

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: CREES Noon Lecture. The Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain: Bulgarian Computers and Society
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 01:20 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: During late socialism, Bulgaria built a powerful computer industry that dominated Eastern Bloc exports and supplied states across Europe and the Global South. Drawing on his first book, Petrov reexamines the socialist information age, challenging narratives of technological failure and highlighting the porous, globally connected nature of the Iron Curtain.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ann-arbor/crees-noon-lecture-the-information-age-behind-the-iron-curtain-bulgarian-computers-and-society/200029603167428
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029603167428?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=ann+arbor-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ann Arbor
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Suite 500, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109
- **lat**: 42.27685
- **long**: -83.73514
- **full address**: Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Suite 500, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: University of Michigan Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (https://allevents.in/org/university-of-michigan-weiser-center-for-europe-and-eurasia/20140002)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Suite 500, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** University of Michigan Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about CREES Noon Lecture. The Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain: Bulgarian Computers and Society ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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