The Downfall of the Soviet Bloc: A 35-Year Retrospective

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

Momentous change in the Soviet Union and East-Central Europe in 1988-1991 brought an end to the Cold War and the downfall of European Communism. This panel will look back 35 years at the profound events that reshaped the European continent.

Sub Unit

• History: 1945-1990

Chair

• Nadia G. Boyadjieva, Balkan Studies Institute BAS (Bulgaria)

Roundtable Members

• Laszlo Borhi, Indiana U Bloomington / Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)

• Nadia G. Boyadjieva, Balkan Studies Institute BAS (Bulgaria)

• Sławomir Lukasiewicz, John Paul II Catholic U of Lublin (Poland)

• Douglas E. Selvage, Humboldt U Berlin (Germany)