Author Archives: empeters

CEERES of Voices Interview with Bradford Morrow

Posted on November 15, 2017 by empeters

In January 2017 the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies and the Seminary Co-op Bookstore decided to formalize our partnership and we created A CEERES of Voices, an author-centered series of readings and conversations on books from or about … Continue reading →

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Revolution Every Day

Posted on November 9, 2017 by empeters

by Robert Bird, University of Chicago; Christina Kiaer, Northwestern University; and William Nickell, University of Chicago This essay was originally published in the October 2017 edition of the NewsNet, ASEEES’ newsletter, which carries news of the profession and the association and is … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay, Event Recap | Tagged Art Institute of Chicago, ASEEES, Cauleen Smith, Christina Kiaer, Dziga Vertov, Lene Berg, Lullaby, Northwestern University, Olga Chernysheva, Picasso, Red Press: Radical Print Culture from St. Petersburg to Chicago, Regenstein Library, Revolution Every Day, Robert Bird, Russia, Russian revolution, Samuel N. Harper, Smart Museum of Art, The Three Heroines, Three Songs about Lenin | 2 Comments

Interview with Andrei Soldatov

Posted on October 16, 2017 by empeters

Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He has covered security services and terrorism issues since 1999. With Irina Borogan he is co-author of The New Nobility: … Continue reading →

Tagged Andrei Soldatov, ASEEES, Chicago Humanities Festival, Interview, Irina Borogan, journalism, Russia, Russian Internet, The New Nobility, The Red Web | Leave a comment

Central European University Under Attack: In Victor Orbán’s Hungary, illiberal politics cannot tolerate liberal minds.

Posted on May 4, 2017 by empeters

This post originally appear in The Nation. You can see the original post here. by John Connelly On April 4, Hungary’s Parliament passed amendments to an existing higher-education law that were intended to force the closing of Central European University … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Central European University in Budapest (CEU), George Soros, Hungary, Victor Orban | Leave a comment

Support for Central European University. Directors of Regional Centers and CEERES Faculty speak out

Posted on April 28, 2017 by empeters

PROTEST LETTER IN SUPPORT OF CEU April 24, 2017 Dear European Parliament, European Commission and Government of Hungary: We write to you as the Directors of Centers for East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies across the United States, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic freedom, Central European University in Budapest (CEU), Europe, Hungary | Leave a comment

Mobilizing Gender: Secularism, Nation and Remaking Europe

Posted on April 14, 2017 by empeters

by Jennifer Cole and Susan Gal The conference on March 31st examined the entanglement of gender, nation, sexualities and secularism in Europe, East and West: Why and how have these issues become sharply visible in the last several years, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Recap | Tagged Agnieszka Graff, Éric Fassin, Europe, gendered discourse, Interview, Jennifer Cole, Nation, nationalism, Sarah Green, Secularism, Susan Gal, transnationalism, University of Chicago | Leave a comment

Reflecting on “Mobilizing Gender: Secularism, Nation and Remaking Europe”

Posted on April 14, 2017 by empeters

by Zoe Berman Over the last several years, the entanglement of gender, nation, and secularism has become sharply visible in Europe. From the 2010 “Cologne Attacks,” in Germany, when roving bands of young men (many who were said to be either foreign nationals … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Recap | Tagged "war on gender", actualité sexuelle, Agnieszka Graff, crosslocations, Czech Republic, Éric Fassin, France, gender, genderism, Ireland, Nation, Poland, refugee crisis, refuges, Russia, Sarah Green, Secularism, sexual nationalism | Leave a comment

Rights Research in Central Asia: Challenges, Insights

Posted on April 13, 2017 by empeters

by Mihra Rittmann Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization that investigates human rights abuse in over 90 countries worldwide. Human Rights Watch carries out in-depth research to get the facts. We expose information of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay, Event Recap | Tagged Azimjon Askarov, Central Asia, Farkhod Mukhtarov, human rights abuses, human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, labor rights research, LGBT rights in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | Leave a comment

CEERES of Voices Interview with Max Bergholz

Posted on March 9, 2017 by empeters

On February 17, 2017 the Seminary Co-op Bookstore and the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies held the second event in CEERES of Voices, an author-centered series of readings and conversations on books from or about Central and Eastern Europe, … Continue reading →

Tagged Archives, Balkans, CEERES of Voices, Interview, Kulen Vakuf, Max Bergholz, Victor Friedman, Violence | 2 Comments

Archives in Bosnia in Minutes and Hours

Posted on February 27, 2017 by empeters

by Max Bergholz This piece was originally published with the same title in Sage House News: The Cornell University Press Blog. The original post can be found here. “You have fifteen minutes to look around. After that I’m going for coffee … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay | Tagged Balkan History, Balkans, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Community, Croatia, Ethnic cleansing, Ethnic violence, Herzegovina, Kulen Vakuf, Massacres, Max Bergholz, Multiethnic, Violence, World War II | 1 Comment