{"id":45585,"date":"2018-06-26T17:14:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45585"},"modified":"2018-06-27T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:13:38","slug":"summer-global-issues-speaker-series-examines-democracy-in-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/26\/summer-global-issues-speaker-series-examines-democracy-in-eastern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Global Issues Speaker Series examines Democracy in Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-45586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/06\/Global-Issues-Series.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/06\/Global-Issues-Series.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/06\/Global-Issues-Series-150x75.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/>Austin Community College will present a discussion of the Democracy in Eastern Europe as part of the college\u2019s 2018 Global Issues Speaker Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by ACC\u2019s International Programs, the presentation is Wednesday, June 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Eastview Campus, Room 8500 (3101 Webberville Rd.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC English professor Dr. Charles Wukasch will examine the political and economic changes which swept Eastern Europe during the late 80&#8217;s and early 90&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis was a critical time in Eastern Europe as the World reflected on whether the changes happening in the political sphere were a cause for optimism or pessimism,\u201d says Dr. Wukasch. \u201cWestern institutions were assumed to have demonstrated their moral superiority, but the changes in Eastern Europe often resulted in anarchy and ethnic cleansing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, contact William Hayden, International Programs director, at 512-223-7114 or william.hayden@austincc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will present a discussion of the Democracy in Eastern Europe as part of the college\u2019s 2018 Global Issues Speaker Series. Hosted by ACC\u2019s International Programs, the presentation is Wednesday, June 27, from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/26\/summer-global-issues-speaker-series-examines-democracy-in-eastern-europe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":45057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17],"tags":[1952,1951,75],"class_list":["post-45585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-charles-wukasch","tag-global-issues-speaker-series","tag-international-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}