| August 20 | First Day of Classes |
| August 25 | No Brownbag--REES MA/FLAS Orientation |
| September 1 | "Poland and the Outbreak of World War II: Could War Have Been Avoided?" Anna Cienciala, Professor Emerita History |
| September 8 | "Kazakhstan on the Verge of the 2010 OSCE Chairmanship: Observations from the Field," Cristin Burke, Geography |
| September 15 | "UN Observer Mission in Georgia, 2008," Major Scott McIntosh, Instructor, Dept. of Intl. Security and Military Studies, Air Command and Staff College, 12-1pm, Bailey 318 |
| September 22 | "The Russian Civil War and the Creation of the USSR," Ron Francisco, Political Science |
| September 29 | "Defending the Periphery: Tsarist Management of Buddhism," Helen Hundley, History, Wichita State University |
| October 6 | "Aging and Community Development in Eastern Europe," Laszlo Kulcsar, Sociology, Kansas State University |
| October 13 | "Strategy, Operational Art and Stalin: The Srechin Connection,” Jacob Kipp, History |
| October 20 | Title TBA, Stella Rock, History, University of Sussex |
| October 27 | "America as Seen by Russian Writers," Gerald Mikkelson, REES |
| November 3 | "Polish-Jewish Relations in Warsaw during the First World War," Robert Blobaum, History, West Virginia University |
| November 10 | "Campaigns Against Human Trafficking in Contemporary Russia and Ukraine,” Nadia Shapkina, Sociology, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY |
| November 17 | "Communication for Development: Impacting Health, Business and Policy in Uzbekistan," Rustam Hydarov, Muskie Fellow, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY |
| November 24 | TBA, 12-1pm, Bailey 318 |
| December 1 | "Al-Farabi Kazakh National University: Now Training Serious Economists Instead of the Cheerleaders Produced by Orthodox Schools on Both Sides of the Ideological Divide," Mohamed El-Hodiri, Economics |
