John Kogut lecturing at a blackboard.

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Soviet Jewish scientists who visa applications for emigration to Israel have been denied have been called 'refusniks.' These scientists and the underground scientific seminars, called 'Sunday Seminars,' they have organized against the wishes of Soviet officials have been of interest to several University physics faculty members during the ten years these seminars have been taking place. The most recent direct contact with these oppressed scientists and the seminars was during the May 1981 visit of Professor John Kogut to the Soviet Union. Kogut was there during a recent scientific exchange with the Steklov Institute in Leningrad and the Landau Institute in Moscow. During these visits, Kogut met with and interviewed several refusniks., Credit Line: Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives

Abstract/Description:	Soviet Jewish scientists who visa applications for emigration to Israel have been denied have been called 'refusniks.' These scientists and the underground scientific seminars, called 'Sunday Seminars,' they have organized against the wishes of Soviet officials have been of interest to several University physics faculty members during the ten years these seminars have been taking place. The most recent direct contact with these oppressed scientists and the seminars was during the May 1981 visit of Professor John Kogut to the Soviet Union. Kogut was there during a recent scientific exchange with the Steklov Institute in Leningrad and the Landau Institute in Moscow. During these visits, Kogut met with and interviewed several refusniks.
Subject(s):	Profile portraits Blackboards Lectures and lecturing Portraits Kogut, John B.
Date Created:	circa 1981
Credit Line:	Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID:	Kogut John B10

Title:	John Kogut lecturing at a blackboard.
Name(s):	Celia Elliott, Donor
Type of Resource:	still image
Date Created:	circa 1981
Extent:	1 photographic print (black and white; 7.5 x 7.5 inches)
Abstract/Description:	Soviet Jewish scientists who visa applications for emigration to Israel have been denied have been called 'refusniks.' These scientists and the underground scientific seminars, called 'Sunday Seminars,' they have organized against the wishes of Soviet officials have been of interest to several University physics faculty members during the ten years these seminars have been taking place. The most recent direct contact with these oppressed scientists and the seminars was during the May 1981 visit of Professor John Kogut to the Soviet Union. Kogut was there during a recent scientific exchange with the Steklov Institute in Leningrad and the Landau Institute in Moscow. During these visits, Kogut met with and interviewed several refusniks.
Identifier(s):	Kogut John B10 (Catalog ID)
Note(s):	Credit Line: Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Subject(s):	Profile portraits Blackboards Lectures and lecturing Portraits Kogut, John B.
Held by:	Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Copyright Holder:	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics
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