Vanished Kingdoms of Eastern Europe
Dates: | April 6 - May 4, 2023 |
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Meets: | Th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
Location: | Online |
Cost: | $65.00 |
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Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2022-2023 OLLI at MSU Membership
Description
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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
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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 and Stanford. She has also taught in lifelong education programs since 2010. Her expertise is in language and history and the relationship between them. Cambridge University Press published her most recent book, Languages of the World: An Introduction, (4th edition) in 2023. Asya is a popular instructor for several OLLI programs nationwide and was the faculty host for the OLLI trip to the Baltic countries and St. Petersburg in July 2017.Date | Day | Time | Location |
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04/06/2023 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
04/13/2023 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
04/20/2023 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
04/27/2023 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
05/04/2023 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |