Women in Post-Soviet Space: Katerina Gordeeva on Gender, Power and Resistance

Special Lecture with Katerina Gordeeva. Feb. 23, 4:30pm-6:00pm. Haldeman 41.

Join EEERS for a special lecture with Katerina Gordeeva—award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and "foreign agent" in exile. Renowned for her intimate interviewing style on the hit YouTube show Tell Gordeeva and her recent book Take My Grief Away (Penguin, 2024), in this talk, Gordeeva shifts her lens to the feminine in the post-Soviet space. Gordeeva will address state violence, economic insecurity, and their Impact on femininity, motherhood, and family life, offering a critical case study for understanding global anti-liberal movements.

 

Hosted by Tatiana Filimonova (EEERS).

 

Monday, February 23, 2026

4:30pm-6:00pm

Haldeman 41

 

Sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities