Sabol to discuss Russia as part of 2015 Great Decisions series

Steve Sabol, associate professor of history, will discuss Russia and the near abroad as the sixth speaker in the 2015 Great Decisions lecture series. This final presentation in the 2015 series will be at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

Sabol’s research interests include central Asian and Russian history, World War I, nationalism and national identity, Soviet and Post-Soviet nationalities policy, Imperialism and Colonialism and the American West. He is a recipient of a grant from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and the Bradley Fellowship from the Montana Historical Society for his project “An Uncivil War: The Montana Council of Defense and the First World War.” Sabol is currently completing his book “The Touch of Civilization: Comparing American and Russian Colonization of the Sioux and Kazakhs.”

The Office of International Programs coordinates the annual Great Decisions lecture series for the Charlotte community in January and February to discuss issues foreign policy issues selected as pressing by the Foreign Policy Association. The series is coordinated in collaboration with Charlotte Country Day School and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte.

More information, including online registration, is available online.