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From Soviet Hell to the Putin Nightmare
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CATwo 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,...
Astronomers, Theologians and Vagabonds – The Cultural Circle of Bishop John Vitez, a 15th Century Central European Humanist
236 RoyceTOMISLAV 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...
Cinema, Culture and The Spirit of Time
311 Kaplan Hall 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAVladimir 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...
2023 Russian Flagship Virtual Open House
Register For 2023 Russian Virtual Open House On September 12, 2023 from 7-8 PM EST, the Russian Flagship will host an open house and interactive webinar. Register if you are interested in learning about the unique features of the Russian Flagship Program and hear from Russian Flagship program staff, and current Flagship students. This event is...
SEEELC Departmental Open House
311 Kaplan Hall 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures invites you to join us in celebrating a new academic year at our annual Departmental Open House! Come and get to know your classmates and professors and learn about our majors, minors, and the Russian Flagship program. Light refreshments will be served.
A Humanitarian Aid Kit of War Songs: A Bilingual Reading with Ukrainian Poet Iya Kiva
306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CAPlease join the Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at Royce Hall, Room 306 for "A Humanitarian Aid Kit of War Songs: A Bilingual Reading with Ukrainian Poet Iya Kiva." Professor Lilya Kaganovsky (UCLA) will moderate. Iya Kiva is a poet, translator, and journalist. She was born in Donetsk and fled...
Annual Holiday Party and Showcase Event
314 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CAPlease join the Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages & Cultures for our annual Holiday Party and Showcase event on Monday, November 27th at 6:00PM in 314 Royce Hall! We will be enjoying an evening of cultural festivities including musical performances, poetry recitations, dancing, skits, and much more. Light refreshments will be served....
Boris Dralyuk at the Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CAPoet Boris Dralyuk reads from his most recent volume, My Hollywood and Other Poems, a collection of lyric meditations on the experience of émigrés in Los Angeles. The Poetry Foundation proclaimed that “the ache of exile reverberates against the irretrievability of the past” in the Odessa-born poet’s work. Boris Dralyuk is the author of My...
Are Russians Resisting Putin? What Russian Court Data Says About the Scale of Repression Under Putin
Hershey Hall SalonThe Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS) invite you to a talk by Roman Badanin, Russian journalist in exile and the founder and editor-in-chief of Proekt and Agentstvo, entitled "Are Russians Resisting Putin? What Russian Court Data Says About the Scale of Repression Under Putin". His talk will be followed by discussion with Professor...