Past lectures are available to stream on the CREECA Podcast.
CREECA Lecture: “Shifting Rationality: How Identity Decay Led Russia to Invade Ukraine” with Mikhail Troitskiy
206 Ingraham HallThe great puzzle of Russia-West relations throughout the three post-Cold War decades has been the apparent reluctance of the Kremlin to reap significant and evident benefits from collaboration with the United States and its allies. …
CREECA Lecture: “Political Participation of Women in the Soviet Union and Russia: From State-Sponsored Feminism to Putin’s Machismo” with Valeria Umanets
206 Ingraham HallWhat happens when women's political quotas are implemented in non-democracies? In this CREECCA talk, Valeria Umanets focuses on understanding the political and social meaning and manipulation of gender in the Soviet Union which held informal …
CREECA Lecture: “A Spiritual Revolution: Reform and Reaction in Orthodox Russia 1700-1836” Book Launch Talk with Andrey Ivanov
206 Ingraham HallThe ideas of the Protestant Reformation, followed by the European Enlightenment, had a profound and long-lasting impact on Russia’s church and society in the long eighteenth century. Though the Orthodox Church was often assumed to …
CREECA Lecture: “Making Socialism Work: The Shchekino Method and the Drive to Modernize Soviet Industry” with James Nealy
206 Ingraham HallBased on Dr. Nealy's book manuscript of the same name, “Making Socialism Work: The Shchekino Method and the Drive to Modernize Soviet Industry” will discuss factory-level efforts to improve socioeconomic conditions in the Soviet Union …
Michael B. Petrovich Lecture: “Russia and Refugees: A 20th Century History” with Peter Gatrell
206 Ingraham HallCREECA is cosponsoring this Michael B. Petrovich lecture in history, supported by the Alice D. Mortensen/Petrovich Chair in Russian History. About the Speaker: Dr. Peter Gatrell retired from the University of Manchester in 2021 after …