50 States Speaker Series

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Throughout 2026, please join the American Center in Moscow for “50 States,” a weekly series of livestreamed presentations highlighting unique cultural and historical elements, as well as “fun facts” on each of the 50 US states.

Each week, an American expert will lead a session on their state, highlighting topics such as local culture, food, music, regional accents and dialects, inventions, history, notable figures, famous books, films, or TV shows set in the state, national parks, major landmarks, and sports teams.
 

To watch all past talks in the series, please use the following playlists on YouTube and VK:

50 States playlist on YouTube:

50 States playlist on VK:

Schedule of Upcoming Events and Speaker Bios:

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 20:00 MSK: Kansas

Barbara Myers, award-winning historian, author, teacher, and public speaker, and Founder of the Friends of the Wichita Pioneers, based in Wichita, Kansas.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 20:00 MSK: Pennsylvania

Robert F. Powelson is the president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC).

Please note: This session was pre-recorded, so there will be no live Q&A.  

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 20:00 MSK: Nebraska

When not writing, lifelong Nebraskan and US Army veteran Alan J. Bartels works a day job devoted to natural resources conservation. He’s been published in National Geographic, USA Today, Plains Sentinel, Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine – and was the editor of Nebraska Life Magazine for 11 years while serving simultaneously as the assistant editor of Colorado Life and Utah Life magazines. Alan is the author of What's Going Down in Prairie Dog Town? (2018), 100 Things To Do In The Nebraska Sandhills Before You Die (2023), and the forthcoming tile, Secret Nebraska Sandhills: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure (March 2026). 

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ALL AMERICAN CENTER IN MOSCOW EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE / ALL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN CENTER IN MOSCOW ARE FREE OF CHARGE

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