CREECA Lecture Series
“Exodus from the East: Emigration and the Making of the Free World, 1889-present”
Event Details
Date
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Time
4 p.m.
Location
Banquet Room, University Club
Description
Lecture by Tara Zahra. Beginning in the 1880s, millions of East Europeans left their homelands for the West, whether in search of work or in flight from war or persecution. This exodus immediately provoked intense anxieties at home about the loss of fathers, mothers, children, soldiers and workers. This talk examines how debates about and experiences of emigration shaped ideals of freedom in both Eastern Europe and "the West" over the course of 150 years.
Cost
Free & open to the public
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