A talk by journalist Andrew Ryvkin on the Kremlin's information apparatus in the attention economy.

This online presentation challenges the conventional view of the Balkans as a region historically defined by excessive nationalism and persistent warfare. Instead, it argues that the region's trajectory has been shaped more by the relative absence of sustained inter-state conflict and fully developed nationalist ideologies.

Join us for a lecture by graduate Student Nicco La Mattina entitled "Lamentela: A Poetics of Absenscing on Pantelleria, Sicily" followed by an informal student mixer.