Matt Schultz is on a mission to learn ten languages before he turns 30. When he’s not studying, you can find him building hiking trails from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, leading ambassadors on tours through bazaars, or helping teenagers start their first business. Matt is a Peace Corps volunteer. Join this session to hear how Peace Corps service is helping Matt achieve his dreams and how it can help you achieve yours.
Join us for a conversation with Polish-Belarusian dissident Andrzej Poczobut, moderated by Belarusian playwright and activist Andrei Kureichik, and followed by a reception.
The artist and journalist Molly Crabapple will discuss her new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The panel will also feature Dr. Mindl Cohen (Yiddish Book Center) and Prof. Faith Hillis (History).
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.
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.
