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Friday, October 4, 2024
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum
Three science fiction films — two from the U.S., one a German-U.K. coproduction — explore the themes of Afrofuturism in this UCLA Film & Television Archive Series.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum
Three films — one from France, one from the U.S. and a French-Indonesian-Malaysian coproduction — address moon landings in this UCLA Film & Television Archive Series.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum
Two science fiction films — one the U.S., one from New Zealand — explore love triangles in a future post-apocalyptic world in this UCLA Film & Television Archive Series.
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Repression is working, says Russian journalist

Monday, March 18, 2024

Investigative journalist Roman Badanin says many criminal and administrative charges have either been newly introduced, or more aggressively pursued, in the last six years to suppress dissent in Russia.
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Opinion: The best tribute we can pay to Navalny

Saturday, February 17, 2024

"Navalny's example and ultimate sacrifice remind us that there have always been — and still are — Russians who believe in decency and freedom for all. Now more than ever, we need to show them that they are not alone," says Daniel Treisman (UCLA Political Science).
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Putin's ‘fear dictatorship': Political scientist Daniel Treisman on the state of Russia's autocracy

Friday, July 28, 2023

Meduza special correspondent Margarita Liutova spoke to Professor Treisman to learn more about how Putin's regime has changed in recent years — and what the future might have in store for Russia.

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Crimes, Not Just Tragedies: Reporting War Against Ukraine

Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian journalist, on how to reunite truth with justice amidst war against Ukraine.
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The Return of the Native: Can Liberalism Safeguard Us Against Nativism?

A book talk by Jan Willem Duyvendak on how and why there has been a resurgence of nativist logic.
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Structures of Bias: How the State Systematically Downplays Right-Wing Extremism

Jonathan Homola, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA, discusses the rise of right-wing extremism and his forthcoming publication.

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