Virginia Olmsted McGraw, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, will present on “Revolutionary Legacies and the Moscow House of Design” as part of the Carolina Seminar on Russia and its Empires. Olmsted McGraw’s dissertation explores … Read more
Eugene M. Avrutin is a professor of Modern Jewish history and the Tobor family scholar in the Program of Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois. He is the author and co-editor of seven books, including Jews and … Read more
Join the Center for Slavic, Eurasion and East European Studies and Maya Peterson, a professor at UC-Santa Cruz, on April 1 at 6:30 p.m. for a presentation on “Steppes to Health: How the Climate-Kumys Cure Shaped a New Steppe Imaginary.” … Read more
Join The Carolina Seminar: Russia and Its Empires, East and West on May 6 at 6:30 p.m. for a research presentation by Andrei Tcaceno. Andrei Tcacenco received his doctorate in history from the University of California Santa Cruz in September 2020. Andrei … Read more
The Carolina Seminar on Russia and its Empires will start the academic year with a presentation by Jeff Jones of UNCG, who will present a chapter on his forthcoming book on the Afghan War. Jeff Jones (Ph.D., University of North … Read more
Elena Trubina is a professor of social theory and philosophy at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where she also directs the Center for Global Urbanism. Her book Gorod v teorii took issue with the Eurocentrism of urban theories and has … Read more
