Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

Guest Speaker

Professional Affiliation

PhD Student in History, University of Pennsylvania

Expert Bio

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon is a doctoral student in History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work examines the intersections of Black experience and Soviet understandings of race and nationality.

Programs:

Kennan Institute

Insight & Analysis by Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

Past event
Human Rights

The Politics of Detention and Exchange: Looking Back at the Brittney Griner Case

February 14, 2023

NEW YORK, N.Y. – June 29, 2022: Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft, right-foreground, speaks at a vigil for Brittney Griner held outside the Consulate-General of Russia in New York City.

Past event
Human Rights

The Latest on Brittney Griner’s Case

August 2, 2022

Brittney Griner pictured in Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on July 14, 2019

Past event
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Missed Histories: Overlooked Stories in Russian Studies from the Overlooked

February 17, 2022

Past event
Education

Race, Racism, and Diversity in Slavic and Eurasian Studies

February 23, 2021

Black student posed with backpack and school items on yard of university, against flags of different countries.

Article
History

Andrea Lee's "Russian Journal": A Tapestry of the Late Soviet Era

Posted date/time:February 19, 2021

The celebration of the International Women's Day on March 8 at the Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University. Wilhelmina Scott Boyle, a third year student from Sierra Leone speaks at the podium.

Blog post
Society and Culture

Black Skin in the Red Land: African Americans and the Soviet Experiment

Posted date/time:February 28, 2020

What’s Next for US-China Climate Relations

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe

25 Years of Women, Peace, and Security in the Middle East

The North Caucasus and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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