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Wende Museum Faculty Lecture: Boy Gets Tractor (Plus or Minus Girl)

Saturday, September 26, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wende Museum

A lecture by Lilya Kaganovsky presented in partnership with the Wende Museum.

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Dealing with Dictatorships: German Interactions with Worldwide Autocracies since the 1950s

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Rm 6275

Frank Bösch on Germany's engagement with dictatorships across the globe and a new perspective on the history of the Federal Republic.

The Lorelei's Call: Verwandtschaft, Loss, and Return in a Divided Germany

Thursday, October 1, 2026
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

A talk by John Borneman, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University and author of the recent autobiography, I was Married to a Horse, and Other Tales of an Accidental Anthropology.

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News & Announcements

In Memoriam Iván T. Berend

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

CERS mourns the passing of Iván Berend (1930-2026), Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and former Director of the Center for European and Russian Studies.

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Facing Down the Russian Threat: A View from Estonia

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

A diplomatic discussion with Kristjan Prikk, Estonia's Ambassador to the US.

Remembering Professor J. Arch Getty

Monday, June 9, 2025

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Multimedia

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The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

A talk by journalist James Verini on the single worst act of mass civilian killing of the war.

Webinar: Hungary's Revolution by Election

A virtual conversation with Kim Scheppele on the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election and the significance of Péter Magyar's electoral victory over Viktor Orbán.

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Pathways to WWIII with Stephen Kotkin

A talk by Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and John P. Birkelund '52 Professor Emeritus in History, on the origins of WWII and the pathway to WWIII.

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