Join Atlanta History Center in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for a virtual discussion covering the conflict in Ukraine. We will explore current events in both historical and international political contexts and consider how they manifested themselves inside Ukraine on a micro-level. This discussion will be moderated by Rickey Bevington, President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and Executive in Residence at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.
Featured Panelists
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Yuliia Kabina
Yuliia Kabina is a Fulbright Scholar from Cherkasy National University in Cherkasy, Ukraine. She is currently working on her post-graduate degree in Literary Theory.
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Joseph Kellner
Joseph Kellner is an assistant professor of Russian and Soviet history at the University of Georgia and earned his Ph.D. from the University of California in 2018. His forthcoming book is a cultural history of the Soviet collapse and transition period.
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Andrew Owsiak
Andrew Owsiak is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of International Affairs in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He also serves as the Book Editor for International Studies Review (2018-2022), a journal of the International Studies Association.
About the Moderator: Rickey Bevington
Prior to joining the Council, Rickey Bevington spent nearly two decades as a television and radio journalist with outlets including Georgia Public Broadcasting, PBS Newshour and National Public Radio. Her journalism garnered honors from the Edward R. Murrow Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast (Emmys) and the Society of Professional Journalists. Her 2017 TEDx talk "The Future of News Is in Our Hands” raises consumer awareness about the business models that drive fake news and infotainment.
In 2020, Bevington was named a Young Leader of the French-American Foundation. The year prior, she traveled through Ukraine observing propaganda and voter engagement during the presidential election. In 2018, Bevington examined media freedoms in Hungary and in Serbia. She was a 2014 recipient of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Bevington graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in Comparative Literature.
