CREECA Lecture Series Events
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Oct05
"What Went Wrong in Russia? The Story of Memorial and the Country's Failed Transition to the Rule of Law," a lecture by Grigory Vaypan @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Russian human rights lawyer and scholar Grigory Vaypan (Democracy Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis, Washington, D.C.) will lecture on "What Went Wrong in Russia? The Story of Memorial and the Country's Failed Transition to the Rule of Law." Free and open to the public.
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Oct12
"Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples," a lecture by Adrienne Edgar @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Historian Adrienne Edgar (Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara) will present on her recent book, Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2022). Free and open to the public.
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Oct26
"Revolutions per Minute: Sonic Inscription, Soviet Writing, and Mikhail Romm’s Oral Stories," a lecture by Matthew Kendall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Matthew Kendall (Assistant Professor of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago) will give a lecture on “Revolutions per Minute: Sonic Inscription, Soviet Writing, and Mikhail Romm’s Oral Stories” on Thursday, September 28, 2023 …
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Nov02
"Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World," a lecture by Erik R Scott @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 am 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Erik R. Scott (Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas) will give a lecture on “Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World” on Thursday, September 28, …
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Nov09
"Soviet Samizdat: Imagining a New Society," a lecture by Ann Komaromi @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
About the lecture: More Information Coming Soon! About the speaker: More Information Coming Soon! This event is part of the CREECA lecture series, which is held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm. Coffee, tea, and cookies …
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Nov16
"Between Horror and Hope: Feminist Anti-War Resistance and Opportunities for Mobilization in and Outside of Putin’s Russia," a lecture by Natalie Kovyliaeva @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Natalia Kovyliaeva (Ph.D Candidate, University of Tartu) will give a lecture on “Between Horror and Hope: Feminist Anti-War Resistance and Opportunities for Mobilization in and Outside of Putin’s Russia” on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at …