2016 Botstiber Lecture – Panel Discussion

May 20, 2016 | News & Events

2016 Botstiber Lecture – Panel Discussion

May 20, 2016The 2016 Botstiber Lecture featured a panel discussion on “The Politics of Migration in America and Austria.” Hosted at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the panel featured presentations by Farid Hafez of the University of Salzburg and James “Jim” Hollifield of Southern Methodist University. Tara Zahra, Professor of East European History at the University of Chicago, moderated the discussion. Click below to listen to an audio recording of the panel discussion.

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