During the period of greatest repression of the Catholic Church in Stalinist Czechoslovakia, Communist leaders organized and promoted an official manifestation at Velehrad, which since the mid-nineteenth century had come to represent a Moravian Catholic vision of Czech nationhood that … 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

Anna Ackermann is a climate and energy policy professional, a founding member of the Center for Environmental Initiatives “Ecoaction” and a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development working on a green reconstruction of Ukraine. She has over … Read more

Ambassador Kristjan Prikk has served as Estonian Ambassador to the United States since May 2021. He previously served as the permanent secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defense with responsibility for the Estonian Defense Forces, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, … Read more

This event will NOT take place on December 4th as originally scheduled. The event will have to me moved to a new date in Spring 2024 semester. Thank you for your understanding and please watch this space for scheduling update.  … Read more

Amid Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991, just as Armenia and Azerbaijan achieved statehood, Nagorno-Karabakh, a strategic sliver of mountainous land in the South Caucasus, officially declared independence. War erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region, resulting in roughly thirty … Read more

This panel discussion will examine the consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine on global food security. International experts from Ukraine and UNC faculty will share their insights and expertise on this pressing matter. Oleg Nivievskyi is the founder of the … Read more

Dr. Bryant will be delivering a lecture entitled, “Blogging and Belonging: Prague’s Czech-Vietnamese Community and What Social Media Might Have Been.” The event will take place in Pauli Murray Hall 569. There will be food and drinks, and we will … Read more

“This case has become much bigger than just Ukraine vs Russia. It has become a test of who will prevail: Russia, or the post-war international legal order.” In 2022, Harold Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, … Read more

Thomas Ort is associate professor of modern European history and director of the Honors in the Social Sciences program at Queens College, The City University of New York. The main focus of his research has been modernist and avant-garde life … Read more