Spring 2024 Events

Check in at the beginning of each month to stay updated on the Department’s talks, socials, and more. Details below.

January 2024

Wednesday, January 24th / Rethinking Korea: “De/Militarized Ecologies: Making Peace with Nature Along the Korean DMZ,” by Eleana Kim

909 Renaissance Park

4:00pm – 6:00pm

Tuesday, January 30th / Reimagining the World War II Experience on the Eastern Front

First Installment of the Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies speaker series

909 Renaissance Park

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Panelists

Erina Megowan Lecturer in History at Northeastern University:

“Close to the War:” Proximity to Violence, Propaganda and Soviet Social Legitimacy during World War Il

Nicole Eaton Associate Professor of History at Boston College:

German Blood, Slavic Soil: Königsberg/Kaliningrad as an Epicenter of the German-Soviet Apocalypse

Moderator: Jelena Golubovic Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and International Affairs Northeastern University

Friday, February 2nd / bell hooks symposium

Presented by the Northeastern University Africana Studies Program: Black Feminist Worldmaking

East Village, 17th Floor
291 Boltolph St., Boston, MA 02115

10:00am – 5:00pm

Monday, February 5th / Works in Progress with Dr. Erez Manela

909 Renaissance Park

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Monday, February 12th / Conversations with Public History Alumni

Presented by the M.A. Program in Public History at Northeastern University

909 Renaissance Park

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Thursday, February 15th / Reimagining the Cold War

Second installment of the Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies speaker series

310 Renaissance Park

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Panelists

Rachel Applebaum Associate Professor of History, Tufts University:

“The Female Face of Foreign Relations in the Cold War: Russian Language Teachers Abroad.”

Alexis Peri Associate Professor of History, Boston University:

“Discovering the Power of the Personal: the Cold-War Pen Friendships of Soviet and American

Women.”

Moderator: Heather Streets-Salter Professor of History, Northeastern University

Monday, February 26th / Jeffrey Lamson Humanities Center Presentation

Presentation by World History PhD Candidate Jeffrey Lamson

909 Renaissance Park

12:00pm – 1:00pm