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WHAT IS A MAIDAN, AND WHY ARE PEOPLE PROTESTING AND GETTING SHOT THERE? Today's Ukrainian Unrest in Historical Perspective

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WHAT IS A MAIDAN, AND WHY ARE PEOPLE PROTESTING AND GETTING SHOT THERE? Today's Ukrainian Unrest in Historical Perspective

College of Arts and Humanities | History Tuesday, March 4, 2014 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Francis Scott Key Hall, 0106

Since the late fall of 2013, Ukrainians have been protesting in the streets of the country's big cities, with the largest site of protest at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Freedom Square) in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev. Since then, protesters have been lambasted, ambushed, arrested, and - just in the past week - shot and killed in the dozens. Why the protests? Is this a revolution? A civil war in the making? Is the story just about Ukraine, or about Russia, Europe, and more? Is this a repeat of past Eastern European revolutions (1989, 2005), or something new? This panel brings together top experts on Ukraine and Eastern European revolution, with the goal of explaining to a broad audience what's going on, with an eye toward past precedent in the region.

FEATURING

Amb. William Green Miller

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine

Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

 

Prof. Vladimir Tismaneanu

Department of Government and Politics

University of Maryland

 

Prof. Oksana Nesterenko

Ukrainian National Law Academy

Kennan Institute Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

 

Prof. Karol Soltan

Department of Government and Politics

University of Maryland

 

Prof. Piotr H. Kosicki

Department of History

University of Maryland

 

ALL ARE WELCOME, BUT UNDERGRADS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

Add to Calendar 03/04/14 4:30 PM 03/04/14 6:00 PM America/New_York WHAT IS A MAIDAN, AND WHY ARE PEOPLE PROTESTING AND GETTING SHOT THERE? Today's Ukrainian Unrest in Historical Perspective

Since the late fall of 2013, Ukrainians have been protesting in the streets of the country's big cities, with the largest site of protest at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Freedom Square) in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev. Since then, protesters have been lambasted, ambushed, arrested, and - just in the past week - shot and killed in the dozens. Why the protests? Is this a revolution? A civil war in the making? Is the story just about Ukraine, or about Russia, Europe, and more? Is this a repeat of past Eastern European revolutions (1989, 2005), or something new? This panel brings together top experts on Ukraine and Eastern European revolution, with the goal of explaining to a broad audience what's going on, with an eye toward past precedent in the region.

FEATURING

Amb. William Green Miller

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine

Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

 

Prof. Vladimir Tismaneanu

Department of Government and Politics

University of Maryland

 

Prof. Oksana Nesterenko

Ukrainian National Law Academy

Kennan Institute Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

 

Prof. Karol Soltan

Department of Government and Politics

University of Maryland

 

Prof. Piotr H. Kosicki

Department of History

University of Maryland

 

ALL ARE WELCOME, BUT UNDERGRADS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

Francis Scott Key Hall