An op-ed regarding the status of Ukraine's NATO membership by faculty member Victoria Somoff was published in The Guardian on July 27th 2024. Written as an open letter signed by over 150 scholars from western and European universities, it has been viewed and reposted multiple times on social media and translated and commented upon in many Ukrainian publications.

The Pray Modern Language Prize in Russian was awarded to graduating senior Lintaro P. Donovan at the East European, Eurasian and Russian Studies year end celebration on June 7th 2024. Congradulations on all your hard work!

The students of Russian 71 (Spring'24) premiered a documentary play "The Crossroad" (Перекресток) written and assembled from interviews with the participants and transcripts from the trial of Alexandra (Sasha) Skochilenko – a 33-year-old Petersburg artist and musician who was imprisoned for her performance activism against Russia's war in Ukraine. The play was written, cast, and designed by the students of Russian 71.

On May 22nd the Department of East European, Eurasian and Russian Studies and the Dartmouth community gathered in person and via Zoom to...

May 8th 2024 guest speaker Ivan Kurilla will give a lecture entitled " Russian Society under Putin at War: A View from Inside," Ivan Kurilla is a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, Wellesley College, and former Professor of History and International Relations, European University of St. Petersburg.

"On April 7, six Dartmouth students competed in person and online at the New England Olympiada of Spoken Russian at Harvard University, a one-day event for students to demonstrate their Russian-speaking abilities." -Rachel Kim, The Dartmouth April 25th 2024

"32-33: Holodomor" is a multi-media installation delving into the emotional and historical context of surviving the Stalin-orchestrated famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine. Transposing the testimonials of the survivors into film, photos, and material artifacts, the project unlocks this historical event by immersing the audience in its emotional landscape. Opening reception April 15th 5:30 pm Sudikoff Hall. Exhibition runs April 16-April21st.

Eurodonbas Film Screening with Guest Producer and Writer Anna Palenchuck, who will be doing an in person question and answer Following the film. The investigative documentary Eurodonbas aims to debunk Soviet myths and bring to light that more than 100 years ago, Donbas was an integral part of the European economy. April 16th 5pm. Loew Auditorium.

A translation of "Across the River They're Making Chocolate" done in part by Dartmouth Associate Professor Ainsley Morse has been quoted in news coverage of the show trial of Vsevolod Korolev. Korolev read the original poem as part of his closing statement to the court.