Join us for this expert panel discussion about the ongoing war in Ukraine.
This panel discussion, hosted by the School of Social Sciences and the Centre for the Study of Democracy, examines the ongoing war and its profound impacts on both Russia and Ukraine. It analyses the international response to the conflict and considers possible paths forward. The event concludes with a reception and a photography exhibition, 'Symptoms of War: Political Life in Russia' after 24 February 2022, by Denis Skopin.
Location
Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street University of Westminster London W1B 2HT.
About the panel
Harald Binder
Harald Binder earned his PhD in History and economics from Bern University. His main research interests and publications are in the areas of the history of East Central Europe in the 19th/20th century; Galicia under Habsburg rule; and cities, media and the public sphere in the transition to modernity. As a cultural entrepreneur, he is the founder of the Centre for Urban History of East Central Europe (2004), Harald Binder Cultural Enterprises (2015), and Jam Factory Art Centre (2017).
Roland Dannreuther
Roland Dannreuther is Professor of International Relations at the University. His research specialism includes international security studies, the international politics of energy, and the regional politics of Russia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. His main recent publications include Handbook on Oil and International Relations (co-edited with Wojciech Ostrowski), (Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar, 2022), Energy Security (Cambridge: Polity, 2017), Russia and Islam: State, Society and Radicalism (co-edited with Luke March) (London: Routledge, 2010), International Security: The Contemporary Agenda (Cambridge: Polity, 2007).
Kashini Navaratnam
Kashini Navaratnam is a familiar face to many people around the globe as a long-time BBC World TV news anchor. She is a global communications and international media expert with a passion for foreign affairs. She has been the first port of call for several governments, global businesses and CEOs on international affairs and communications issues including profile development, reputation and crisis management and preparing political and business leaders for engagement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, G8 and G20 discussions and UN sessions.
Denis Skopin
Denis Skopin earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Paris 8 University. He has held research positions, including serving as Research Director at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris), and was Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg University. His research focuses on photography studies, political philosophy, and the circulation of photographs under dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. He is the author of numerous articles and three monographs, most recently Photography and Political Repressions in Stalin’s Russia: Defacing the Enemy (Routledge, 2022).
