The Center’s director, Dr. Vejas Liulevicius has been invited to give a lecture at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) on Wednesday, October 8. His talk,”Eastern Europe and German Occupation in the First World War” will discuss this lesser known theater of operations. It will investigate the ethnic landscape where the Russian, Austria-Hungarian and German empires converged, the utopian expectations of military authorities, and the experiences of occupiers and the occupied. The talk will be held at 6:30 P.M. in the Hughes Trigg Student Center Ballroom. For more information please visit: www.smu.edu/history