CREES Events Calendar
Upcoming Events
November 3, 2011, 1:00pm - 3:00pm in 389 Newcomb Hall:
“The Caucasus: Crossroads of Geopolitical Interests”
A lecture by Sergei Markedonov of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Markedonov is an expert on the Caucasus, regional security, and interethnic conflict. His publications include several books and 50 articles. After earning his Ph.D. at Rostov-on-Don State Pedagogical University, he worked as Deputy Director of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow. He has held teaching positions at Moscow State University and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Dr. Markedonov will speak about the Caucasus as a zone of conflict and cooperation among the U.S., Russia, the EU, Turkey and Iran.
November 11, 2011, 12:00pm-1:45pm, in the Forum Room at the Miller Center:
“The Collapse of the Soviet Union: A Roundtable on the 20th Anniversary”
featuring:
Melvyn P. Leffler (Chair/Moderator), Edward Stettinus Professor of History (UVa)
Allen C. Lynch, H. S. & W. B. Cumming Memorial Chair in International Affairs,
Department of Politics (UVa)
Jeffrey J. Rossman, Associate Professor of History
Director, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (UVa)
Yuri Urbanovich, Lecturer, School of Continuing and Professional Studies (UVa)
Why did the USSR collapse in 1991? What role did domestic and international factors play in the collapse? What have been the consequences of the collapse for the international community, the Soviet successor states, and the peoples of the former Soviet Union? These and other questions will be the focus of this roundtable featuring four members of the UVa faculty. Co-sponsored by the Miller Center.
(For lunch, please RSVP to zah3pn[at]virginia.edu by 11/9/11)
Recent Events:
2011 Slavic Film Series Schedule
Bridging World Regions: The Turkic Connection Symposium-- Part 2 "The Turkic World Today" (April 15-16, 2011)
Bridging World Regions: The Turkic Connection Symposium-- Part 1 "Histories and Identities" (Feb. 25-26, 2011)
University of Virginia Slavic Forum Program (Feb. 7, 2011)
Frédéric Chopin Bicentennial Celebration at the University of Virginia (Sep. 16-19, 2010)
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