The steppe has often been seen as a background against which (hi)stories of the land forming today’s Qazaqstan have been narrated. How does our understanding of these (hi)stories change when instead, the steppe comes to the fore?
In a compelling new perspective on the early Cold War, prizewinning historian Alexis Peri explores correspondence between American and Soviet women in the late 1940s and 1950s. Previously unexamined, the women’s letters movingly demonstrate the power of the personal, as the pen pals engaged in a “diplomacy of the heart” that led them to question why their countries were so divided.
Join us for a special conversation with Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, as we explore the vital role of Ukraine within the United Nations framework. Moderated by Darya Tsymbalyuk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Chicago, the conversation will cover Ukraine’s involvement in key UN bodies, including the Security Council and General Assembly.
Three veteran scholars who have edited a source book together on the topic—Russian-Arab Worlds: A Documentary History (Routledge, 2023)—will join forces to think together about the state of the field.
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.
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.
