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Cinema, Culture and The Spirit of Time

311 Kaplan Hall 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles

Vladimir Paperny, SEEELC Adjunct Professor, author of the bestseller Architecture in the Age of Stalin: Culture Two, translated into several languages, the Russian-language novel Schultz’ Archive, short-listed for the Big Book Award, and other publications, recently published a book based on the work he started with the late Maya Turovskaya—a comparative analysis of Soviet and...

Astronomers, Theologians and Vagabonds – The Cultural Circle of Bishop John Vitez, a 15th Century Central European Humanist

236 Royce

TOMISLAV MATIĆ Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate, Croatian Institute for History Astronomers, Theologians and Vagabonds – The Cultural Circle of Bishop John Vitez, a 15th Century Central European Humanist Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Royce 236 This lecture will show that Eastern Central Europe was a participant in broader...

From Soviet Hell to the Putin Nightmare

10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles

Two Literary Protest Almanachs: Metropol (1979) and VYKHOD (2022) Offering a timely perspective on the literary and political landscape of modern-day Russia, this presentation will discuss two literary protest almanacs, Metropol (1978) and VYKHOD (2022), which feature contemporary non-conformist Russian writers. The Metropol almanac was a collection of uncensored texts by well-known writers including Vladimir Vysotsky, Bella Akhmadulina, and Andrei Voznesensky,...