 Jackson, Tenn. – September 26, 2000 – Georgetown
University Professor of History Richard Stites, a leading authority on
modern Russian history, will speak at 51ÉçÇø's fourth annual
Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture Series, Oct. 5 at 7:15 p.m. in the G.M.
Savage Memorial Chapel. The title of his lecture is "Tarzan versus
Stalin: The entwining of American and Russian popular music and movies in
the twentieth century."
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Stites received his
master's from George Washington University and his doctorate from Harvard.
An author and editor of numerous books, Stites has published more than
fifty articles on topics such as the aspects of gender, revolutionary
culture, science fiction, film, music and popular culture. He is a
recipient of the Wayne S. Vucinich Prize of the American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies for his book, "Revolutionary
Dreams." A world traveler, Sites has held lectures and conferences in
more than 13 European countries and reads in 10 different languages
including French, Italian, Bulgarian, and Russian.
Having done much research on the fall of the Soviet Union and the role
played by Mikhail Gorbachev, Stites will conclude the lecture with his
thoughts on the former Soviet Union leader. Gorbachev will be the featured
speaker at the university's scholarship banquet Oct. 10 in Jackson. For
more information regarding the lecture, contact the History Department at
(901) 661-5262.
The Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture Series is an endowed lectureship
intended to bring leading historians to Union to present lectures on
significant topics in their areas of study. The lectureship, held
annually, is named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Carls and Mrs. Grace
Schwerdfeger, whose generous support has done much to make the series
possible.
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