IHS Panel: "1919: Four Key Moments in Radical History"

Wed, December 4, 2019 | GAR 4.100

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Rarely have the forces of history reached such acceleration as occurred in the year 1919.  Around the world, Revolution and Counter-Revolution battled to master the new social and political possibilities that opened in the wake of the World War and the Bolshevik Revolution. This panel examines four key sites of struggle, Germany, Russia, the Afro-Atlantic world, and Argentina. 

Featuring UT Austin Faculty:

Jonathan Brown
Professor of History
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/brownjc

Sabine Hake
Professor of Germanic Studies
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/germanic/faculty/sh2822

Minkah Makalani
Associate Professor African and African Diaspora Studies
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/aads/faculty/mm64278

Petre Petrov
Assistant Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/slavic/faculty/pp3765

Benjamin Claude Brower, moderator
Associate Professor of History
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/bcb936

Free and open to the public. RSVP to reserve your seat, please email: cmeador@austin.utexas.edu.

Sponsored by: Institute for Historical Studies in the Department of History