ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
20th Anniversary of the Collapse of the Berlin Wall (1989-2009)
Monday, November 9
Please join us in commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. The day will include a full range of activities beginning with the construction of an actual "Berlin Wall" on campus early morning on the 9th. A wall (over 20' wide!) will be built on the Wexner Plaza blocking foot traffic to replicate the Berlin experience. Students will be invited to stop and paint graffiti on the west side of the wall throughout the day. At 6:00pm a public lecture on "Ground Zero in World War III: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall" will be given by Dr. Alan Beyerchen (OSU - History) in the Psychology Building room 10. Following the lecture attendees are encouraged to attend the Wexner Center double feature film showing of Mission to Moscow and The Last Bolshevik. (Wexner tickets cost $5 for students and $7 for the general public.)
John Glenn School of Public Affairs to Extend Project in Ukraine
The Parliamentary Development Project, operated by the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, has received an additional $200,000 contract to extend its democracy-development activities to a strategically important autonomous region in Ukraine. Beginning this month, PDP will open an office in the Autonomous Region of Crimea to its existing operations in Ukraine. Personnel at the Glenn School will help implement programming designed to improve policy, processes and communication at the Crimean Verkhovna Rada, the regional parliament. For more more information, please see the full article.
"Becoming 'European': The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics" by Donald Hempson in Origins
Origins is a free, non-commercial publications from the Public History Initiative and eHistory in OSU's History Department and can be found here. [the podcast is found here]
OSU Students Visit Moscow
Ten OSU undergraduates visited Moscow as part of the Modern Russian Culture course (Spring 2009) taught by Susan Vdovichenko (DSEELL). The trip allowed students to learn more about modern Russian culture, history and literature firsthand. To see the trip itinerary and photos, click here.
CSEES Discussion Group
The CSEES Discussion Group will meet again in December 2009 to discuss graduate student and junior faculty research on a topic yet to be determined. For access to articles for the previous CSEES Discussion Group meetings click here.
Outreach Update
Check out the expanded Teacher Resources section of the CSEES Outreach website! You will find information on what materials are available for loan and what presentations are available for your students. Also take a look at the new CSEES Outreach Photos section.
2009 Midwest Slavic Conference (Final schedule)
CSEES and the Midwest Slavic Association would like to thank everyone who participated for making the 2009 Conference one of the best to date. With over 200 attending the Opening Reception and film screening, and full panels throughout, the conference was a resounding success. Thank you's also go out to the AWSS for their help with the joint conference. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you next year! For more information, please visit the Midwest Slavic Conference homepage.
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