Call for Papers: "Region, State, Nation, Community: New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic Studies"

AABS welcomes papers, panels, and roundtable presentations for the first joint conference of Scandinavian and Baltic Studies in the United States. The conference aims to highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic space, are equally welcome. Read more »

Former U.N. Special Envoy to Darfur Jan Eliasson addresses global crisis management

Addressing the Forum on Contemporary Europe, Ambassador Jan Eliasson offered a new model for global crisis management of concerns ranging from piracy to global poverty. The former president of the U.N. General Assembly called for concerted action by NATO, the EU, the U.N., and others on pressing security and humanitarian issues. +AUDIO+ +PDF+

Two new papers on U.S. Relations with Russia and the Ukraine

Steven Pifer, former ambassador to Ukraine, has released two important new papers on imperatives for renewing U.S. relations with Russia, and with Ukraine.

January 22, 2009
New Lecture Series: Contemporary History and the Future of Memory

December 17, 2008
FCE to welcome Professor Astrid Fellner, Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair 2008-2009

November 26, 2008
Former Spanish Prime Minister speaks at Stanford

November 3, 2008
Joffe reviews Herring's 'From Colony to Superpower' in NYT