

The first panel of our Critical Conversations in Russian Studies series featured human rights experts Dmitry Dubrovsky, Dmitry Makarov, Tatyana Margolin, and Emma Gilligan in a discussion about what can be done to improve human rights abuses in Russia today, the important role of the US and of NGOs, and the larger role of authoritarianism on human rights in the world.

The State of Human Rights in Russia Today

 

Do Black Lives Matter in Russia? Historical Perspectives & Contemporary Realities

In the Fall of 2020, the RSW presented a two-part panel, "Do Black Lives Matter in Russia? Historical Perspectives & Contemporary Realities," to facilitate conversations about the history of racial discourse and policy in Russia (including constructions of blackness), and the experiences of people of color in the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia.

Panel 1: Histories of race, blackness, and Otherness in Russia

Panel 2: Russian media and public response to Black Lives Matter

 

The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva: A Symposium on Human Rights in Russia—Past, Present and Future

In November 2019, the RSW hosted  a symposium honoring "The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva." Lyudmila was widely considered the “matriarch” of the Russian human rights movement, and this symposium assembled prominent human rights activists and human rights scholars from Russia and the US to reflect upon her life and her impact on the Russian human rights movement. 

The Life and Legacy of Lyudmila Alexeyeva: A Symposium on Human Rights in Russia—Past, Present and Future

 

Lyosha Gorshkov: Dancing in the Dark: Russian Queer Politics Then and Now

Lyosha Gorshkov, a Co-president of the Russian-Speaking American LGBT Group and former Associate Professor of Political Science at Perm State University, was a Scholar-in-Residence at Collins Living Learning Center in the Fall of 2019 and presented a lecture for the REEI О России по-русски! Series.

Dancing in the Dark: Russian Queer Politics Then and Now

 

Lyosha Gorshkov and Steve Sanders: Being Queer in Putin's Russia and Beyond

Lyosha Gorshkov, Collins International Diversity & Inclusion Scholar, in conversation with Steve Sanders, Professor of Law.

Being Queer in Putin's Russia and Beyond

 

Lyosha Gorshkov, Co-president of the Russian-Speaking American LGBT Group and former Associate Professor of Political Science at Perm State University, was the Collins Living Learning Center International Diversity & Inclusion Scholar during the 2019 Fall semester. He introduced the film and took questions afterward.

Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda

 

Human Rights Justice in Hybrid Regimes: Enforced Disappearances and Torture in the Russian Federation

Bringing together academics and practitioners from both Russia and the West, this one-day working seminar examined the relationship between legal institutions and societies recovering from mass violence. More specifically, it examines societies operating outside of the traditional transitional justice framework and living in so-called “hybrid regimes.”

Human Rights Justice in Hybrid Regimes