The open inaugural lectures of the Summer School
We warmly invite you to the open inaugural lectures of the Summer School “Between Giants: Local Responses to Global Power Dynamics. Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia”, which will take place:
📅 8 September 2025 (Monday)
📍 Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 24/26, Room 125
Programme:
🕥 10:30
Liberal Empires: Were They Feasible, Who Needed Them, and How Were They Envisioned?
Prof. Tomasz Zarycki (University of Warsaw)
🕦 11:45
Beyond Critique: Hidden Histories and Regional Agency in Central Asia
Prof. Timur Dadabaev (University of Tsukuba)
🕒 14:15
Caucasus In-Between: Perspectives on a Region at the Crossroads
Prof. Stéphane Voell (University of Marburg)
These lectures are open to the public — we welcome all those interested in political, cultural, and social transformations in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
More information about the Summer School:
globalhistory.idub.uw.edu.pl