Event Date: April 26, 2023
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.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
8:30-3:30
Buffalo Room (Capen Hall 10)
North Campus
University at Buffalo
Register for In-Person and Virtual Symposium
Email dussourd@buffalo.edu
Program
8:30 In-Person Check-In
8:45 Welcoming Remarks
9:00-11:15 Presentations
Moderator: Katherine Zubovich, Assistant Professor of History, University at Buffalo
“The Russo-Ukrainian War in Historical Perspective”
Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History; Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Moderator: Katherine Zubovich, Assistant Professor of History, University at Buffalo
“The Protests that Were—and Weren’t: Russian Society and the War”
Willard Sunderland, Henry R. Winkler Professor of Modern History, University of Cincinnati
Moderator: Michelle Benson-Saxton, Associate Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
“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
Moderator: Ryan Muldoon, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
“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
Moderator: Ryan Muldoon, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
“What Does America Owe Ukraine?”
George Packer, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
3:15-3:30 Closing Remarks & Discussion
Free Event
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).
Find more event information at www.alisondesforges.org.