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Show Notes Episode Summary Yewleea has a conversation with Rory Finnin, Ph.D, Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He launched the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme in 2008. He is also co-organiser of the Disinformation and Media Literacy Special Interest Group at the University of Cambridge. In 2015 he won a Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecturer from the Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU), the representative body for all students at the University. Rory and Yewleea spend today's Brief talking about russian imperialism, the failure of the West to recognize russia for the death cult that it is, and what we can do to prevent something like the War in Ukraine from ever happening again. Yewleea's article "Why is the West So Eager to Consume Russian Propaganda?" Yewleea's article "What Are the Pillars of Russification?" Buy Rory's book Blood of Others and the book he co-authored with Alexander Etkind, et al Remembering Katyn Linnea and Yewleaa will be back tomorrow to bring you the latest Brief. Have you listened to our sister podcast, FAQ-U: Ukraine Explained? Hosted by our own Yewleea and produced for Svidomi Media, FAQ-U explores popular misconceptions about Ukraine. Help Our Podcast: Rate, Review, and Give Feedback. This podcast is brand new, and every review helps others find it. If you enjoy the podcast, we'd (obviously) love a 5-star review! If we haven't quite earned your 5-star review, reach out and let us know at social@borlingon.media so we can continue to grow and improve! Thank you! Support Our Work and Receive Benefits. For just $10/month, paid subscribers on Substack receive an ad-free podcast, along with the Written Brief. Founding Members get to go behind the scenes and see how we produce the podcast. Subscribe here: substack.com/@borlingonmedia. Learn More Listen to our sister podcast we co-produce with Ukrainian media company, Svidomi Media, called FAQ-U: Ukraine Explained on Apple, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Follow Linnea and Yewleea on social media.   Copyright 2023, Borlingon Media Group, LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to an extra-special episode of Hawk Talk with Holly and Jonathan. This is the 'podcast version' of a talk we gave to prospective students in January 2021. We thought it would be useful to have an episode giving a run-down on all things Sport at Cambridge. We talk about the benefits of sport (and the evidence behind it), University-level sport at Cambridge, College-level sport at Cambridge, and cover some FAQs too. Want to read more? Here are the links to the evidence for the benefits of sport: A review of the Social Impacts of Culture and Sport (Taylor et al. 2015) The British Active Students Survey (BUCS, ongoing) The Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU) Student Loneliness Report (CUSU, 2020) How to look after your Mental Health using Exercise (Mental Health Foundation, accessed 18/01/21) Report on Sport and Academic Performance (University of Cambridge Sports Service, 2019) BUCS Employability Research Report (BUCS, 2013) Want to find out more about sport at Cambridge? The best way to get in touch with us is via our Instagrams @hawksclubcambridge and @ospreyscambridge, where we can answer your questions or point you in the right direction. ***Please note this episode was recorded remotely***

Our CRASSH Impact speaker this Easter Term will be Reni Eddo-Lodge, whose Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race recently won the 2018 Jhalak Prize for the best book by a British BAME writer. On 15 May 2018, Reni Eddo-Lodge will be in conversation with Priyamvada Gopal. The event is free and open to the public. No registration required. The conversation will be chaired by Lola Olufemi (Women's Officer, Cambridge University Students' Union). The event has been added to Facebook, if you'd like to invite friends. For details of Reni Eddo-Lodge's conversation with Heidi Safia Mirza, please click here. About Reni Eddo-Lodge Reni Eddo-Lodge is a London-based, award-winning journalist. She has written for the New York Times, the Voice, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Stylist, Inside Housing, the Pool, Dazed and Confused, and the New Humanist. She is the winner of a Women of the World Bold Moves Award, an MHP 30 to Watch Award and was chosen as one of the Top 30 Young People in Digital Media by the Guardian in 2014. She has also been listed in Elle's 100 Inspirational Women list, and The Root's 30 Black Viral Voices Under 30. She contributed to The Good Immigrant. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is her first book. It won the 2018 Jhalak Prize, was chosen as Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Year, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize and shortlisted for the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Non-Fiction. About Priyamvada Gopal Priyamvada Gopal is a Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College. She is the author of Literary Radicalism in India (Routledge 2005) and The Indian Novel in English: Nation, History and Narration (Oxford 2009). She has written for The Guardian, The Nation, Al-Jazeera, Open: the Magazine and The Hindu among others. She has also participated in programmes with the BBC, NDTV-India, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio and al-Jazeera. Her forthcoming book, Insurgent Empire is due out with Verso in Spring 2019.

