Alison Des Forges Symposium: “The Russo-Ukrainian War: Achievements and Limitations of Today’s International System” April 26

Posted by Tim on March 27, 2023 in Community Announcements, Event, Networking, Workshops

• Wednesday, April 26, 2023
• 8:30 AM  3:30 PM
• Buffalo Room, Capen Hall 10, North Campus, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 (map)

This symposium will examine the Russo-Ukrainian war and what it tells us about the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary international system. It will explore war crimes, crimes against humanity and alleged genocide arising from the conflict. It will also revisit the enduring dichotomy between Russian authoritarian imperialism and Ukrainian democratic nationalism.

This Symposium is free and open to the public but registration is requested. Register for In-Person and Virtual Symposium by emailing dussourd@buffalo.edu.

The Symposium poster is available here.

PROGRAM

8:30 IN-PERSON CHECK-IN

8:45 WELCOMING REMARKS

9:00-11:15 PRESENTATIONS

“The Russo-Ukrainian War in Historical Perspective”
Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History; Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University

“The Protests that Were—and Weren’t: Russian Society and the War”
Willard Sunderland, Henry R. Winkler Professor of Modern History, University of Cincinnati

“A Collision of Histories?  NATO Expansion and the Russo-Ukrainian War”
Timothy Andrews Sayle, Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, International Relations Program, University of Toronto

11:15-12:15 LUNCH

12:15-3:15 PRESENTATIONS

“Globalised Oligarchs”
Marlies Glasius, Professor in International Relations, Department of Politics, University of Amsterdam

“As Autocracies Fail, How Should Democracies Respond?”
Ken Roth, Former Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

“Russia and the New World Disorder”
Angela Stent, Director Emerita, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; Senior Nonresident Fellow, The Brookings Institution

“What Does America Owe Ukraine?”
George Packer, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

3:15-3:30 CLOSING REMARKS & DISCUSSION

 

Sponsors: Alison Des Forges Memorial Committee; University at Buffalo: The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy; Departments of Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, and Political Science; Gender Institute; The Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professorship in Jewish Thought; Humanities Institute; James Agee Chair in American Culture; Office of the Vice Provost for International Education.

This symposium honors the life and work of human rights activist Alison Des Forges (1942-2009). For more information, email Roger Des Forges at rvd@buffalo.edu, Ellen Dussourd at dussourd@buffalo.edu, or Shaun Irlam at irlam@buffalo.edu.