Humanities & Social Sciences Seminar to trace history of former Soviet states
| Seminar to trace history of former Soviet states |
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| Monday, January 07, 2008 | |
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History, anthropology, art history and political science professors will speak at the seminar “After the Fall: Russia Post-Communism,” offered on Jan. 26 by the UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values. The seminar will examine Russia after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, followed by the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 and emergence in its place of 15 states – 12 of which organized as the Commonwealth of Independent States. UNC and Duke University professors will speak about the Russian presidencies since then of the late Boris Yeltsin and current leader Vladimir Putin; the changing landscape for painting and sculpture in Russia today; and whether the triumph of democracy has been good for women in Russia. The seminar, part of the program’s Adventures in Ideas series, is offered with support from the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program. Tuition is $120 ($105 if received by Jan. 24); an optional lunch is $10. Tuition for teachers, who will receive 10 contact hours for one unit of renewal credit, is $60 ($52.50 by Jan. 24). For details and to register, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_2/seminars.html or call (919) 962-1544. Program in the Humanities and Human Values contact: Eve Duffy, (919) 843-9386, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . |