Wallace House Events

KWF EVENT

September 13, 2012

Matthias Schepp, KWF alumus and Moscow bureau chief for Der Spiegel returned to Wallace House to deliver the 27th Graham Hovey Lecture.

Presenting to the Knight-Wallace Fellows, alumni and the University of Michigan community, Schepp's lecture Powder Keg: Where is Putin Taking Russia? examined the strengths and weaknesses of Putin's leadership and the political future of Russia.

Der Spiegel has published more than a dozen of Schepp's investigative reports on corruption between Russia and Germany. As a journalism fellow in 2005, Schepp studied the perception of the decay of Communism in the western media.

Open to the public, the lecture highlights the benefits of sabbatical study at University of Michigan and honors the late Graham Hovey, director of the fellowship program from 1980-1986. A reception hosted by Lisa Rudgers, UM Vice President for Global Communications and Strategic Initiatives, followed.