Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St (Vandeburg Auditorium, Room 121) @ 4:00 pm
About the Lecture: A history of what happened to global science after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, tracing the role of science in perestroika, glasnost, and Gorbachev’s Soviet Union, as well as following the paths …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: In this book presentation, Agnieszka Pasieka will draw from her fieldwork among Italian, Polish, and Hungarian militant youths, painting unforgettable portraits of students, laborers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and activists from well-off middle-class backgrounds …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: This lecture explores the trajectory of the Moscow publisher Ad Marginem, a pivotal post-Soviet cultural institution that established itself through editorial decisions steeped in irony, provocation, and an intent to challenge existing …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: Russian President Vladimir Putin prefaced his attack on Ukraine with an article and a lecture on history, aiming to justify his decision. One of the first propaganda slogans of 2022 in Russia …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: In the first decade of its existence, Soviet Kazakhstan had three different capitals, and several other cities were considered as potential political centers for the republic. These relocations were undertaken despite the fact …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, analysts and observers around the world were shocked and surprised that Ukraine did not fall in a matter of days or weeks. Instead …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: The revolutions of 1917 swept away not only Russia’s governing authority but also the property order on which it stood. The upheaval sparked waves of dispossession that rapidly moved beyond the seizure …
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
We regret that the lecture scheduled for Feb. 13, 2025 has been canceled, due to speaker illness. We apologize for any inconvenience and will explore options for rescheduling this talk for a future semester. About …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán often claims that the state’s political and economic aliments have been engineered by nefarious groups in “Brussels,” a reference to the European Union (the EU – …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: During the 70 years of its existence, the Soviet Union claimed to be a communist state based on the philosophical doctrines of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and, at the later stages, Vladimir Lenin. …