How much do radical changes of social order affect the persistence of elites? To address this question, we analyze the impact of the 1917 Russian revolution, measuring the spread of Tsarist elite surnames among Soviet and modern Russian elites.
CEERES Events
A retrospective of work by Russian-born filmmaker Vadim Kostov.
Tymofiy Mylovanov and others discuss the continuing Russia-Ukraine war.
Regime Stability and the Dynamics of Public Opinion in 2024: A Conversation with Ekaterina Schulmann (Berlin Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center)
Kristen R. Ghodsee, Chair and Professor of Russian and East European Studies and a member of the graduate group in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, presents the 2024-25 CEERES Director's Lecture.
CEERES and the University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences present the inaugural event in the Václav Havel Lecture Series, commemorating the Czech dissident, playwright, and statesman. His Excellency Petr Pavel, president of the Czech Republic, will give an address titled “The Transatlantic Bond: Challenges and Opportunities.” He will be joined in conversation by Benjamin Frommer of Northwestern University.
Erik Scott (University of Kansas) discusses his book about Soviet defectors.
Filip Šír of the Czech National Museum Sound Lab takes us on a multimedia tour of the music scene in early 20th century Pilsen, Chicago, home of Czech and Bohemian immigrants.
Mihaela P. Harper (Bilkent University, Türkiye) discusses Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter, winner of the 2023 International Booker Prize.
Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land tells a story of a region long derided as the “Other Europe.”