Political science

HURI Books is delighted to announce the publication of Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society, a new volume by Svitlana Krasynska, which explores the informal networks and grassroots initiatives driving Ukrainian civic...

The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is pleased to announce the publication of Ukraine's Nuclear Disarmament: A History by Yuri Kostenko. The book outlines the factors at play that led Ukraine to reliquish its nuclear arsenal by signing...

Iryna Vushko, an assistant professor of history at Hunter College in New York, joins HURI's weekly Seminar in Ukrainian Studies on September 26, 2016. During her talk, she'll present information from her newly completed book, The Lost Fatherland...

Does the spread of democracy really lead to peace? Or could it actually incite war? On Monday, October 2, 2017, Paul D’Anieri will explore this topic at HURI’s Seminar in Ukrainian Studies, focusing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Currently a...

On April 11 at 4:15, HURI welcomes Paulina Pospieszna to present her new book, Democracy Assistance from the Third Wave: Polish Engagement in Belarus and Ukraine (The University of Pittsburgh Press). Pospieszna is an assistant professor at the Adam...

The Harvard community and members of the general public are invited to attend a special lecture with Dariusz Stola, Director of the POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews. The event takes place at 3:00 pm on Saturday, June 18, at the Riesman...

On Thursday, April 14, at 4:15, Taras Kuzio will join HURI for a lecture and presentation of his new book, Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption and the New Russian Imperialism. A leading expert on Ukraine, Kuzio is a prolific writer and a deeply respected...