UMaine Speakers to Share Persectives on Russia
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Two top scholars in the field of Russian politics will visit the University of Maine Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 11-12 for a series of presentations, “The Changing Role of Russia in the World: Menace or Opportunity?”
Prof. Brian Taylor of Syracuse University and Prof. Thomas Remington of Emory University and Harvard University will make three presentations, all of which are free and open to the public:
– Wednesday Feb. 11, 3-4 p.m.
Civilian-Military Relations in Russia and the Former Soviet Countries
219 Little Hall
– Wednesday Feb. 11 7-8:30 p.m.
Russia Resurgent: Implications for Global Security
Buchanan Alumni House
– Thursday Feb. 12 11-12:15 p.m.
Commentary: U.S.-Eurasian Relations, International Security and the War on Terrorism
100 Neville Hall
The Wednesday Evening event and also the Thursday event will feature audience discussion and question-and-answer periods.
Taylor is a faculty member in the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Remington is Emory’s Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science. He is also a senior fellow in Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Harvard visiting professor of government.
Thee events are supported in part by the UMaine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series fund.