In 1945, people asked: Can we coexist in peace? Will there be another war? In 2025, we ask the same questions. Igor Lukes, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, will present new evidence regarding the pre-World War II escalating crisis and point out the parallels between the appeasers in the 1930s and today.
Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $15. Seats are limited, on first-come first-served basis. RSVP through Eventbrite.
IGOR LUKES is a Professor of History and International Relations at Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. He has written about the interwar period, the Cold War, and contemporary politics. His books include Dejiny a doba postfakticka: eseje, uvahy, glosy (2022), On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague (2012), Rudolf Slansky: His Trials and Trial (2006), Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler: The Diplomacy of Edvard Benes in the 1930′s (1996). He is the recipient of the Central Intelligence Agency 2012 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Literature on Intelligence and the 2000 Stanley Z. Pech Prize. Lukes is Honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic in Boston.
This event is organized by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter (SVU) in collaboration with the Czech Center and with support of BBLA and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York.