Category Archives: Havighurst Lecturers

An Award-Winning Historian Reframes Soviet Dissent

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By Jade Schram On Thursday, October 16, 2025, the Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies hosted Dr. Benjamin Nathans, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. … Continue reading

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“Only Death is Worse Than Occupation”: Ukrainian Stories from the War

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By Jade Schram, Havighurst Center Student Intern On Monday, September 15, 2025, Neringa Klumbytė, Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Associate at the Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at Miami University, presented research findings from her summer … Continue reading

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Journalism Panel Compares Media and Contemporary Religious Nationalism

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By Theo DeRosa On Friday, April 26, the journalism symposium on the topic of “Media and the Rise of Religious Nationalism Around the World” compared the cases of religious nationalism in Egypt, Russia, and India. The three speakers demonstrated how … Continue reading

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The Invasion of Ukraine from a Black Perspective: Lecture with Journalist Terrell Jermaine Starr

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On March 11, Terrell Jermaine Starr, an independent journalist based in Kyiv, gave a lecture to Miami University students titled, “Covering the War in Ukraine as a Black Correspondent.” By Kade Tibberts March 12, 2024. Terrell Jermaine Starr is the … Continue reading

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What Democracy do Ethno-Populist Supporters Want?

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By Kate Gold On April 24, 2023 Tsveta Petrova, Lecturer in Political Science at Columbia University, visited Miami University as part of the spring colloquium series on populism in Eastern Europe sponsored by the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet … Continue reading

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Populism’s Threat to Democracy

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By Meredith Perkins On Monday, April 10, Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in the Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, delivered a lecture in the spring 2023 colloquium series sponsored by the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies. … Continue reading

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