Join us for a book panel to mark the publication of Dimitar Bechev's monograph Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe (Yale University Press). Participants: Graeme Robertson (Professor, Political Science, UNC), Robert Jenkins (Teaching Associate Professor, Political Science, UNC), and Dimitar Bechev (CSEEES … Read more
Join us for a book panel discussion to mark the publication of Jasmin Mujanović's monograph Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans (Hurst Publishers). Participants: Kiran Auerbach (Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, UNC), Dimitar Bechev (CSEEES Fellow), Besir Ceka (Assistant Professor, Davidson … Read more
Join us for a presentation and discussion with the authors Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson of their book "Putin v. the People The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia" (Yale University Press, 2019). About the book What do ordinary Russians … Read more
Join us for a presentation and discussion of Andrea Bohlman's monograph "Musical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland" (Oxford University Press, 2020). Participants: Anna Krakus (University of Southern California), Donald Reid (History, UNC) and the author Andrea … Read more
It has been 27 years since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the history of the conflict, its consequences, and long-term implications for the politics and lives of its citizens has remained a source of interest … Read more
The study of Soviet Jewish culture and collective psyche presents a fascinating yet still little known subject of inquiry. Frequently subject to quotas and varying degrees of discrimination, Soviet Jews still participated fully within the larger society. Most were secular, … Read more
Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University Newark where she teaches Middle East and Islamic Studies. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia … Read more
Reds in Blue investigates Soviet relations with one of the most prominent international organizations, UNESCO, to present a novel way of thinking about the role of the United Nations in the Soviet experience of the Cold War. Drawing on unused … Read more
Elena Kostyuchenko is a Russian journalist and gay rights activist. She is an investigative reporter for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta. She will be presenting a talk about her book I Love Russia, Reporting From a Lost Country. English Reader: Professor … Read more
Adrienne Edgar is Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara. She specializes in the history of the Soviet Union, specifically the history of Central Asia in the Soviet period. Her research has focused on the making of nations in early … Read more
