Category Archives: Essay

“Packing One’s Library:” Professor Emeritus Samuel Sandler donates collection to Regenstein

Posted on February 5, 2019 by mweflen

Prof. Samuel Sandler, a retired faculty member of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago, taught the history of Polish literature. As of late, he has been busy packing his library, all six thousand (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay | Tagged Polish Literature, Regenstein Library, Slavic | Leave a comment

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

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

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

This is what the gradual erosion of rule of law looks like in Poland

Posted on January 25, 2017 by empeters

by Monika Nalepa First published in The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post on January 23, 2017 under the title This is what the gradual erosion of rule of law looks like in Poland. From Dec. 16 to Jan. 11, 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay | Tagged Andrzej Duda, Constitutional Tribunal, decommunization, Hungary, Law and Justice (PiS), nullum crimen sine lege, Poland, Sejm, transitional justice, Viktor Orban | Leave a comment

Five Things You Need to Know about the Protests in Poland

Posted on December 21, 2016 by empeters

Five Things You Need to Know about the Protests in Poland by Anna Grzymala-Busse and Monika Nalepa First published in The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post on December 19, 2016 under the title “Why are there protests in Poland? Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay | Tagged Civic Platform (PO), Committee for Defense of Democracy (KOD), freedom of the press, Law and Justice (PiS), Mateusz Kijowski, Michal Szczerba, Poland, Polish parliament, protest, Ryszard Petru, Sejm, Solidarity | Leave a comment