Paul E. Michelson: Recent Papers and Lectures

Paul E. Michelson: Recent Papers and Lectures (since 1997)

Updated: January 2008

  • "Collective Memory, Collective Amnesia, and Post-Communism," keynote address at the International Conference on "History and Collective Memory in Southeastern Europe: Dilemmas of Political Discourse and Their Implications," sponsored by the International Free University of Moldova and the Soros-Moldova Foundation in Chisinau, Moldova, November 22-23, 2007.

  • "The Founding of the Cluj School of History, 1919-1922," a paper presented at the Fifth International Congress on Romanian Studies, Constanţa, Romania, June 25-28, 2007.

  • "Romanian Conservatism, 1821-1923," a paper presented at the 3rd International Convention of the South East European Studies Association, Columbus OH, April 28, 2007.

  • "Mythical Venice(s)," a paper presented at the NEH Institute Conference on Venice, the Jews, and Italian Culture, Venice, Italy, July 20, 2006.

  • "Romanian Development, Nationalism, and Some Nationality Issues Under Carol I, 1866-1914," a paper presented at the Eleventh International Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities International, Coumbia University, March 25, 2006.

  • "The Return of Peter Jackson's Tolkien," a paper presented at the C. S. Lewis and Friends meeting at Taylor University, January 14, 2005.

  • "Myth and Reality in 19th and 20th Century Historiography: The Positivist Turn That Never Happened," a paper presented at the 24th Biennial Fall Conference of the Conference on Faith and History, Hope College MI, October 15, 2004.

  • "Of Urban Blockheads and Trousered Apes: C. S. Lewis on Our Educational Agenda," a paper presented at the Fourth Francis White Ewbank Colloquium on C. S. Lewis and Friends, Taylor University, March 13, 2004.

  • "Tolkien's Asterisk Reality and the Return of Peter Jackson"," a paper presented at the Grace College Tolkien symposium, February 19, 2004.

  • "The Return of the King: It Was the Year of 'Yes, but . . .'," a paper presented at the C. S. Lewis and Friends meeting at Taylor University, January 9, 2004.

  • "Romania Today," a paper presented at a roundtable dealing with "Romania and Moldova Today: Finally Turning the Corner?" at the 2003 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Toronto, Canada, November 23, 2003.

  • "Carol I (1866-1914) and Modern Romanian History," a paper presented at the 2003 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Toronto, Canada, November 20, 2003.

  • "Legacies of Communism in Romania," a lecture presented at the Foreign Service Institute, Washington DC, June 17, 2003.

  • "The Familiar Unfamiliar," a lecture presented at the Foreign Service Institute, Washington DC, June 17, 2003.

  • "The Lord of the Rings and Asterisk-Reality," a paper presented at Huntington College, February 27, 2003.

  • "J. R. R. Tolkien: The Man & The Movies," a paper presented at the Grace College Tolkien symposium, February 13, 2003.

  • "J. R. R. Tolkien's Asterisk-Reality," a paper presented at the C. S. Lewis and Friends meeting at Taylor University, January 10, 2003.

  • "Interwar Romanian Historiography: A Prolegomena," a paper presented at 2002 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Pittsburgh PA, November 22, 2002.

  • "Orthodoxy and Post-Communist Romania," a paper presented at the Romanian Institute for Recent History, Bucuresti, Romania, July 11, 2002.

  • "From the Mini-Cultural Revolution to 1989: Reflections on Communism in Romania, 1972-1989, " a paper presented at the Tenth Sighet Memorial Foundation Symposium on the Victims of Communism in Romania, Sighet, Romania, July 5-7, 2002.

  • "Optimism, Pessimism, & Realism about the Romanian 20th Century," a paper presented at he Ninth Center for Romanian Studies International Conference, Iasi, Romania, June 23-25, 2002.

  • "The Use and Abuse of History in Romanian Culture and Civilization." two lectures given at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington DC, May 28, 2002.

  • "Orthodoxy and Civil Society in Post-Communist Romania," a paper presented at the First Henry Institute Symposium on Religion and Politics at Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI, May 4, 2002.

  • "The Successes and Failures of Liberalism in South Eastern Europe, 1800-1948: The Romanian Case," a paper presented at the first national convention of the South East European Studies Association, Chapel Hill NC, April 20, 2002.

  • "On the Future of Romania's Recent Past," a paper presented at the Romanian Institute for Recent History Conference, Bucuresti, July 19-20, 2001.

