Monthly Archives: May 2014

Bulgarian Gambits

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By Beau Samples OXFORD, OH – Yana Hashamova, the Director of Slavic Studies at The Ohio State University, spoke on “Looking for the Great Balkan (Br)other” on April 21. She focused her lecture on the recent Russian blockbuster movie The … Continue reading

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Plutopian Legacies

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By Kim Foster Dr. Kate Brown, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, gave a lecture on April 14 at Miami University, entitled “Soviet History and the Global Horizon,” which addressed the current state of Russian and post-Socialist studies and … Continue reading

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Apocalyptic Overkill

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By Victoria Azzi On Monday April 7, 2014, Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Slavic Languages and noted cultural scholar at NYU was the fourth to deliver a lecture in a series, hosted by Miami University’s Havighurst center, which is aimed at … Continue reading

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War and Memory in Eastern Europe

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By Caroline Johnson The lecture series organized as part of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies recently welcomed Dr. Karen Petrone of the University of Kentucky to present on the war memory of WWI and WWII in relation … Continue reading

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“From Old Jerks to Young Turks”

Karen Dawisha, Havighurst Chair in Political Science and Director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami, delivered a lecture on April 28 on generational change in Soviet Studies.  Dawisha used her experiences in the field to … Continue reading

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“Looking for the Balkan (Br)other”

Yana Hashamova, Professor and Chair of of the Slavic Department and Director for the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at Ohio State University, visited Miami University on April 21 and lectured about her current research.  Her lecture focused … Continue reading

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