The 'Polish Connection' in American Sovietology
Friday, September 30, 2016
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Professor Andrzej Nowak (Jagiellionian University and Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences). Chairman of the Advisory Council for The Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding.
Sponsor(s): Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Polish intellectuals such as Leszek Ko¿akowski, Andrzej Walicki, and Zbigniew Brzezi¿ski played a significant role in shaping scholarship on the Soviet Union in postwar Europe and the United States. Professor Nowak will expand on the notion of the "Polish Connection" in American Sovietology by examining the influence of other Polish and Polish Jewish scholars -- Adam Ulam, Leopold Labedz, and Richard Pipes -- on Cold War discourse
Type: LECTURE/TALK
Contact: David Baxter
