Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Paul Robert Magocsi
Date:
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 15:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Dawn Seckler
Contact Phone:
4126487407
Contact Email:
das200@pitt.edu
Join us as we talk about Russia's annexation of Crimea; the strategic goals of Putin's Russia for the rest of Ukraine; Russia's "alliance" with Hungary and their common interest in Transcarpathia; and the response of Ukraine's leaders to its so-called Rusyn question.
Paul Robert Magocsi is an American professor of history, political science, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. He has been with the university since 1980, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. He currently acts as Honorary Chairman of the World Congress of Rusyns, and has authored many books on Rusyn history.
UCIS Unit:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe