Join the Chicago Forum for a public conversation with Maria Pevchikh, investigative journalist, Head of the Investigations Department, and Chairwoman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a Russian non-profit organization founded by Alexei Navalny.
In the third decade of the seventeenth century, Russian military personnel, fur traders and hunters began their expansion into what is now Yakutia (Sakha) in Eastern Siberia. They came in pursuit of furs and sought to subjugate the local population in order to extract fur tribute. This presentation examines the human costs and compromises that made conquest possible.
Radio Marneuli, a community media outlet serving one of Georgia’s most ethnically diverse regions. Reporting daily in Georgian, Azerbaijani, and Armenian, they bring an inside perspective on how these political shifts are affecting communities on the ground. Radio Marneuli’s work has become more difficult as the broader crackdown has placed new pressures on independent media, yet its journalists remain committed to serving their audience.
This lecture draws on ethnographic research with medical professionals, donors, surrogates, and intermediaries to examine how the war has reshaped Ukraine’s reproductive market.
