Presented by East-West Connections, this online discussion features two members of the editorial leadership of the Journal of Russian American Studies (JRAS).

The Journal of Russian American Studies is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to the study of the historical relationship between Russia and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. The journal provides a forum for new scholarship exploring the many dimensions of this relationship.

East-West Connections and its cosponsors are honored to welcome two senior members of the JRAS editorial staff for this conversation.

March 31, 2026 | 7:00 PM CT
Online program • Free to attend
Register via East-West Connections

Speakers

David Foglesong
Professor of History, Rutgers University

Professor Foglesong is a co-author, with Ivan Kurilla and Victoria Zhuravieva, of Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies: A History of American-Russian Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2025). His current research centers on how U.S. and Soviet citizen diplomats contributed to the overcoming of enmity between their nations in the 1980s.

Ivan Kurilla
Visiting Professor, The Ohio State University

Professor Kurilla is a historian of U.S.–Russia relations, national identity, and the political uses of history. He previously taught at the European University at St. Petersburg and has held appointments at Dartmouth College, George Washington University, Bowdoin College, Wellesley College, and Middlebury College.

Cosponsors

Global Minnesota
The Museum of Russian Art
Committee on Foreign Relations Minnesota
Macalester College Russian Studies Department
Journal of Russian American Studies (JRAS)