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The annual George Klein Lecture is named after Dr. George Klein, a longtime member of the �������� Michigan University Department of Political Science and an internationally known expert on Balkan politics and Eastern European political systems.

After his death in 1981, his widow, Dr. Patricia V. Klein, �������� associate professor emerita of science studies, created an endowment in his honor. That endowment funds the annual lecture, symposia, conferences and scholarships.

2018-19 lecture

"The International Criminal Courts and their Contribution to Peace and Reconciliation in Yugoslavia" presented by Judge Vagn Joensen, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Past speakers

2016-17
"Monumental Politics in the Post-Communist World" 
Dr. Juliet Johnson, McGill University

2015-16
"When Do Foreign Banks Cut and Run? Evidence from West European Bail-Outs and East European Markets"
Dr. Rachel Epstein, University of Denver

2014-15
"Crisis at The Hague: What Has Gone Wrong with International War Crimes Trials?”
Dr. Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University

2013-14
"Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States: Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo"
Dr. Maria Koinova, University of Warwick (UK)

2012-13
"Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice In Post-Communist Europe"
Dr. Monika Nalepa, University of Notre Dame

2011-12
“Do Citizens Rule in Postcommunist Europe and Should They?”
Dr. Andrew Roberts, Northwestern University

2009-10
"Democracy & European Integration 20 Years after the Collapse of Communism"
Dr. Milada Anna Vachudova, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

2008-09
"Objects in the Mirror are Closer than They Appear: The Politics of Postcommunist Europe and Why We Should Care"
Dr. Kevin Deegan-Krause, Wayne State University

2007-08
"Phobias and Foreign Policies in Central Europe: Do National Prejudices Determine National Security?"
Dr. Ray Taras, Tulane University

2006-07
"Exporting Equality: Gender Regulations and EU Enlargement in Central Europe"
Dr. Leah Seppanen Anderson, Wheaton College

2005-06
“Antagonistic Tolerance, Divided Societies and Electoral Politics in India and the Balkans”
Dr. Robert Hayden, University of Pittsburgh

2004-05
"Reconstructing Bosnia and Kosovo: Lessons for Iraq"
Dr. Kathleen Hill Hawk, University of Alabama, Huntsville

2003-04
"The Role of the Left in Post-Communist Eastern Europe"
Dr. Igor Luksic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2000-01
Symposium: "Transitions in Process: Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions of Change in Eastern Europe"

1999-2000
Dr. Branko Horvat, University of Zagreb

1998-99
Dr. Zarko Korac, University of Belgrade

1997-98
Dr. Robin Remington, University of Missouri, Columbia