Faculty and experts will provide information about the war in Ukraine. University of Michigan students and community are invited to join the discussion. The teach-in will be presented as a Zoom meeting, allowing for Q&A following each presentation. Please sign in here: https://myumi.ch/n8VNR

9:30 Ronald G. Suny, William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and professor of political science, U-M
"Lessons from History: Ukraine and Russia"

10:00 Ambassador Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council
"Stuck in the Middle: Ukraine and U.S. Diplomacy in Eastern Europe before Putin’s War"

10:30 Yevgenia Albats, Russian journalist, political scientist, author, radio host, and former visiting professor, U-M
"Killing the Messenger: The War in Ukraine and Putin's Repression of Russian Media"

11:00 Yuri Zhukov, associate professor of political science and research associate professor with the Center for Political Studies, U-M
"Russian Military Scenarios and Strategies"

11:30 Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M
"A New Refugee Crisis: Poles Respond"

12:00 Jessica Zychowicz (PhD Slavic '15), director of the Fulbright Program in Ukraine and Institute of International Education Kyiv Office
"Academic Leaders in Wartime: The Past and Future of Fulbright Ukraine”

12:30 Mikhail Krutikov, professor and chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (SLL) and Preston R. Tisch professor of Judaic Studies, U-M; Benjamin Paloff, professor of SLL and of comparative literature, and CREES Director, U-M; and Svitlana Rogovyk, Lecturer IV, Slavic language program director and advisor of the minor in Ukrainian language, literature, and culture, U-M
"Conclusions"

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, professor of sociology and WCEE Director, U-M

The teach-in will be presented as a Zoom meeting, allowing for Q&A following each presentation. Please sign in here: https://myumi.ch/n8VNR

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