{"id":12154,"date":"2022-02-07T11:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=12154"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:24","slug":"mikhail-gorbachev-from-ottawa-83-to-carleton-93-and-a-few-things-in-between","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/event\/mikhail-gorbachev-from-ottawa-83-to-carleton-93-and-a-few-things-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mikhail Gorbachev: From Ottawa &#8217;83 to Carleton &#8217;93 (and a few things in between)&#8221; &#8211; A EURUS at 50: Lecture Series event"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1410\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1.png 1410w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1-160x134.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1-240x201.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1-400x335.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/50th-anniversary-talk-2-Jeff-Sahadeo-1-360x302.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1410px) 100vw, 1410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of the 50th anniversary of The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, we are excited to host the \u2018EURUS at 50: Lecture Series\u2019, a series of lectures highlighting the visits of regional figures and statesmen to Ottawa throughout the Institute\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second event in the series, &#8220;Mikhail Gorbachev: From Ottawa &#8217;83 to Carleton &#8217;93 (and a few things in between)\u201d, will be presented by Dr. Jeff Sahadeo. 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