“To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement,” 2026 Petrovich Lecture by Benjamin Nathans

Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Pyle Center, Room 121
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is sponsored by the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Distinguished Chair of Russian History. There will be a reception held after the lecture in the Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge. About the Lecture: Half a century …

“From Co-optation to Traditionalist Campaigns: Authoritarian Responses to Non-state Religious Actors,” a lecture by Marika Olijar

Marika Olijar, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UW–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of Political Science. About the Lecture: Authoritarian regimes instrumentalize tradition, but how and why? This talk examines how secular authoritarian states, navigate the tension between formal secularism and …

“A ‘Total Revolution?’ The Pugachev Rebellion: Between Indigenous Republicanism and Radical Enlightenment,” a lecture by Kirill Ospovat

Kirill Ospovat, Associate Professor of German, Nordic, and Slavic Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of German, Nordic, Slavic+. About the Lecture: This talk will address the Pugachev Rebellion (1773-1775) in the Russian Empire, the most massive popular uprising in eighteenth-century Europe …

“Russia’s War on Ukraine, Four Years In,” a Roundtable Discussion

Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of European Studies CREECA presents “Russia’s War on Ukraine, Four Years In,” a roundtable discussion featuring speakers Mark Copelovitch (Political Science, Center for European Studies), Andrew Kydd …