Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

Guest Speaker

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Kennan Institute

Professional affiliation

PhD Student in History, University of Pennsylvania

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Full Biography

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.

Recent Insights & Analysis

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.

Article

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

February 19, 2021

Events

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.

Event

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

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:00 – 12:00 ET