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In Memoriam: Andrzej Korbonski (1927-2013)
Professor Emeritus of the UCLA Department of Political Science, Andrzej Korbonski was a distinguished Polish-American scholar whose contributions to communist and post-communist studies were internationally recognized.
Posted: 5/15/2013
Solidarity 30 Years Later: Women's Roles in the Movement
A roundtable discussion with filmmaker Jolanta Chojecka, journalist Jane Dobija, and scholars Ewa Kondratowicz and Shana Penn
Posted: 3/3/2011
The New Grand Bourgeoisie under Post-Communism: Central Europe, Russia, and China Compared
A public lecture by Ivan Szelenyi, Yale University, Sociology.
Posted: 6/3/2010
Creating Citizens' Democracy in Post-Communist Countries
A public lecture by Adam Michnik (Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, UCLA Regents Lecturer).
Posted: 3/29/2010
1989 Activist Speaks on Opposition to Tyranny
As a UC Regents Lecturer, Adam Michnik, a key figure in the fall of Communism in Poland, talked to campus audiences about resistance to tyranny, the outcomes of revolution, the path of political reconciliation and the guises that opposition to totalitarian rule has to take.
Posted: 3/1/2010
Adam Mickiewicz: The Life of a Romantic
A book talk with author ROMAN KOROPECKYJ, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and discussant BETH HOLMGREN, Duke University, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Posted: 3/10/2009
The Collapse of Communism in Europe 1989 - Causes and Consequences
A public lecture by JURGEN KOCKA, Free University Berlin; Visiting Professor, UCLA, History
Posted: 3/9/2009
Leo Hurwitz in 1961: The Roots of a Radical Filmmaker - Part 5
A presentation by Tom Hurwitz, award-winning cinematographer and Leo's son.
Posted: 2/22/2009
