Lawrence J. GoodrichFormer diplomat, journalist & business owner.
Foreign Service officer at U.S. embassies in Moscow, St. Petersburg & Bucharest.
Senior writer & editor at the Christian Science Monitor.
Owner of High Stakes Writing, edits & authors textbooks and online courses.
One Class
10:30 – 12:00
November 7
Larry will review the history of Romania, “an island of Latins in a sea of Slavs.” He will discuss how this unique outpost of the Roman Empire dealt with conquest and absorbed the cultural influences of South Slavs, Hungarians, Turks, Austrians and Russians, yet managed to regain its independence and preserve its linguistic ties to the West. The talk will explore Romania’s geopolitical maneuvering as it bounced from World War I ally of France and Britain, to partner of Nazi Germany under a military dictator, to ally of the West again after a 1944 coup, to Soviet Communist puppet state, to present member of NATO.
