Russia & Eurasia – Area Committee
Eurasia Committee: Visit to the Embassy of Georgia
Eurasia Committee is organizing a visit to the Georgian Embassy. Don't wait too long to sign up, spaces are limited. The Kingdom of the Netherlands contributed to the development process of the Georgian State since the very first day of restoration of its independence. The Netherlands has also been one Read more…
Eurasia Committee: Visit to the Embassy of Georgia
Eurasia Committee is organizing a visit to the Georgian Embassy. Don't wait too long to sign up, spaces are limited. The Kingdom of the Netherlands contributed to the development process of the Georgian State since the very first day of restoration of its independence. The Netherlands has also been one Read more…
Eurasia Committee: Alternative perspectives with Peter van Stigt
Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.48 Turfmarkt 99, NetherlandsThe Eurasian committee is hosting a special guest, Peter Van Stigt, who will share his experience, anecdotes and vision on Europe-Russia relations. Peter van Stigt is an entrepreneur doing business in Russia for more than 20 years. His company Fontanka sells animal feed and additives in Russia. He is also Read more…
Eurasia Committee: Ukrainian Embassy Visit
The Eurasian Committee is delighted to invite you for a visit of the Ukrainian Embassy guided by the Ukrainian Ambassador in The Hague, His Excellency Mr. Vsevolod Chentsov. The Kingdom of the Netherlands recognized Ukraine on December 31, 1991 alongside with other EU Member States. Diplomatic relations were established on Read more…
Eurasia Committee: What Is It Like to be An Election Observer?
Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.59 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, NetherlandsInternational 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, NetherlandsMikhail 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, NetherlandsMikhail 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, NetherlandsIt 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, NetherlandsEurasiaCom 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
OnlineNagorno-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
OnlineJoin 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
OnlineJoin 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, NetherlandsPanel 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, NetherlandsThe 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 A0.06Guest 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, NetherlandsJoin 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, NetherlandsJoin 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