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CERES Year in Review

Events & Experiences

A woman wearing a Ukrainian flag stands at an anti-war protest.
 

Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: An Expert Roundtable

Serhii Plokhi stands outside Munk School building with many students
 

Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine and the CERES welcome Serhii Plokhii

CERES MA students meet with Serhii Plokhii
 

CERES MA Students Meet With Serhii Plokhii

Péter Krekó and students
 

Dr. Péter Krekó visits CERES

16th Danyliw Research Seminar
 

CERES MA students attend the 16th Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine

Ivan Krastev with Students
 

In Conversation with Ivan Krastev

Elena Osokina with students
 

Visiting Professor Elena Osokina Meets with CERES Students

President Alar Karis of Estonia during his address at the Munk School
 

We must work together to fight Russian aggression, Estonian President Alar Karis tells students at U of T visit

President Zelenskyy gives a live video address to a full auditorium
 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: A Live Video Address

Greek flag with town and water in the background
 

'Life-changing experience' in the cradle of Western civilization with Summer Abroad

Ukrainian non-residential fellows

Petro Jacyk non-residential fellows
 

Meet Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine's non-residential scholars

Faculty Achievements & Accomplishments

Professors Lilia Topouzova and Joshua Arthurs
 

CERES Faculty Awarded SSHRC Connection Grant to carry out the project, "Authoritarianism: Lives, Legacies, Traumas"

From left to right: Phillip Lipscy, Lynette Ong, Randall Hansen
 

Munk School faculty presented with prestigious research awards

The five recipients of this year’s Dean’s Research Excellence Award: (clockwise from top left) Wil Cunningham, Megan Frederickson, Randall Hansen, Naomi Nagy and Kaley Walker.
 

Celebrating the first-ever winners of the Dean’s Research Excellence Awards

Revolution & Dictatorship cover art and title with book launch date
 

Lucan Way's Book Launch, Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism

Paul Perron
 

Paul Perron promoted to l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Headshot of Edward Schatz
 

Edward Schatz named Director of Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Robert Austin
 

Professor Robert Austin receives Outstanding Teaching Award

CERES in the media

Items from a recreation of the domestic interior of a camp survivor. Photograph: Lubov Cheresh
The Guardian

Lilia Topouzova at the Bulgarian pavillion for the 60th Venice Biennale

March 31, 2024
Podcast-Randall Hansen
ARD Audiothek

Randall Hansen on why, in matters of immigration, Canada has nothing to teach Germany

March 12, 2024
Tommaso Pavone
Verfassungsblog

The EU’s Faustian Bargain

December 18, 2023
Image of Palestinians fleeing to the southern Gaza Strip
Toronto Star

Israel vs. Gaza

November 26, 2023
Image of Randall Hansen and NATO Canada! podcast hosts
NATO Association of Canada

The challenges of refugee crises around the world

November 17, 2023
Globe and Mail Op-ed
The Globe and Mail

Pakistan and Iran are Afghanistan’s neighbours, but their treatment of Afghans is shameful

November 13, 2023
A worker clears debris following a drone attack on a business building in Moscow earlier this week. Authorities said drones had hit targets in Russia's capital region for six consecutive nights, as of Wednesday.
CBC News

Andres Kasekamp in CBC News: More Drones Appear in Moscow, Providing Russians a More Open Window Into Ukraine War

August 28, 2023
Image of Afghan girls
The Globe and Mail

Shoaib Rahim for The Globe and Mail: In Afghanistan, We Lost Control Of Our Own War

August 15, 2023
Members of the Wagner Group military company sit atop of a tank on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Yevgeny Prigozhin's troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. (AP Photo)
The Globe and Mail

Aurel Braun for The Globe and Mail: The Wagner Mutiny Shows Putin’s War Isn’t Just a Tragedy for Ukraine – It’s a Disaster for Russia

June 27, 2023
Illustration of dictators including Putin and Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs

Lucan Way for Foreign Affairs: Don’t Count the Dictators Out

June 21, 2023
Latest Developments on Ukraine-Russia War
Busan English Broadcasting

Aurel Braun on Busan English Broadcasting: Latest Developments on Ukraine-Russia War

June 7, 2023
The Agenda (Drew Fagan as guest)
The Agenda

Drew Fagan on The Agenda: Why Can't Ontario Build Big Things Anymore?

May 25, 2023