February 12 — Alain Blum
Please join us for the next meeting of the Washington Russian History Seminar. We will discuss the paper, “Administrators, scientific elites and relations with the political authorities: the question of ‘bureaucratic anarchy’,” with the author, Alain Blum, Director of the Centre d’études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre-européen École des hautes études en sciences socials, Paris.
When: Fri., Feb. 12, 4:30-6:00.
Where: Intercultural Center (ICC), Georgetown Univ., room 662.
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
December 4 — Kelly O’Neill
Please join us for a discussion with Kelly O’Neill of her paper, “Our Women for Your Salt: The Structure and Significance of the Black Sea Slave Trade after 1774.” Kelly O’Neill is Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University.
When: Friday, December 4, 4:30-6:00.
Where: Intercultural Center (ICC), Georgetown Univ., room 450.
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
November 6 — Frances Nethercott
Please join us for the next meeting of the Washington Russian History Seminar. We will discuss the paper, “Russians Writing Russian History: Western Models and the National Question in Late Imperial Historiography,” with Frances Nethercott, Lecturer in Russian History at St. Andrews University and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University.
When: Friday, November 6, 4:30pm-6:00pm.
Where: ICC 662, Georgetown University.
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
October 23 — Richard Wortman
Please join us for the next meeting of the Washington Russian History Seminar. We will discuss the paper, “Dynasty and Law in the Representation of Russian Monarchy,” with Richard Wortman, Bryce Professor Emeritus of European Legal History at Columbia University
When: Friday, October 23, 4:30pm-6:00pm.
Where: Mortara Conference room (Mortara Center, 36th and N Sts.).
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
October 2 — Charles King
The next meeting of the Russian History Seminar will be a discussion with Charles King of two chapters from his current book project, “Odessa: Death and Genius in a City of Dreams.” The seminar will meet Friday, October 2, 4:30pm-6:00pm at the Intercultural Center (ICC), room 450, Georgetown University.
Charles King is Professor of International Affairs and Government at Georgetown University, where he also serves as Chairman of the Faculty of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is the author of The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (Oxford University Press, 2008), The Black Sea: A History (Oxford University Press, 2004), and The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Hoover Institution Press, 2000), as well as articles and essays in Foreign Affairs, The Times Literary Supplement, and leading academic journals. He lectures widely on eastern Europe, social violence, and ethnic politics, and has worked with broadcast media including CNN, National Public Radio, the BBC, the History Channel, and MTV. A native of the Ozark hill country, King studied history and politics at the University of Arkansas and Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
October 9 — Vladislav Zubok at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Book discussion of Vladislav Zubok’s book, Zhivago’s Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia (Harvard University Press). There will be an introduction of the work by the author, followed by commentaries by Michael David-Fox (University of Maryland) and Eric Lohr (American University).
Where and when: October 9, at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s 5th Floor Conference Room, 3-4:30 pm.
Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson Center, Cold War International History Project
September 18 — Oleg Budnitskii
Please join us for the next meeting of the Washington Russian History Seminar. We will discuss the paper, “Intelligentsia Meets the Enemy: Educated Soviet Officers in Defeated Germany, 1945″ by Oleg Budnitskii (Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
When: Fri., Sept. 18, 4:30-6:00.
Where: Intercultural Center (ICC), Georgetown Univ., room 662.
The Washington Russian History Seminar is part of the Georgetown Institute for Global History (GIGH). It is sponsored by the GIGH, by the American University History Department, and by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown. It is chaired by Catherine Evtuhov ( evtuhovc at georgetown.edu) and Eric Lohr ( elohr at american.edu).
Fall 2009 Schedule
Fall 2009 schedule for the DC Russian History Seminar:
September 18: Oleg Budnitskii, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Intelligentsia Meets the Enemy: Educated Soviet Officers in Defeated Germany, 1945 .
October 2: Charles King, Professor of Government and Chair of the Faculty, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Chapters from “Odessa: Death and Genius in a City of Dreams”
October 23: Richard Wortman, Bryce Professor Emeritus of European Legal History, Columbia University, “Russian Concepts of Dynasty and Sovereignty”
November 6: Frances Nethercott, Lecturer, University of Saint Andrews, School of History, “Russians Writing Russian History: Western Impulses and Domestic Trends in the Late Imperial Era”
December 11: Kelly O’Neill, Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University. “Our Women for Your Salt: The End of the Slave Trade in the Black Sea”