CFP for a graduate student research conference on the study of Russia in the social sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Open to disciplines including, but not limited to, political science, media studies, sociology, and anthropology; particularly seeking papers on contentious politics, media and politics, and the dynamics of autocracy. The conference will take place over Zoom on May 20, 2022. The deadline for submission is 6:00 PM EST on March 1, 2022.