Revolutions:  

Past, Present, and Future

George Mason University    October 26 & 27, 2011

Mason Hall, Edwin Meese Room

Please join us for a seminar, which will take an extraordinary look at the entire range of the revolutionary era.   This seminar is open to students, faculty, and the general public. During an open exchange of opinions, we will review many ground breaking, but also violent events of the past and discuss their impacts on today’s global developments. We will also discuss the most recent revolutions and ongoing rapid social transitions. What is revolution? Do counter-revolutions always follow? How do revolutions differ from one another? Were there any successful nonviolent revolutions? Did the 1991 Russian revolution fail? How can we understand the “Arab Spring” of 2011?   We will discuss these and many other questions related to the phenomena of revolutions.  Bring your own questions and participate in the discussion!

Wednesday, 26 October, 10:30am-12:00pm

Panel: Comparing the American & French Revolutions     Moderators: Jack Censer & Rosemarie Zagarri

Wednesday, 26 October, 3:00-4:30pm

Panel: The Russian  Revolution      Moderators: Rex Wade & Steve Barnes

 

Wednesday, Oct. 26

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion    Moderators: Cynthia Kierner & Eric Shiraev

 

Thursday, 27 October, 10:30am-12:00pm

Panel: 1989-1991: China, Russia, and Eastern Europe, and beyond

Moderators: Mark Katz, Mills Kelly, & Eric Shiraev

 

Thursday, 27 October, 3:00-4:30pm

Panel: Revolutionary Echoes and New Directions: South Africa, Latin America, the “Arab Spring”

Moderators: Jo-Marie Burt, Bassam Haddad, Les Kurtz

Thursday, Oct. 27  4:30 - 6:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion   Moderators: Eric McGlinchey & John Dale

 

Sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences   George Mason University