The Ellison Center at the University of Washington

UK Diplomat Riley | Responding to Ukraine: UK/EU Post-Crimea Policy toward Russia (10.08.2015) by The Ellison Center at the University of Washington

Kennan Institute Deputy Director Pomeranz | Ukraine, Russia, & the Effects of Sanctions (10.9.2015) by The Ellison Center at the University of Washington

Migration and Multiculturalism in Europe: A Teacher Workshop on the EU and its Eastern Neighbors. For Middle School, High School and Community College Educators. Hosted by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, at the University of Washington.

Arista Cirtautas is a Visiting Lecturer in European Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies and Affiliate Faculty in the UW’s REECAS program. She is a specialist on EU enlargement and East European politics and government. She was based at the University of Virginia before coming to the UW. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California Berkeley.

Teresa Indelak Davis was appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Seattle in September 2014. A longtime resident of Seattle, Consul Davis has been an active member of the Polish-American community and served as President of Polish American Chamber of Commerce Pacific Northwest, Board Member of the Polish Home Foundation, and as co-founder and Managing Director of Polish Festival Seattle, among others. She spent more than 15 years working at Microsoft in corporate communications positions in Redmond and internationally. In Europe, she managed Microsoft’s Central and Eastern European communications strategy and community affairs programs, including the subsidiary in Poland. In Redmond, she managed global PR programs, disaster response communications, executive relations, and worked as a business communications consultant. She holds an MPA from The Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, UW and a BA in Communications from the University of Washington and has also attended Jagiellonian University in Krakow, before leaving Poland.

Migration and Multiculturalism in Europe: A Teacher Workshop on the EU and its Eastern Neighbors. For Middle School, High School and Community College Educators. Hosted by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, at the University of Washington.

Steve Pfaff is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Washington. He was the former Director of West European Studies. He received his Ph.D. from New York University, and his fields of interest include comparative sociology, collective action, religion, and East Europe.

Migration and Multiculturalism in Europe: A Teacher Workshop on the EU and its Eastern Neighbors. For Middle School, High School and Community College Educators. Hosted by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, at the University of Washington.

Michelle O’Brien is a doctoral student in the Sociology Department and a Graduate Fellow at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington. She received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. Her research interests lie in the intersection of politics and demography; her dissertation attempts to tackle the complex relationship between conflict and migration. Michelle has extensive experience in Russia and has lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg. More recently, she conducted fieldwork in Nepal. She has a forthcoming co-authored contribution to an edited volume from Springer on Computational Demography.

Oliver Reisner | Sakdrisi Gold Mine: Profit Clashes w/ Georgian National Identity (4.27.2015) by The Ellison Center at the University of Washington

The Honorable Andris Razans, Ambassador of Latvia to the United States, speaks on “Latvia – from the Captive Nation to the Presidency of the European Union” at the University of Washington on April 23, 2015. This podcast is made possible by support from the UW Baltic Studies Program and the Ellison Center for Russian East European and Central Asian Studies.

Romanian diplomat, academic and author of "Whisper in Bucharest," Kiki Munshi gives a brief talk about her new book.

Derek Nordberg, Scott Radnitz and Jennifer Carroll present a panel at the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington, on April 15, 2015.

Professor Willard Sunderland presents his new book "The Baron's Cloak - A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution" at the University of Washington. This podcast is made possible by the generous efforts of the Department of History and the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.