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MillerComm Lecture Series

Russia's Fate: A Journalist's Personal Encounter with His Native Land

Monday, September 11th, 2000
Serge Schmemann
7:30 pm

Room 407, Levis Faculty Center
919 West Illinois Street
Urbana

Event Description

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of critically acclaimed Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village, Serge Schmemann recounts his experiences as an American correspondent returning to his native land as it faced monumental changes in the 80s and 90s and discusses Russia's future as it enters the 21st century with new president, Vladimir Putin.

Hosted by: Russian and East European Center

In conjunction with: Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Journalism, Department of Political Science, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Sociology, Drobny Program for the Study of Jewish Culture and Society, International Programs and Studies, Office of Continuing Education, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, International Security (ACDIS)

Serge Schmemann

Deputy Foreign Editor, New York Times