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Vilnius 700

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.

Book Talk with Erik Scott: Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World

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.

Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World

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.

Vilnius 700 Symposium

October 12-13, 2023
This two-day symposium brings together thinkers and writers engaged in the history and life of Vilnius to reflect on the role, space, and place of the city and its peoples. Vilnius encompasses centuries-long historical, cultural, and political significance to many nations of Central and Eastern Europe including Lithuanians, Poles, Jews, Belarusians, and others. The goal of the Vilnius 700 symposium at Yale is to reach for a better understanding of Vilnius both as a place and as an idea, a city with a multiplicity of peoples and voices – a wealth of polyphony.

Keynote Address: "Ukrainian Identity in Peace and War"

Keynote Address of the 4th annual international interdisciplinary conference pf the European Studies Graduate Fellows on Beyond the ‘Communist Bloc’: New Approaches to Studying Europe, Russia, and Eurasia” by Volodymyr Kulyk, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
“Ukrainian Identity in Peace and War”
Date/Time: 9:45 AM, Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Location: Henry R. Luce Hall, Rm 203

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