BEARR Trust Annual Lectures
Talk and Discussion with Dr Armen Sarkissian
On Monday, 10 March, The BEARR Trust hosted a talk and discussion with Dr Armen Sarkissian, former president of Armenia (2018-2022), who presented his book The Small States Club: How Small Smart Powers Can Save the World and discussed the current political situation in Armenia. Click here for more details.
Annual Lecture 2024
The 2024 Annual Lecture took place on Wednesday, 23 October hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) at their headquarters in Canary Wharf. The lecture titled “Ukraine — What Next?” was given by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman. Click here for more details.
Ukraine Appeal Relaunch Event 2024
On the occasion of the relaunch of The BEARR Trust’s Ukraine Appeal an online lecture was given on 4 March 2024 by Dr Olesya Khromeychuk titled “Loss, Defiance, and the Fight for Justice” . The event began with a short update from BEARR Chairman Nicola Ramsden on the achievements of the Appeal so far followed by Olesya’s talk and Q&A. Click here for further details.
Autumn Lecture 2023
On 13 September 2023 Professor Robert van Voren gave our autumn lecture on the theme of “War in Ukraine and mental health: the long-term consequences”. For further details please click here.
30th Anniversary Lecture 2023
On 14 March 2023, BEARR’s 30th Anniversary Lecture was given by The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind on the topic “Russia: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”.
This event was kindly being hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) at their new headquarters in Canary Wharf. Click here for more details.
Autumn Lecture 2022
On 7 November, BEARR was delighted to be joined by former senior editor at The Economist and author of The New Cold War, Edward Lucas, for our Autumn Lecture “Putin’s War: What’s the Endgame?”
Watch the full recording of the lecture here. A lecture report will also be available on our website shortly.
Summer Lecture 2022
On 27 June, trauma surgeon David Nott spoke with Bridget Kendall, the BBC’s former Moscow and Diplomatic Correspondent and a patron of the BEARR Trust, about his inspirational work providing emergency surgical care and training local doctors in Ukraine amid the brutality of war.
Watch the full recording of their conversation here, and read BEARR trustee, Ross Gill’s lecture report here.
Autumn Lecture 2021
On 22 September, human rights lawyers Maria Logan and Anastasia Burakova came together in conversation to discuss the impact of the Russian government’s crackdown on civic activism – and its implications for the future in a lecture titled, “Media and civil society under attack in Russia: What can we do?”
Watch the full recording here and read BEAR trustee, Ross Gill’s lecture report here.
Summer Lecture 2021
On May 12, journalist and ‘Moneyland’ author, Oliver Bullough, gave BEARR’s annual summer lecture on, “The Londongrad Laundromat and its consequences”. The event was chaired by Financial Times contributing editor John Lloyd. You can watch the full recording here and read BEAR trustee, Ross Gill’s report on the lecture here.
Spring Lecture 2021
On Thursday 18 February 2021 at 17.00 UK time, The BEARR Trust held its first Spring Lecture as an online webinar. Guest speaker, Nigel Gould-Davies spoke on the topic, “Belarus: what happened and what next?”
Watch the full recording here. You can also read BEARR trustee, Ross Gill’s report on the lecture here.
