Brooklyn College to Host a Conversation on the War in Ukraine

March 16, 2022

Faculty experts will discuss historical and political contexts and answer questions.

With many students, staff, and faculty members connected to Ukraine, Russia, and the broader region, the Brooklyn College community has been shaken by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join us for a conversation led by faculty with expertise and experience related to this war. There will be an opportunity to learn more about the historical and political context, to ask questions, and to share ways to help. This free event is on Monday, March 21, 6–7:30 p.m., is open to the public; and attendance is limited.

Registration is required.

For more information, e-mail the Office of the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness.

Faculty panelists include:

Janet Elise Johnson

Janet Elise Johnson (Moderator)

Janet Elise Johnson, professor of political science, wrote The Gender of Informal Politics (2018), Gender Violence in Russia (2009), and Living Gender after Communism (2007), and co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (2022).

Brigid O’Keeffe

Brigid O’Keeffe (Moderator)

Brigid O’Keeffe, professor of history and specialist on the history of late imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, is the author of The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise (forthcoming, 2022), Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia (2021) and New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union (2013).

Irina Patkanian

Irina Patkanian is an award-winning filmmaker, Fulbright scholar, professor of film and media arts, and president of In Parentheses,” a New York City-based nonprofit film, theater & media arts company that supports immigrant women artists since 1995.

Moustafa Bayoumi

Moustafa Bayoumi, professor of English, is the author of the critically acclaimed How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (Penguin), which won an American Book Award and the Arab American Book Award for Non-Fiction.

Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome

Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome, professor of political science, is an international political economist whose regional specialization is on the African continent. She is the former Women’s Studies Program director and former deputy chair for graduate studies in the Department of Political Science.