PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University faculty and other experts will take part in a teach-in to discuss issues related to the ongoing events in Ukraine. Free and open to the public, the event will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in the Watson Institute for International Studies, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St.

Co-sponsored by the Janus Forum, the teach-in will include discussions about the political history of Ukraine’s Crimea region, the European Union’s role in the crisis, and the activist movement that is taking place on the front lines. Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute, will moderate.

Who
Linda Cook, professor of political science, Brown University
Patricia Herlihy, professor emerita of history, Brown University
Michael Kennedy, professor of sociology, Brown University
Robert Legvold, professor emeritus of political science, Columbia University
Richard M. Locke, moderator, director of the Watson Institute and professor of political science
Anna Lysyanskaya, professor of computer science, Brown University
Roman Torgovitsky, Soma Foundation for Political Freedom

What
A teach-in on “Making Sense of the Events in Ukraine,” which will include discussions about the political history of Ukraine’s Crimea region, the European Union’s role in the crisis, and the activist movement that is taking place on the front lines.

Where
Watson Institute for International Studies
Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer St.

When
Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at 5 p.m.