Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row City: Somerville, MA 02144 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: First floor conference room Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Subject: Humanities,Research,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Anthropology department,Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT) RSVP Information: Contact sarah.pinto@tufts.edu for readings and to RSVP Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Sarah Pinto Event Contact Email: sarah.pinto@tufts.edu Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/events/first-meeting-reading-group-works-br-ambedkar-23 The Department of Anthropology, in coordination with Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT), invite the Tufts community to join them for their first meeting of the reading group dedicated to discussion of the works of B.R. Ambedkar. This series has three meetings this spring: February 3, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. March 3, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. March 24, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.  All are welcome. For questions and to receive readings, please contact sarah.pinto@tufts.edu.

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program Office, 114 Curtis St, Somerville, MA 02144, United States Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: The Fletcher School Event Sponsor Department / Area: Russia and Eurasia program Speaker Name: Yevhen Malik and Alexandra Vacroux RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRwHOknLKzWoRphtOCxLUBTMP9hqwtizg1fl-tyP9NOl-f5g/viewform?usp=send_form Please join the Russia and Eurasia Program for an "Update on Ukraine" fireside chat featuring Yevhen Malik and Alexandra Vacroux. The speakers will discuss conditions on the front line, the evolution of drone warfare in the Russia-Ukraine war, the effect of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure as well as the prospects and potential terms of termination of the war. Yevhen Malik is a former Marine Infantry sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a veteran of the Ukraine War. He has extensive frontline experience, having fought in Mariupol and across the Joint Forces Operation zone, where he led combat missions, amphibious operations, and coordinated tactical planning under extreme conditions. From April 2022 to September 2024, he endured captivity in Russia. Malik holds degrees in law, public administration, and a reserve officer qualification. He is recognized for his expertise in military leadership, crisis management, and strategic and tactical planning. He is a strong advocate for Ukraine’s armed forces and veterans. Dr. Alexandra Vacroux served for 15 years as the Davis Center's executive director and as a driving force behind the Center's REECA master's program in regional studies. Her scholarly work addresses Russian and Eurasian policy issues, including the war in Ukraine. As director of graduate studies for REECA, she mentored dozens of Harvard’s best and brightest students and regional experts. She continues her engagement with the center as a member of our Advisory Board and as the founding director of the center's Scholars Without Borders program. In her role as vice president for strategic engagement at the Kyiv School of Economics, Alexandra helps this leading Ukrainian educational institution expand its engagement with top faculty, schools, and programs around the world, further strengthening KSE as a platform for nurturing Ukraine’s human capital as the country recovers from Russia’s invasion. Alexandra lived in Moscow from 1992 to 2004. While there she was a consultant for the Russian Privatization Agency, partner and head of sales at the Brunswick Warburg investment bank, and an active member of the board of United Way Moscow. While completing her dissertation on corruption in Russian pharmaceutical markets she was affiliated with the Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), a Russian think tank associated with the New Economic School. Prior to joining the Davis Center in 2010 she lived in Washington, DC, where she was a scholar at the Kennan Institute, part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. Please register to attend using this Google form (please sign in using your Tufts credentials). Attendance will be limited to members of Tufts University. Coffee, tea, and pastries will be served.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Fletcher Russia and Eurasia 114 Curtis St, Sommerville MA Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: The Fletcher School Link: https://forms.gle/6myziHerE3fmvrHy8 A luncheon lecture featuring Ambassador George Krol, retired U.S. diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia. Ambassador Krol spent 36 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, working extensively across the post-Soviet space, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. He will discuss recent changes in the aims and structure of U.S. foreign policy, with particular emphasis on Central Asia and Eurasia, and assess how the United States is currently positioned vis-à-vis Russia, China, and other state and non-state actors in the region. Ambassador Krol is currently an Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Naval War College and an Associate of Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He holds degrees from Harvard University (A.B.) and Oxford University (M.A.).