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Terror from Within: Brotherhood and Betrayal in the NKVD
A public lecture by CYNTHIA HOOPER, College of the Holy Cross, History
Posted: 2/23/2009
Underground History: Splendor and Misery of the Moscow Metro
A public lecture by GABOR RITTERSPORN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Europeen
Posted: 2/7/2009
Connected Revolutions: Armenians and the Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian Revolutions in the Early Twentieth Century
A public lecture by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach, delivered on May 28, 2008.
Posted: 6/11/2008
The Demographic Crisis in Russia
A public lecture by MURRAY FESHBACH, Woodrow Wilson Center
Posted: 6/6/2008
Unsettled Deep in Asia
With a film screening and a panel discussion, the UCLA Asia Institute and partners launch a Central Asia Initiative. The goal is to understand societies and cultures long on the fringes of study. Anticipating a UCLA conference in October 2008, historians on the panel ask what changed on the steppes of Central Asia as states acquired the means to move and deport whole peoples, and as nomads increasingly stayed put.
Posted: 5/19/2008
The World the Refugees Made: Representing the Evacuation of the Ninos de la Guerra to the Soviet Union
A public lecture by GLENNYS YOUNG, History and International Studies, University of Washington
Posted: 5/11/2008
Students, Fans Adore Him
Vladimir Chernov's lifelong love affair with singing began in a small village near the city of Krasnodar, some 1,400 kilometers south of Moscow. Now he is a professor of vocal studies in the Department of Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Posted: 4/22/2008
Living with Russia
Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Posted: 12/10/2007
The Social Bases of Reform and Anti-Reform: A Comparative Study of Ukraine and Russia
A public lecture by DAVID LANE, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Posted: 12/10/2007
Sputnik Launch Turns 50, Russia Yawns
Andrew L. Jenks, an assistant professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, explains that the Sputnik moment was a moment for Americans, not Russians (who also had Yuri Gagarin). And the moment could repeat itself.
Posted: 10/3/2007
Energy Security: Risks and Advantages of Partnering with Russia
A presentation by MARTHA BRILL OLCOTT, Senior Associate, Russian and Eurasian Program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007
Posted: 6/15/2007
Beyond 'The Crocodile'
UCLA literary translator Michael Heim and distinguished panelists revisit the life and the diary of Kornei Chukovsky, the Russian man of letters best remembered as a children's author. UCLA's Vyacheslav Ivanov recalls details of his lifelong friendship with Chukovsky.
Posted: 5/8/2007
A Spy Called Sorge
Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations Thomas Rimer speaks about the re-telling of the Sorge affair in Japanese film and theater.
Posted: 2/21/2007
UCLA Receives Grant to Develop Heritage Classes
New UCLA Language Resource Center offers specialized instruction for students with background in a language
Posted: 12/11/2006
Natan Sharansky on Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East
Former imprisoned Soviet dissident and current Israeli Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs looks at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United Nations, the Western press, and the issue of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank.
Posted: 12/3/2004
Is Russia's Experiment with Democracy Over?
How serious are Putin's changes in electoral laws? How far is he likely to go in restricting political and press freedoms?
Posted: 10/29/2004
The Soviet Famine of 1931-33: Politically Motivated or Ecological Disaster?
Stephen Wheatcroft, Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia, presented new information on the famine based on extensive archival data now available on the tragedy of the Soviet countryside, in a talk sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies on May 5, 2003.
Posted: 5/5/2003
Business Leaders and Experts on Eurasia Discuss Trade Relations
On March 6th more than sixty business leaders, trade representatives, visiting Russian entrepreneurs, faculty and students attended this half day conference at the UCLA Faculty Center on developing trade relations between Europe, Eurasia and the United States, sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies.
Posted: 3/6/2003
Russian Entrepreneurs Train in Business in Los Angeles
Ten entrepreneurs from Vladivostok include consultations at UCLA's Anderson School in their itinerary.
Posted: 2/27/2003
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