Lukes Gives Lecture at Czech Embassy in Washington
Igor Lukes, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gave a February 14, 2018 lecture at the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC on the anniversary of the February 1948 communist coup d’état in Prague.
Lukes, the honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic in New England, delivered a lecture entitled “The Prague Coup d’Etat in 1948: Heretical Thoughts.”
The coup d’état took place when the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia, marking the onset of four decades of communist rule in the country.
Igor Lukes writes primarily about Central Europe. His publications deal with the interwar period, the Cold War, and contemporary developments in East Central Europe and Russia. His work has won the support of various other institutions, including Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, the Woodrow Wilson Center, IREX, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1997 Lukes won the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching at Boston University.