Please join the Harriman Institute for a talk by Dominic Lieven, Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. Professor Lieven will speak about his new book, The End of Tsarist Russia. This book offers a new interpretation of the linked origins of World War I and the Russian Revolution. Professor Lieven provides both a history of the First World War’s origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened. Based on extensive work in Russian archives as well as many non-Russian sources, Dominic Lieven’s work is about more than just Russia. By placing the crisis of empire at its core, Lieven links World War I to the sweep of twentieth-century global history. He shows how contemporary hot issues such as the struggle for Ukraine were already crucial elements in the run-up to 1914.

Dominic Lieven is a senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy. He previously taught Russian Studies at the London School of Economics for thirty-three years. His last book, Russia Against Napoleon, won the 2009 Wolfson Prize for History and the Prix Napoleon.

This event is free and open to the public. No tickets, no registration necessary. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.