Paul E. Michelson: Recent Papers and Lectures

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

Updated: July, 2011

"Dysfunctional Post-Communist Societies. The Romanian Case: Past, Present and Future?" a lecture presented at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA, March 17, 2011 as part of Kennesaw's "Year of Romania" international education emphasis.
"Eustace Unchained" a paper presented at the Taylor University C. S. Lewis and Friends meeting, Taylor University, Upland IN, February 18, 2011.
"C. S. Lewis on History," a paper presented at the Fall Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, George Fox University OR, October 8, 2010.
"Romanian Historism: Why is Historical Study so Important in Modern Romanian Society and Culture?" a paper presented at the Midwest Slavic Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, April 17, 2010.
"Religion and the Overthrow of Communism in Romania, 1989" a lecture delivered at Huntington University, December 3, 2009.
"Religion and the Romanian 1989," a lecture delivered at Gordon College, November 12, 2009.
"The Fall of the Iron Curtain: Reflections on the Romanian 1989," a lecture delivered at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, October 19, 2009.
"Christians and Jews in Venice," the 2009 Huntington University Faculty Lecture, Huntington IN, March 2, 2009.
"Prince Caspian the Movie: A Return to Narnia?" a paper presented at the Taylor University C. S. Lewis and Friends meeting, Taylor University, Upland IN, January 16, 2009.
"Resources for Romanian Studies and Personal Libraries," a paper presented at a roundtable discussion at the Society for Romanian Studies meeting, Philadelphia PA, November 22, 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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