Anton Liavitski (St. Gallen)

Historicum Room K201, Schellingstr. 12, Munich

Colloquium "Europe's History of the Present: Universalism and Particularism"

The KFG colloquium of the summer term 2026 starts on Wednesday, April 15th, with a lecture by Junior Fellow Anton Liavitski on "Globalists: The End of the Cold War and the Birth of the Post-Socialist Middle Class".

Dr. Anton Liavitski is a historian specializing in the intellectual and political history of Belarus and Soviet Union, with a focus on the post-socialist transformation. He earned his PhD from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2022. He has since held research fellowships at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, the Central European University in Budapest, and the University of St. Gallen. His research, published in journals such as Archiv für Sozialgeschichte and Kritika, examines political transformation and nation-building in post-socialist Eastern Europe.

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