The Russia Program 

Annual Conference

Please join us at our annual conference on

Friday, April 18, 2025

held at

The Elliott School of International Affairs

1957 E St NW, Washington DC

Lindner Commons, Room 602

The Russia Program conference is a major gathering of leading and emerging scholars specializing in Russian studies. It aims to showcase insights on studying Russia within the context of war and to discuss the implications on Russian society, governance, digital research, and international relations with the Global South. 

Click here for a detailed agenda

This event is on record and open to the media.

9:00 am  Opening Remarks: Ivan Grek

9:15 am-10:45 am  Panel 1: Digital Research in Russian Studies

Ivan Grek, Adam Stulberg, Stephan De Spiegeleire, Paul Mathieu, Ilya Venyavkin

10:45-11:15 am  Coffee Break

11:15 am-12:15 pm  Panel 2: Russia as a Semi-Closed Society

Ekaterina Shulman, David Szakonyi, Eleonora Minaeva, Artur Baranov

12:15pm-1:00pm  Lunch

1:00 pm-3:00 pm  Panel 3: War Transformations in Russia

Vladimir Gelman, Alexander Golts, Matthew Blackburn, Alina Khamatdinova

3:00-3:30 pm  Coffee Break

Breakout sessions

3:30 pm-5:00 pm  Panel 4: Interpreting Russian Society at War Time

Sinikka Parviainen, Margarita Zavadskaya, Veronika Kostenko

3:30 pm-5:00 pm—Panel 5: Russia and the Global South

Paul Robinson, Raushan Zhandayeva, Jonathan Guiffard