Colloquia
Fall 2009
Politics, Society, and Culture in East Europe Since 1989
HST 436/536, POL 440/540
Assoc. Prof. Venelin Ganev, POL
Mondays, 12:20pm, Harrison 209
September 28
Karen Dawisha, Director
The Havighurst Center, Miami University
The Gorbachev Factor in Eastern Europe
October 19
Philip Dimitrov,
former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
and visiting scholar, Christopher Newport University
How Did Zhivkov’s Regime Fall ?
The Communists, the Dissidents and
the Democrats
November 16
Padraic Kenney,
Indiana University, Bloomington
1989 as a World Historical Moment
November 30
Yawei Liu, Director
China Program, The Carter Center
The Impact of the Tiananmen
Square Incident on China’s Quest for
Democratization
December 7
Ron Linden,
University of Pittsburgh
The Meaning & Consequences of 1989
Past Colloquia Series:
2009 Spring / Fall
2008 Spring / Fall
2007 Spring /Fall
2004 Spring
2002 Fall
