Between the EU and Russia (BEAR) Jean Monnet Network’s key objective is to promote a better understanding of how the EU and Russia influence and inspire minority politics, integration efforts, and societal contestation on the EU’s eastern borders by: 1) stimulating knowledge development through academic collaborations and connections; 2) conducting high-quality teaching activities across Europe, North America and Russia; and 3) disseminating our knowledge to policymakers, the public and other key constituencies. BEAR Network brings together 26 scholars from 11 universities in six countries to explore attempts to mobilize, influence, protect, and claim regional minority groups on the EU’s eastern borders, as well as how societal actors in the region draw upon, react to, and engage with the overlapping influences of the EU and Russia.

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BEAR-IERES Collaborative Writing Workshop: Washington, DC, 20-21 January 2023

December 16, 2022
    BEAR-IERES Collaborative Writing Workshop Washington, DC, The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) January 20-21, 2023...
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ASEEES 2022: Panel “Studying Ukrainian and Russian Domestic Politics in Times of War and Peace”

November 8, 2022
  ASEEES 2022 Panel "Studying Ukrainian and Russian Domestic Politics in Times of War and Peace" November 12, 10:15am to...
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BEAR Network Graduate Mobility Grants 2022

June 3, 2022
NEW GRANTS! BEAR Network Graduate Mobility Grants for late summer/early fall 2022 The BEAR Network Graduate Mobility Grants encourage graduate...
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CERIUM Summer School 2022

May 30, 2022
  PLU6910A- The region "in between": the soft power of Russia and Europe: from 30 May to 4 June The...
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BEAR-PONARS EURASIA CONFERENCE: Policy briefs published

May 23, 2022
BEAR-PONARS conference policy briefs are now available to read here.  
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BEAR Collaborative Writing Workshop: Budapest, 16-18 June 2022

May 1, 2022
This is an intensive, in-person writing workshop for BEAR Network faculty who are currently working on research projects related to...
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BEAR-PONARS EURASIA CONFERENCE, APRIL 29-30, 2022

March 9, 2022
BEAR-PONARS Eurasia Conference “Between the EU and Russia: Domains of Diversity and Contestation”  April 29-30, 2022, in Washington, DC This is...
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Roundtable: The War in Ukraine, March 14, 2022, 3-4pm (GMT)

March 8, 2022
  The roundtable will shed light on the current political developments in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and...
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Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: An Expert Roundtable, March 9, 2022, 3.30-5pm (EST)

March 2, 2022
  Russia’s Attack on Ukraine An Expert Roundtable 9 March 2022, via Zoom 15:30-17:00 EST Register now via Eventbrite here....
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