James Felak on “Evolution and Revolution in the Year of Wonders: The Fall of Communism in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in 1989”


On January 23, 2020, University of Washington history Professor James Felak will discuss the collapse of Communist regimes in the “northern tier” of East Central Europe during the revolutionary year of 1989. The lecture will recount the dramatic events of that time, highlight the key personalities involved, and present some important insights bequeathed to us by these experiences. Date: January 23, 2020 Time: 7pm Location: Thomson Hall 101, University of Washington Sponsored by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee, the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Department of History, and the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies. |