August 2018
September 2019
Krasno Events Series
GERMANY IN GLOBAL POLITICS: From the Cold War to 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall JOSHUA RUBENSTEIN (Harvard University) "Stalin and the German Question: from Failure to Tragedy" and HOPE M. HARRISON (George Washington University) "After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present"
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"XI JINPING & Co: Tales of a New York Times Correspondent in China" JANE PERLEZ (Bureau Chief, New York Times, Beijing, China)
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Krasno Events Series
"MONEY LAUNDERING and CORRUPT DICTATORS: Why Criminals and Terrorists love to 'wash' their money in the U.S." ROSS DELSTON (Attorney and Expert Witness, Washington, DC)
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Krasno Events Series
"TRUMP AND CHINA: The Delusions of Current U.S. Policy toward China and a Path Back to Reality" MICHAEL D. SWAINE (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC)
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"PUTIN'S GAMBLE: U.S.-Russian Relations in an Era of Global Change" CELESTE A. WALLANDER (President and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation; former Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council (NSC); former Deputy Assistant Secreary of Defense for Russia/UkraineEurasia). ** This event is organized in co-operation with the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies **
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"WHAT DOES CHINA WANT? Global Implications of the U.S.-China Rivalry & the Transformation of the Chinese Economy" SI TAO XU (Chief Economist and Partner, Deloite China)
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English & Comparative Literature Critical Speaker Series: Dr. Elizabeth Anker
Ahead of fall break, we wanted to let you all know about our second Critical Speaker Series event of the semester, scheduled for the first week of November. On Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4, Dr. Elizabeth Anker will join us for a series of events focused on her most recent book, On Paradox: The Claims of Theory (Duke UP, 2022), and her current work looking at the "theoretical" roots informing the New Right. Dr. Anker is Associate Professor in the Department of English…
Find out more »English & Comparative Literature Critical Speaker Series: Dr. Elizabeth Anker
Ahead of fall break, we wanted to let you all know about our second Critical Speaker Series event of the semester, scheduled for the first week of November. On Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4, Dr. Elizabeth Anker will join us for a series of events focused on her most recent book, On Paradox: The Claims of Theory (Duke UP, 2022), and her current work looking at the "theoretical" roots informing the New Right. Dr. Anker is Associate Professor in the Department of English…
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Charles R. Wilson on “The Southern Way of Life”
Charles R. Wilson will discuss his book, "The Southern Way of Life". Join in-person on January 26th at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Library's Pleasants Family Assembly room. This program is co-sponsored by UNC Press and the Center for the Study of the American South. About the book: How does one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life—a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the American South in national and global contexts, celebrated historian Charles Reagan Wilson…
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