  • "Amintiri despre mini-revolutia culturala din Romania 1971," a paper presented at the 10th Annual Sighet Memorial Conference, Sighet, Romania, July 13-15, 2000 (written in collaboration with Jean T. Michelson).

  • "A. D. Xenopol's Contributions to Romanian Historiography," a paper presented at the Fourth International Congress on Romanian Studies, Suceava, Romania, July 9-12, 2001.

  • "Cornelia Bodea: Historian of Romanian National Development," a paper presented at the Seventh Center for Romanian Studies International Conference, Iasi, Romania, July 3-7, 2001.

  • "Romanian Liberalism prior to World War I," a paper presented at the annual meeting of The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Denver CO, November 9-12, 2000.

  • "Ten Years After the Fall of Communism: Some Essentials for Building Free Societies," a paper presented at the 30th Anniversary Annual Summer Seminar of the Eisenhower Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Indianapolis IN, on Saturday, August 19, 2000.

  • "The Premises of Destalinization in the USSR, 1953-1956," a paper presented at the 9th Annual Sighet Memorial Conference, Sighet, Romania, July 8-10, 2000.

  • "Romanian Unity, 1859, 1918, 1989: Opportunities and Illusions," a paper presented at the Sixth Center for Romanian Studies International Conference, Iasi, Romania, July 3-7, 2000.

  • The Status of Romanian Studies," a paper presented at the Fundatia Culturala Romana's Third Working Conference on Romanian Studies, Sinaia, Romania, June 22-24, 2000.

  • "Milieu: What Athens, Paris, Florence, and Amsterdam Have to Teach Us About Fostering a Learning Community," a paper presented at the Northeast Indiana Colleges and Universities Spring Conference, Ft. Wayne IN, February 25, 2000.

  • "Researching Eastern Europe," presented for the First RichLyn Library Lecture, November 8, 1999.

  • "The Problem of Historical Memory and the Post-1989 Study of Communist Romania," a paper presented at the Seventh Sighet Memorial Conference on the Victims of Communism in Romania, Sighet, Romania, 2-4 July 1999.

  • "Romanian Studies at the Turn of the Century," a paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Center for Romanian Studies," Iasi, Romania, July 1, 1999.

  • "George R. Ursul and Romanian Studies" a paper presented at the A. D. Xenopol Institute of History in memory of George Ursul, June 29, 1999.

  • "Suprised by Lewis," comments presented at a C. S. Lewis Centennial Roundtable discussion, Huntington College, Huntington IN, November 23, 1998.

  • "On the Use of Email in Undergraduate Instruction," a presentation made at the Northeast Indiana Colleges and Universities Conference on the Use of Computers and Related Technologies for Instruction, Ivy Tech State College, Ft. Wayne IN, May 28,1998.

  • "Trousered Apes and Urban Blockheads," a lecture delivered at the annual dinner of the Alpha Omega Christian Studies Honorary, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI, April 25, 1998.

  • "Thinking the Unthinkable---Saying the Unsayable: H. R. Patapievici's POLITICE," a paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Society for Romanian Studies, Washington DC, March 20, 1998.

  • "Post-Communist Transition in Eastern Europe," comments presented to the Slavic and East European Discussion Group, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs CO, January 16, 1998.

  • "Romania and NATO," a lecture presented at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs CO, January 16, 1998.

  • "Gorbachev and the Fall of the Soviet Union" a lecture presented at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs CO, January 16, 1998.

  • "Barbara Jelavich (1923-1994): Historian of Southeast Europe," a paper presented at the 1997 Annual Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Seattle WA, November 22, 1997.

  • "Communist Romania, 1947-1989," a paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Society for Romanian Studies 1997 Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, November 19, 1997.

  • "A Passion for Adventure," for the Huntington College Convocation Last Lecture Series, Huntington IN, October 21, 1997.

  • "Carol I, 1839-1914," a paper presented at the Center for Romanian Studies International Conference on Romanian Biography, Iasi, July 9, 1997.

  • "Cultura Nationala si Statul National," comments prepared for a roundtable discussion at the Third International Congress on Romanian Studies, Cluj, July 4, 1997.

  • "Lessons from the Other Europe," a lecture for the Ohio State University Romanian Program, May 23, 1997.

  • "On Urban Blockheads and Trousered Apes," Huntington College Centennial Faculty Lecture, Huntington IN, April 28, 1997.


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