Monthly Archives: September 2016

Melissa Stockdale Shakes Up Traditional World War I Narrative at Miami University

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By Jennifer Fargo When University of Oklahoma Professor of History Melissa Stockdale began her work on World War I, she certainly was not expecting to upend the traditional understanding of the Russian Empire’s place in that conflict. Nearly a century … Continue reading

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A Close Look at Imperial Apocalypse

Note:  Seven students enrolled in the Fall Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution,” review Joshua Sanborn’s recent book by exploring seven themes covered in it. Sanborn, Joshua, Imperial Apocalypse: The Great War and the Destruction of the Russian Empire. New … Continue reading

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Returning to Kazakhstan

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The author with a portrait of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev By Jonathon Dreeze             Despite having been in Kazakhstan twice before, I had never visited the country’s capital, Astana. My dissertation is on Soviet propaganda in Central Asia, specifically Kazakhstan … Continue reading

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Russia in War: Havighurst Speaker Explains Decolonization on the Eastern Front

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N. V. Kharitonov, View of a Village on the Caucasian Front, 1916. By Leigh Winstead OXFORD, OH – On Monday September 16, 2016 Joshua Sanborn, Professor of History at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, came to Harrison Hall at Miami … Continue reading

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Imperial Apocalypse and Decolonization: Havighurst Lecture Series Opens

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By Riley Kane September 19, 2016. Oxford, OH.  Dr. Joshua Sanborn, Professor of History at Lafayette College, opened the Havighurst Center’s “Russia in War and Revolution” Lecture Series on his recent book, Imperial Apocalypse: The Great War and the Destruction … Continue reading

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Five Questions for Melissa Stockdale

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Note:  This is the second post in what will become an ongoing “Five Questions with” series where students enrolled in the Fall Havighurst Colloquium on Russia in war and revolution pose questions to the guest speakers who speak to the … Continue reading

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