Rudolf Kučera will present on “Exploiting Victory, Sinking into Defeat: Uniformed Violence in the Creation of the New Order in Czechoslovakia and Austria, 1918-1922.” ‣ Paper abstract The paper will explore the role that uniformed physical violence played in the … Read more
Dr. Corey Johnson (UNC-Greensboro) will present on “Inextricable Networks: Building an Integrated Gas Infrastructure between Europe and Russia.” ‣ Paper abstract Amid more intense scrutiny of Europe’s “dependence” on Russian natural gas, in this paper I examine the evolution of … Read more
Stephen Riegg will present on “Divine Diplomacy: the Armenian Church and the Russian state, 1825-55.” Stephen Riegg is a PhD candidate in the History Department at UNC – Chapel Hill. Building upon eighteen months of fieldwork in the archives of … Read more
The Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies is pleased to invite you for the UNC MA RUES thesis presentations on Wednesday, April 29 at 11:30 am in FedEx GEC #2008/2010. For our graduating students, this annual tradition provides … Read more
THOMAS EARL PORTER: “NIKTO NE ZABYT, NICHTO NE ZABYTO”: THE SOVIET CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AT NUREMBERG Bio: Dr. Thomas Earl Porter is a Professor of Modern European and Russian History at North Carolina A&T State University where he teaches … Read more
Donald J. Raleigh: “Man of Peace: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev and His Diaries.” Bio: Donald J. Raleigh is the Jay Richard Judson Distinguished Professor of Russian History at UNC. He has authored, translated, and edited numerous books on modern Russian history … Read more
Hana Pichova specializes in twentieth century Czech prose. Most of her published work focuses on literature in exile, specifically on memory and nostalgia. Recently she published a book, The Case of the Missing Statue: A Historical and Literary Study of the Stalin … Read more
Please come to the latest Carolina Seminar! Chad Bryant studies the social and cultural history of Central and Eastern Europe from the eighteenth century to the present. His research focuses on the Bohemian Lands, most of which now constitute … Read more
Communities of Song’ Keynote: J. MARTIN DAUGHTRY (NYU) April 3 @ 4:15 pm | HYDE HALL | Free J. Martin Daughtry (New York University) presents a keynote lecture entitled “Posthuman Bards, or Vocal Scenes from the Anthropocene” as part of … Read more
Pawel Kowal is a well-known Polish politician, leader of Poland Together political party, former Member of European Parliament, and former State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kowal is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Institute of … Read more
