The UCLA European History Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Center for European and Russian Studies, will be on Wednesday, May 1st, at 10AM in Bunche Hall 6275 and via Zoom Webinar. Nicole Eaton, Associate Professor of History at Boston College will give a talk entitled "German Blood, Slavic Soil: Königsberg-Kaliningrad as Epicenter of the German-Soviet Apocalypse". Register above to receive the Zoom Webinar link prior to the event.

About the Speaker

Nicole Eaton received her PhD at UC Berkeley and is now Associate Professor of History at Boston College. She teaches courses on the Soviet Union, Imperial Russia, modern Europe, authoritarianism, and mass violence. Her research interests include nationalism, communism, fascism, ethnic cleansing, borderlands, urban history, the Second World War, environmental history and the history of medicine in East-Central Europe and Eurasia. German Blood, Slavic Soil is her first book.  

Venue

Bunche Hall Room 6275
11282 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Parking

Parking Structure 5 is closest to the event venue. Parking Structure 5 is accessible from Royce Drive, south of Sunset Boulevard, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). Alternatively, Parking Structure 4 is also close to the venue and has Pay-By-Space Visitor Parking available. Guest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Accessible parking: If you have accessibility needs, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.

Download file: Eaton-Talk-x1-2ea.pdf

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Department of History