A joint conference by the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Kennan Institute (Washington, DC) marking and exploring the Centenary Anniversary of the Russian Revolutions.
A conference “The Hundred-Year Legacy of the Russian Revolution, and the World Today: How the Revolution Divided, Unified, and Shaped a Continent,”took place at the Kennan Institute on April 3-5, 2017. The conference was part of a joint project to examine the legacy of the 1917 revolution by the Kennan Institute, the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the POLIN Museum of Jewish History.
The 1917 Russian Revolution stands out as one of the 20th century’s defining moments. The revolutionaries’ objective was to create a radically new kind of state, society, and human being. The experiment collapsed in 1991, yet the world continues to deal with its consequences one hundred years after the fact. The following event is part of an international project aimed at exploring the Revolution’s many legacies that continue to impact the world today.
Panel 1: Why Study the Russian Revolution Today?
Globalization was a volatile topic in 1917. Imperialism, capitalism, communism, and cosmopolitanism were all issues that preoccupied the leading thinkers and actors of that period. It remains so today, even as it finds itself on the retreat. What can we learn about globalization from the 1917 narration and prophesies?
Panel 2: The Russian Revolution and the Roots of Today’s Globalized World
Globalization was a volatile topic in 1917. Imperialism, capitalism, communism, and cosmopolitanism were all issues that preoccupied the leading thinkers and actors of that period. It remains so today, even as it finds itself on the retreat. What can we learn about globalization from the 1917 narration and prophesies?