Events

 
Lessons for Russia Today?
Overcoming Absent Memory in European and Latin American Contexts
Budapest, May 30 – June 1, 2008

CSIS staff convened scholars and human rights activists with expertise on Argentina, Chile, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia to discuss strategies and tactics for overcoming the legacies of dictatorships and their applicability in today’s Russia.
This conference was made possible by generous grants from the Ford Foundation and from East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program of the Open Society Institute.
 
 
The Putin Generation: The Political Views of Russian Youth
Moscow, July 25, 2007

Sarah Mendelson and Ted Gerber (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presented findings from their survey of young Russians on democracy, human rights, and perceptions of the past at the Carnegie Moscow Center.  The presentation specifically examined the state of collective memory and its implications for Russia’s future.  Presentation is available here (pdf).