Queen’s University at Kingston

A lecture by Prof. James Felak (University of Washington)

Tuesday, February 14

6:00 PM

Miller Hall, Room 105

This lecture is free and open to the public

About the Speaker:

James Ramon Felak is Newman Center Term Professor in Catholic Christianity at the University of Washington and author of two books on twentieth century Slovakia: ‘At the Price of the Republic’: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929-1938 and After Hitler, Before Stalin: Catholics, Communists, and Democrats in Slovakia, 1945-1948.  Most recently, he has published The Pope in Poland: The Pilgrimages of John Paul II, 1979-1991.   He teaches in the Department of History at the University of Washington, specializing in courses on modern East Central Europe and the history of Christianity, especially Catholicism.