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Revolution Redux: How the October Revolution is Still Shaking Our World

A Centennial Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Discussion

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

University of Pennsylvania, Stiteler Hall, Room B26

Featuring: KristenGhodsee, Department of ֱ and East European Studies BenjaminNathans, History Department MilaNazyrova, Department of ֱ and East European Studies RudraSil, Political Science Department Please joinus for a round table and open discussion in search of the meanings of an eventthat transformed the world one hundred yearsago—the ֱ Revolution. What wasֱ avant-garde architecture of the revolutionary era and how is it stillinfluencing ideas ofarchitecture and its social function? What was theBolshevik commitment to women’s emancipation, what did the socialist worldactuallyachieve with regard to women’s rights, and how are those achievementsstill felt today? Was the revolution as unique an event as somethink, or wasit actually a response to a “normal” problem that societies around the world still face today—namely,how to “respond” to western technology,political power, and social andeconomic development? How is the revolution being commemorated today in Russia?And how is it beingtreated in China, which is the most powerful single-partyCommunist state in the contemporary world? A panel of eminent Penn specialists willaddress thesequestions and more. Revolutionarypizza and drinks will be served.