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CREECA Lecture: Chechen Demographic Growth as a Reaction to the Existential Threat from Russia with Marat Iliyasov
206 Ingraham Hall206 Ingraham Hall This lecture presents research findings on the reasons for Chechen population growth in times of harshness. The investigation begins with an observation of a quite contradictory nature: Chechens would not postpone creating …
CREECA Lecture: The Expulsion of Jews from Communist Poland: Memory Wars and Homeland Anxieties with Anat Plocker
206 Ingraham Hall206 Ingraham Hall In March 1968, Polish youth rebelled against the communist regime, demanding free speech and academic freedom. In response, the government publicly accused Polish Jews of staging the demonstrations as part of a …
CREECA Lecture: The Political Economy of Polygynous Marriages Among the Kyrgyz with Michele Commercio
206 Ingraham Hall206 Ingraham Hall There is very little academic literature on polygyny among Central Asians in general and among the Kyrgyz in particular. This talk, based on Michele Commercio's forthcoming book, will explore the normalization of …
Wisconsin Slavic Conference Keynote Lecture: Polish-Jewish Memory Fifty Years after March ’68: A Challenge Map
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Polish-Jewish Memory Fifty Years after March '68: A Challenge Map Dr. Joanna Niżyńska Associate Professor, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, University of Indiana - Bloomington At the center of …
CREECA Lecture: James Joyce’s Russia and the Nightmare of Paternity with José Vergara
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall While James Joyce’s place in the modernist pantheon has long been firmly entrenched, its resonances continue to be uncovered. In the Russian context, the Irish writer has occupied many roles since …
CREECA Lecture: What’s New in the Prague Spring? Grassroots Evidence on the Viability of Humane Socialism with James Krapfl
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Photo courtesy of the Institute for Contemporary History, Prague Historians once claimed that, after 1968, no one in Eastern Europe seriously believed that socialism could work. We now know that assessment …
Ukrainian Voices on the War in Ukraine
206 Ingraham HallJoin us in person or virtually to hear from academics and activists in Ukraine, followed by a Q/A session and graduate-student-led discussion. To register for the event virtually, scan the QR code or register here. …
CREECA Lecture: Truculent Nationalism: The Russian People and Foreign Policy with Michael Alexeev
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Military assertiveness in the “near abroad” and elsewhere has characterized Russia’s foreign policy at least since 2008. It has also played well with the Russian public. Is this aggressiveness due only …
CREECA Lecture: Black Earth, White Bread: A Techno-Political History of Russian Agriculture and Food with Susanne Wengle
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Like all facets of daily life, the food that Russian farms produced and citizens ate—or, in some years, didn’t eat—underwent radical shifts in the century between the Bolshevik Revolution and Vladimir …
CREECA Lecture: Judicial Dissent Under Autocracy: Evidence from the Russian Constitutional Court with Yulia Khalikova
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Dissenting opinions are an unusual type of judicial behavior, especially in autocracies. Except for in very rare circumstances, separate opinions do not lead to changes in law or policy, but judges …