UW-Madison Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic (GNS)

announces Slavic Studies 2023-2024 symposium
cosponsored with CREECA, History, and Political Science

Lessons from the Revolutions of 1989 in East Central Europe

From the UW-Madison GNS website: What lessons might be drawn—for us in the here and now—from studying the cultural space of pre-1989 (post-)totalitarian East Central Europe? How might dissidentism as practiced in that time and place help us better understand dissent as a general modern phenomenon? Please join us for a one-day symposium that explores these questions. The event features presentations by ten scholars of the East Central European culture of dissent.

DOWNLOAD THE SCHEDULE HERE

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Presentations will be converted into written pieces for inclusion in a co-edited volume entitled "You Say You Want a Revolution? Lessons from the Revolutions of 1989 in East Central Europe" aimed at a non-academic audience and to be published in 2025.

Location: The Pyle Center
702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/m2UHh5Ze6HpNVncn6

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Funding provided by the Anonymous Fund, CREECA, GNS+,
the Lapinski Fund (Polish Studies), and the Mortenson-Petrovich Chair (History)