Cultural and International

The Modern Europe Colloquium presents Megan Brown, Associate Professor, Swarthmore College, on “The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community.”

Updated start time is 5:30 pm
The Modern Europe Colloquium presents Larry Wolff, the Julius Silver Professor of History, New York University, on “Habsburg Aftermath 1919: From Versailles to the Vienna Opera.”
This lecture will focus on the year 1919 and the end of the Habsburg monarchy, analyzed from the perspective of two recent books: “Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe” (2020), and “The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy” (2023).

Location: HQ (Humanities Quadrangle), Rm 276, 320 York St.

October 12-13, 2023
In 2023, Vilnius turns 700. The first mention of Vilnius dates to the letter sent by the Grand Duke Gediminas to the cities of Lübeck, Bremen, and others on January 25, 1323. The official commemoration program ‘Vilnius – 700 years young’ by Vilnius City Municipality runs through the entire 2023.

George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture
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Erik R. Scott is Associate Professor of History and director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire (OUP, 2016) and editor of The Russian Review.

The Book Talk will be moderated by David Engerman, Leitner International Interdisciplinary Professor of History.

This event is in person only.