The Richard Löwenthal Lectures are a public lecture series that invites well-known researchers on Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space to the Institute for East European Studies once a year. Richard Löwenthal (1908-1991) was a political scientist and professor at the Free University of Berlin from 1961-1974. The socialist, who was involved in the resistance against the Nazis, researched totalitarianism, National Socialism, and political developments in Eastern Europe after his return from exile.

The next Lecture will be given by Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov on June 22, 2022 at 16:00. Andrii Portnov is a Professor for Entangled History of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder). Andrii Portnov specializes in intellectual history, historiography, genocide, and memory research in Eastern and Central Europe.

For more information on the Richard Löwenthal Lectures, click here. The recorded lecture will be posted on the Media Library page.