Vanished Kingdoms of Eastern Europe

Dates: April 6 - May 4, 2023
Meets: Th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
 Location: Online
Cost:  $65.00

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Date Day Time
04/06/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM
04/13/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM
04/20/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM
04/27/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM
05/04/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2022-2023 OLLI at MSU Membership

Description

This course will not be recorded.

Do you ever wonder about the European landscape before major, modern nation-states such as France, Spain, Germany and Russia dominated the map? Join us as we learn more about several states that have since vanished into history. In this virtual tour through space and time, explore the tumultuous history of states that have disappeared from the historical map. The five nations discussed will provide a glimpse into the history of Eastern Europe.

Scholarships

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

Meet the Instructor

Fee:  $65.00

Online

This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.

We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.

Asya Pereltsvaig

Asya Pereltsvaig received a degree in English and history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in linguistics from McGill University. She taught at Yale, Cornell, and Stanford universities and has taught in lifelong education programs since 2010. Her expertise is in language, culture and history, and their relationship. Asya has published five scholarly books with Cambridge University Press. Asya is a popular instructor for several Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes around the country and was the faculty host for the OLLI trip to the Baltic countries and St. Petersburg in July 2017.
Date Day Time Location
04/06/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM Online
04/13/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM Online
04/20/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM Online
04/27/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM Online
05/04/2023Thursday2 PM to 4 PM Online