Continuation of the joint lecture series "Revolution - Transformation - Globalization Russia 1917-2017" organised by the Institute for East Europe Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (OEI) and the Center for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Mark Harrison is Professor of Economic History at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warwick, UK. His research interests include Russia and the Soviet bloc. He is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham. Harrison is Editorial board member of Economic Affairs. Check out his Blog at http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/.

The twentieth century in Russia's history and the effects of the Russian Revolution of 1917 in this period are the subject of a public series of lectures in winter semester 2016/2017 at Freie Universität. Scientists from Germany and abroad first dedicate their contributions to the revolution itself and the events that precede it. In the latter part of the series they will examine the aspects of Soviet modernization and its consequences until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and the return of authoritarianism in the 21st century. The series of lectures will be jointly organized by the Eastern Europe Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin (OEI) and the Center for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOIS).

The public lecture by Professor Mark Harrison will be held in English. All events of the series are public, admission is free.

Further information
For an overview of the series see the programme flyer.

Contact
Katharina Bluhm, Dean of the Institute of East European Studies, Garystr. 55, Room 216, 14195 Berlin, Phone: +49 30 838 52039, e-mail: katharina.bluhm@fu-berlin.de