Once again I’ll be leading a study tour of the “great cities of East Central Europe” for our Center for Global Education. If you’ve ever wanted to go to Prague/Vienna/Budapest, now’s the time. The tour runs from January 5-20 and will focus on the intersection of nation and place in these cities, with a particular…
Voices from the Storm (2 and 3)
While I was away on vacation, the next two episodes of Voices from the Storm went up online. This podcast in which my colleague Sheila Brennan and I read from personal narratives submitted to the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, will appear weekly from now through late September to commemorate the anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and…
Justice of a Sort (cont’d)
Well, it’s finally happening. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia have issued their first indictment (on July 31) related to the genocidal actions of the Khmer Rouge government led by Pol Pot. The first to be indicted is Kang Kek Ieu (known also as Duch), the man who ran the Tuol Sleng prison…
Great Moments in East European History–Live on YouTube!
It is fashionable to make fun of the hundreds of thousands of silly videos being posted into YouTube every month. But thanks to enterprising YouTubers out there, a number of great moments in East European history are now available in video. Here are my two favorites: On the afternoon of November 9, 1989, East German…