2005 Distinguished Lecture in Russian, East European and EurAsian Studies – The Soviet Union Vanishes –– or Maybe Not?
Stephen Kotkin
Thursday, 14 Apr 2005 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Stephen Kotkin is Professor of European and Asian History at Princeton University, where he also directs the Russian Studies Program. He has written or edited nine books including, most recently, Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse 1970-2000 and Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present, coauthored with six others. He has served as a consultant to private businesses as well as to foundations, like George Soros' Open Society Institute, in the area of higher education. He writes reviews and essays for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The New Republic, and the Times Literary Supplement. He also does radio commentary for NPR and the BBC.
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