Events

Panel discussion with survivors from Ukraine and legal experts on accountability for crimes committed in Ukraine, organised by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and EUCCI during the Hague Justice Week.

This European lecture series explores politics, society, economics, history, culture, and media in Russia during the transformative decade of the 1990s.

Nardiv and Clingendael Institute are organising a workshop on Russian malign information.

We’re thrilled to announce the hybrid Winter School Energy Security and the Geopolitics of Critical Raw Materials in Key Maritime Zones, 12-14 January 2026. We will focus on the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Arctic Sea during the Winter School.

Van 13 t/m 15 november 2025 organiseert het Nederlands Instituut Petersburg (NIP) in samenwerking met de Radboud Universiteit een meerdaags programma over de toekomst en continuïteit van de Russische studies in Nijmegen aan de RU.

On November 4, Dr Olga Zeveleva (Assistant Professor in Conflict Studies, Utrecht University) will speak on "Colonialism and Authoritarianism - Russia’s imperial ambitions abroad and repressive politics at home."

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition, delivers the ninth October Lecture in Amsterdam on Belarus’s struggle for freedom and its pivotal role in Europe’s security.

In this Concerning War and Conflict lecture, Yuliya Yurchenko (University of Greenwich) will discuss the political economy of the Russo-Ukrainian war in global perspective.

Op donderdag 4 september 2025 vindt de jaarlijkse conferentie van het REKA netwerk plaats. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst gaan we samen met experts, beleidsmakers, ondernemers, journalisten en studenten in gesprek over de laatste ontwikkelingen in en om Oost-Europa. Dit doen we zowel plenair als in 13 deelsessies in 3 rondes. Ook is er door de dag heen uitgebreid de mogelijkheid om te netwerken.

Dr. Giselle Bosse and Wicke van den Broek Invite paper proposals from PhD candidates, Post-Docs, and early-career researchers writing academic papers on any aspect of contemporary Belarus, Belarusian history, politics, international relations, economy, human rights and democracy or autocracy studies.

Looking ahead to the NATO summit, the Clingendael Institute and GA! Think Tank invite you to join a public discussion between leading experts and students on NATO’s evolving relationship with Ukraine and Russia.

At 'Belarus in Focus,' the University of Amsterdam's Slavic Department, Study Association Radost, and the Dutch diplomatic representation in Minsk join forces to boost attention for the country, with short talks, film clips, and a panel discussion.