MCI Livetalk with Lech Walesa

2023-05-12

Distinguished Guest Lecture of UC Berkeley & MCI with Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of the Republic of Poland.

"MCI meets Berkeley" is the motto of joint events between the renowned University of California, Berkeley and MCI. Their latest guest was Lech Walesa, Chairman of the Solidarność trade union (1980-1990), Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1983) and President of the Republic of Poland (1990-1995).

The event was moderated by MCI Rector Andreas Altmann, together with Jeroen Dewulf, Director of the Institute of European Studies and Jason Wittenberg, Director of the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley.

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