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So you understand the roaring wave of fear that swept through the greatest city in the world just as Monday was dawning--the stream of flight rising swiftly to a torrent, lashing in a foaming tumult round the railway stations, banked up into a horrible struggle about the shipping in the Thames, and hurrying by every available channel northward and eastward. By ten o'clock the police organisation, and by midday even the railway organisations, were losing coherency, losing shape and efficiency, guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body.

1917: The Russian Revolutionary Moment

A Symposium, Public Lecture, and Exhibition at the University of Delaware


 

Symposium: “1917: The Russian Revolutionary Moment in Global Perspective.” 2 November 2017, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Gallery Room, Perkins Student Center.

 

Public lecture: Professor Ronald Suny, “Lessons of October:  The Fate of Democracy and Socialism in the Age of Revolution and Counter-Revolution.” 2 November 7:30 – 9:00 pm, 115 Purnell Hall. UD Fulbright Society Reception to follow lecture in the Lerner Atrium.

 

Russian revolutionary poster exhibition: “Visualizing the Russian Revolution:Political Posters from the Early Years of the Soviet Union.” 15 October – 2 November 2017. Reading Room Morris Library.

 


Sponsors: the Departments of History, Political Science and International Relations, and Women and Gender Studies, Center for Global and Area Studies, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office,  Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE), Institute for Global Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Morris Library, University of Delaware Provost Office,  Delaware Humanities Forum, Swarthmore College Library Peace Collection, and Provost’s Office of Swarthmore College.

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