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LECTURE: (Mis)understanding Russia: A Diplomat’s Reflections
October 31, 2023 at 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
| Location: | Room TBD |
| Audience: | Anyone |
Join us for the lecture “(Mis)understanding Russia: A Diplomat’s Reflections” with Dr. Leigh Sarty, a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and adjunct faculty member at EURUS. This is a hybrid event that will take place in-person and online.
DATE: Tuesday, October 31st
TIME: 2:30pm-4:00pm
LOCATION: Southam Hall 402 and via Zoom
About the Event
Can history help us to understand the disastrous state of Russia’s relations with the West in 2023? Leigh Sarty suggests that it can, drawing on his experience as a student, a scholar and a diplomat over more than four decades to describe some of the key turning points and deeper structural forces that make contemporary Putinism more intelligible.
About the Speaker
Leigh Sarty is a former diplomat who spent the better part of his career dealing with Russia, both at Global Affairs Canada headquarters in Ottawa and during two postings at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow (1996-1999; 2012-2016). A Russian speaker who holds an M.A. from Carleton’s Institute of Soviet and East European Studies (EURUS’s predecessor) and a PhD from Columbia University, Sarty is currently an Adjunct Professor at EURUS and a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.