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By Megan Burtis On Monday, February 17th, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies kicked off its Spring Colloquia Series on “Russia and the World” with a lecture by Dr. Yoshiko Herrera of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her lecture, … Continue reading
By Zinaida Osipova Ideas of nationalism, nation-states and national identity made their way to history relatively recently, yet they have caused numerous military conflicts, introduced new ways of categorizing people, and led to creation of political entities based on these … Continue reading
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By Joe Margevicius I had been told to arrive early to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense because I would need to go through a security screening, and so I did. Upon arriving I called my contact and bided my time … Continue reading
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By August Hagemann This month, I had the incredible honor to spend a week in St. Petersburg, Russia, on a student research grant in memory of Dr. Karen Dawisha. My goal was to begin examining how the famous writer Fedor … Continue reading
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By Avery Comar The Cold War dominates scholarly analysis of the post-World War II period, and for good reason. In the post-war decades, fear of nuclear eradication began to dominate the everyday lives of average people across the globe, and … Continue reading
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Image from Molodezh’ Dagestana website, a major newspaper in the Republic. By Emily Tatum The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies concluded its Colloquium lecture series on “Russian Media Strategies at Home and Abroad” Monday, April 22, with guest … Continue reading
