Dec 1 and Dec 5: Screening on the Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, and Discussion on Comparative History of Dynasties

The Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota is pleased to present the final two events of its Fall 2016 Program Calendar:  Thursday, December 1 4:00 PM 275 Nicholson Hall Listopad (November): A Film and Talk on the Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia Minneapolis premiere of Listopad (November): A Memory of the Velvet Revolution (dir. Gary Griffin, Czech Republic/U.S., 2015), to be followed by a panel discussion with: Film producer JEFFREY BROWN JAMES KRAPFL, history, McGill University GARY COHEN, history, University of Minnesota  ALICE LOVEJOY, cultural studies and comparative literature, University of Minnesota Monday, December 5 4:30 PM 710 Social Sciences "Writing a Global History of Dynasty: Choices, Challenges, Chances" Talk by JEROEN DUINDAM, history, Leiden University (Netherlands) on his recent book Dynasties: A Global History of Power, 1300-1800 Cosponsored by the Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World and the Center for Early Modern History.

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