The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Presentation Wed., April 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm in Williams Hall 323

By Penny Bogardus, April 19, 2023

Presentation by Dr. Valerie Bunce, Political Scientist and Professor Emerita of Cornell University Research

Valerie Bunce is the Aaron Binenkorb Professor Emerita of Cornell University.  She is a political scientist who began her career as a specialist on the political economy of the Soviet bloc.  Once communism fell and the Soviet, Yugoslav, and Czechoslovak states dismembered from 1989-1992, her teaching focused on transitions to democracy and dictatorship and U.S. democracy assistance in Russia; Ukraine; the Caucasus; Poland; and Hungary.

She is the author and co-author/co-editor of five books with a sixth one currently under review that addresses challenges to democracy in Europe; the U.S.; Asia; and Africa.  She has taught at Lake Forest College; Northwestern University; University of Chicago; Cornell University; University of Zagreb; and Central European University. She retired from Cornell in 2019. 

The event is sponsored by The History Club of Ithaca College and the Departments of History and Politics.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Penny Bogardus at pbogardus@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3303. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.