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Chornobyl’s Continuous Impact: Ukraine’s Survivors Testify on Health and Environmental Issues (Research Brief) April 16, 2013 My research consisted of collecting Soviet archival media material taken during and immediately following the Chornobyl nuclear reactor meltdown and filming present-day eye-... Research Support	Defining Domestic Violence in Hungary: Successes and Continuing Challenges (Research Brief) December 17, 2012 I investigate how and why some movements in this region have succeeded and others continue to struggle by analyzing the actors, their self-described motivations, and the... Research Support, Gender
"A Hard Country to Love"- Patriotism and National Identity in Russia's Great War (Research Brief) October 1, 2012 This study explores the forging of Russian nationalism and patriotism in the crucible of the Great War. Research Support	National Identity Contestation and Democracy in Post-Soviet Armenia (Research Brief) September 24, 2012 This research demonstrates that in the period from 1988 through 2012 the content of the Armenian national identity has been contested. Research Support
The Use of Gender Norms in Russian Politics (Research Brief) August 28, 2012 This project explores the gendered ways in which political youth organizations voice their criticism of and support for the Putin-centered regime that began ruling Russia at the turn of the twenty... Research Support, Gender	Applying a Civic Culture Framework to Local Policy-Making in Ukraine and Latvia (Research Brief) August 14, 2012 This research applies the concept of local civic culture to cities in Ukraine and Latvia as a theoretical framework for understanding local government policy-making and ultimately democracy at the... Civil Society Strengthening, Research Support
The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Mass Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan (Research Brief) August 14, 2012 This research focuses on a little known incident of Stalinist mass violence, the Kazakh famine of 1930-33. Research Support	Is Russia's Rule of Law Expanding? A Case Study in Restorative Justice (Research Brief) May 9, 2012 Twenty years after the law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression” was passed, it serves as the major artifact of transitional justice in the Russian Federation. As such,... Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support
Jewish Culture and Society in Imperial Russian Cities (Research Brief) March 20, 2012 This research project examines various aspects of urban society and culture among Jews in large cities across the Russian empire such as Lodz, Odessa and Warsaw as well as medium sized centers... Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support	Foreign Language Learning Attitudes and Practices in the Republic of Moldova (Research Brief) March 19, 2012 This project is focused on the roles of widely studied foreign languages within the contentiously multilingual Republic of Moldova. Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support