Please join the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) for an informal "brown bag" discussion of the recent elections in Moldova and Georgia, which were framed as struggles between Russia and Europe. Bob Eckhart and Emma Pratt will summarize the current situation in Moldova and Georgia, respectively, and open the floor to questions and discussion from other attendees. Feel free to bring your lunch to enjoy while we chat.
Speakers:
Bob Eckhart served two years (2022-23 & 2023-24) as a Fulbright Scholar in Moldova and is still on faculty at the Pedagogical State University of Chisinau. Previously he was a Fulbright Scholar (2018) and Fulbright Specialist (2019) in Belarus. He graduated with an M.A in Comparative Cultural Studies from OSU in 1995 and a J.D. from Moritz College of Law in 2001. He taught at OSU from 1993-2016--in the English Department, College of Education and Human Ecology, Fisher College of Business, Moritz College of Law, and the Wexner Medical Center. He was also the founding director of the OSU-WHU Center for American Culture on the campus of Wuhan University from 2011-2018.
Emma Pratt is Assistant Director of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at The Ohio State University. Before starting this position, she lived in Tbilisi, Georgia for over a decade where she worked in a variety of roles in the non-governmental and education sectors, most recently as Editor and Invited Lecturer at the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. She is also an affiliate of the Eurasia Democratic Security Network. She holds a degree from CSEEES, and her area of specialization was Georgian politics.
