Russia & Eurasia – Area Committee

Email eurasia@basisthehague.nl
Website https://basisthehague.nl/committees/areas/russia-eurasia/

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  • Eurasia Committee: What Is It Like to be An Election Observer?

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.59 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    International Observers play an important role in democratic elections worldwide by ensuring objective assessments of the fairness of election procedures. Hereby, they add domestic and international legitimacy to elections. But did you know that you, as a student, can become an official election observer as well? If you want to Read more

  • The future of Russia – student debate with Mikhail Khodorkovsky

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.01 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Mikhail Khodorkovsky, critic of President Putin, former captain of industry and head of Yukos Oil, is making his first public visit to the Netherlands. Mr Khodorkovsky will debate at Campus The Hague with students, lecturers and the general public about the future of democracy and civil society in Russia. Kysia Read more

  • The future of Russia – student debate with Mikhail Khodorkovsky

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.01 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Mikhail Khodorkovsky, critic of President Putin, former captain of industry and head of Yukos Oil, is making his first public visit to the Netherlands. Mr Khodorkovsky will debate at Campus The Hague with students, lecturers and the general public about the future of democracy and civil society in Russia. Kysia Read more

  • Eurasia Borrel

    Jimz Pub Herenstraat 15, Den Haag, Netherlands

    It is slowly getting colder outside and the Eurasian Committee is delighted to share with you the Slavic and Caucasian secrets of creating warmth from within! 🔥🥃 In close alignment with our Soviet fathers, we naturally dedicated ourselves to the promotion of understanding between the nations of Eurasia. ✊🏻 Starting Read more

  • Public Debate: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Leiden University -WIjnhaven Campus - Room 2.02

    📍 THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT AND ITS LEGACY: SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN EUROPE 80 years ago on 23 August 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a Treaty of Non-Aggression, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and its secret protocols, dividing Europe and the territories of independent states between the two Read more

  • EurasiaCom: Eurasian Get-Together

    Jimz Pub Herenstraat 15, Den Haag, Netherlands

    EurasiaCom invites you to start this semester in the best possible way! 👨‍🚀 Remaining faithful to our traditions, this evening will be dedicated to the cultural treasures of the post-Soviet region - let кино caress your soul with some Leningrad underground rock, bond with your new fellow students over traditional Read more

  • EurasiaCom: Guest Lecture + Q&A with Jana Romanova

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.48 Turfmarkt 99, Netherlands

    -- March 05, 15:15 - 17:00, Wijnhaven, room 3,48 -- JANA ROMANOVA, award-winning photographer and video artist from St. Petersburg, will come to our university to give a guest lecture introducing the projects she did in the region, followed by a Q&A! Focusing on collective identity, Jana Romanova expands the Read more

  • AcaCom x EurasiaCom: “The non-frozen conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh

    Online

    Nagorno-Karabakh has been one of the most contested and longest-running disputes in the post-Soviet territories. The hostility had been rising, and at the end of September, the fighting erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Are you interested in exploring the historical development of the conflict? Or the reaction of the international Read more

  • Eurasia Movie Night

    Online

    Join us for a dive into Slavic culture, help us pick the best movie and enjoy it with us! Voting poll: https://forms.gle/PjWV46H1Qj6HH3nBA 

  • Russian antique jewels guest lecture

    Online

    Join the Eurasia committee as Marie E. Betteley introduces us to the world of antique Russian jewlery and talks to us about her new book

  • Power Structures and Internal Security Forces of Russia

    Please join us for a talk on the topic of power structures and internal security forces of Russia by guest speaker Mr. Harry van der Horst, LtCol ret. RNLAF - a Dutch professional expert in the working field of military and political relations with Russia. From 1990 until 1998, Mr. Harry van der Horst Read more

  • Russia-Ukraine Conflict Panel Discussion

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.01 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Panel discussion and Q&A session on the Russia-Ukraine conflict curated by Leiden University professors Dr. Matthew Frear and Dr. Isaac Scarborough, who specialize in politics and economics of Russia, and Chris Colijn, a Leiden University tutor and a journalist reporting from the Ukrainian-Polish border. Please join us on the 7th Read more

  • Panel Discussion: Can we compare Ukraine and Taiwan

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.01 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    The East Asia Committee and the Russia and Eurasia Committee are organizing a *Panel Discussion* to address the following question : *Can we compare Ukraine's case to Taiwan?* 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 Is comparing the current invasion of Ukraine with a potential invasion of Taiwan appropriate? To this end, we are inviting Read more

  • Guest Lecture: A Strategic Perspective on the War in Ukraine

    Schouwburgstraat – Room A0.06

    Guest lecture on the strategic perspectives of the war in Ukraine by Leiden University professor Dr. Lukas Milevski. Dr. Lukas Milevski specializes in war and strategic studies and is a holder of a doctorate degree in strategy from University of Oxford. Throughout his professional career, he has written on topics Read more

  • Movie Night: Battleship Potemkin

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.46 Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, Netherlands

    Join us for a silent-movie night, screening an all-time Soviet classic “Battleship Potemkin”. “Battleship Potemkin" is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film, produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by Sergei Eisenstein, it presents a dramatization of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin Read more

  • Movie Night – Soviet thriller ‘Igla’

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.46 Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, Netherlands

    Join us on watching the 1988 Soviet-Kazakh thriller 'The Needle' starring Soviet rock star Victor Tsoy! We will screen it on Thursday, 17 November at 7pm in Wijnhaven 3.46

  • Movie Screening: Dear Comrades

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.58 Wijnhaven, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    Join Basis and the Eurasia committee in its first event of the year! On the 12th of November, we will be screening the film ‘Dear Comrades’ about the 1962 Novocherkassk workers uprising in the Soviet Union squashed by the authorities. A gripping, moving and emotional film that has won awards Read more

    Free – €3.00

  • Movie screening: The Color of Pomegrenates

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.19 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    The BASIS Eurasia committee is happy to announce the first event of the semester! Join us for a deep dive into Armenian culture with a screening of the 1969 movie The color of pomegrenates. Learn about the 18th century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova in this artistic masterpiece, often ranked Read more

    €1.50

  • Potluck Russia Eurasia committee

    BeeHive Student Center - Common Room (3rd floor) Turfmarkt 104, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Everyone is invited to come to our potluck, where everyone will bring food and drinks from across Eurasia to share. Think of Russian пельмени, Belarusian драники or Dolma's from the Caucasus region, both store-bought and home-made!  No time or money, no problem: feel free to come by even if you Read more

    €1.50

  • Book club Russia Eurasia committee 1st edition: White nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    BeeHive (Student Center) Turfmarkt 104, Den Haag, Netherlands

    The Eurasia Committee invite you to the first Book Club meeting! Theme of the month: Dostoevsky’s White Nights. Of course, it’s recommended to read the book beforehand, but don’t worry, even if you haven’t finished it, you’re still welcome. We’ll be digging into the story together: the meaning Dostoevsky put into Read more