In Conversation: Paul Gilroy and Patricia Williams Patricia J. Williams (Columbia University) will join Paul Gilroy (King’s College London) in conversation at the launch of the CRASSH Impact series, Law, Race, Gender and Public Policy. The discussion will be chaired by former President of the Cambridge University Students' Union, Priscilla Mensah.

On 3 March 2014, Judge Nicholas Forwood delivered a lecture entitled "Protecting Individual Rights: Role of the General Court of Justice of the EU" as a guest of the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society. Judge Forwood is the British judge in the General Court of Justice of the European Union, and spoke about how this institution can protect individual rights and about the recent developments in the area of European Human Rights law. More information about the Society is available from the website at http://www.cambridgeprobono.bravesites.com/

On 3 March 2014, Judge Nicholas Forwood delivered a lecture entitled "Protecting Individual Rights: Role of the General Court of Justice of the EU" as a guest of the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society. Judge Forwood is the British judge in the General Court of Justice of the European Union, and spoke about how this institution can protect individual rights and about the recent developments in the area of European Human Rights law. More information about the Society is available from the website at http://www.cambridgeprobono.bravesites.com/

On 3 March 2014, Judge Nicholas Forwood delivered a lecture entitled "Protecting Individual Rights: Role of the General Court of Justice of the EU" as a guest of the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society. Judge Forwood is the British judge in the General Court of Justice of the European Union, and spoke about how this institution can protect individual rights and about the recent developments in the area of European Human Rights law. More information about the Society is available from the website at http://www.cambridgeprobono.bravesites.com/

On Wednesday 29 January 2014, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rebecca Hilsenrath, the CEO of LawWorks, entitled "Fewer Rights, More Injustice: Analysing Legal Aid Cuts". Rebecca Hilsenrath is the Chief Executive of LawWorks (the Solicitors’ Pro Bono Group) and the Chief Legal Officer of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Prior to this, she worked at Linklaters and afterwards in the Government Legal Service. She is also a trustee of the National Pro Bono Centre and the Mary Ward Legal Centre and was included in the Times 2012 Law 100 list. For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeUniversityStudentsProBonoSociety

On Wednesday 29 January 2014, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rebecca Hilsenrath, the CEO of LawWorks, entitled "Fewer Rights, More Injustice: Analysing Legal Aid Cuts". Rebecca Hilsenrath is the Chief Executive of LawWorks (the Solicitors’ Pro Bono Group) and the Chief Legal Officer of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Prior to this, she worked at Linklaters and afterwards in the Government Legal Service. She is also a trustee of the National Pro Bono Centre and the Mary Ward Legal Centre and was included in the Times 2012 Law 100 list. For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeUniversityStudentsProBonoSociety

On Wednesday 29 January 2014, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rebecca Hilsenrath, the CEO of LawWorks, entitled "Fewer Rights, More Injustice: Analysing Legal Aid Cuts". Rebecca Hilsenrath is the Chief Executive of LawWorks (the Solicitors’ Pro Bono Group) and the Chief Legal Officer of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Prior to this, she worked at Linklaters and afterwards in the Government Legal Service. She is also a trustee of the National Pro Bono Centre and the Mary Ward Legal Centre and was included in the Times 2012 Law 100 list. For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeUniversityStudentsProBonoSociety

On Friday 1st February 2013, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rachel Robinson from LIBERTY entitled "Access to Justice in Light of Legal Aid Cuts". For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/probono/

On Friday 1st February 2013, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rachel Robinson from LIBERTY entitled "Access to Justice in Light of Legal Aid Cuts". For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/probono/

On Friday 1st February 2013, the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society hosted a talk at the Faculty of Law by Rachel Robinson from LIBERTY entitled "Access to Justice in Light of Legal Aid Cuts". For more information about the Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society, please refer to http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/probono/