A webinar featuring Dr. Fiona Hill, leading expert on Russia and its modern leadership Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:00 AM (Pacific Time) Webinar CLICK HERE TO REGISTER **After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please note, you will only be able to join the webinar at the specified time...

https://international.ucla.edu/russianflagship/event/14691 Sponsored by the UCLA Russian Flagship Program and open to all. Links to view the film in advance and for the Zoomed discussion will be sent to registrants: https://international.ucla.edu/russianflagship/event/14691. Article in Russian about the movie: https://liter.kz/8078-pet-svoi-pesni-pochemu-film-o-gruppe-ninety-one-bolshe-chem-prosto-film-i-ego-stoit-posmotret/; recommended song: “Men Emes” by the group Ninety One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L43JtW9OwRs

Link to RSVP here   A screening of a movie about Kazakh Q-pop, “Face the Music,” followed by a discussion with the director, Katya Suvorova. Moderated by UCLA Kazakh instructor Dennis Keen. “Face the Music” Synopsis This documentary film from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan follows national protests over a local boy band called...

Information session led by Dr. Kelly McGee, Deputy Director of the MIIS Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies. For the Zoom link, sign up here: https://international.ucla.edu/russianflagship/event/14690    

Please join us on Thursday, February 4th 11:00am - 12:15pm for a guest lecture by Boris Dralyuk on Nabokov's short story "Signs and Symbols". Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99894843202?pwd=NXFPYmFyaTBKeVNuTjcwVFNQMUEwUT09 Passcode: 769586 Please contact Yelena Furman at yfurman@humnet.ucla.edu for questions or if there are any issues with the link.  

On behalf of the International Studies at the UCLA Charles E. Young Library, I am delighted to invite you to attend a webinar entitled: ROBOT IS 100! on February 4th at 12:00 pm Registration at: http://bit.ly/ucla-robotis100   100 years ago, Czech writer Karel Čapek published his iconic drama R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word "robot"...

THE HISTORY OF BELARUSIAN VYZHYVANKA on March 3th at 1 pm http://bit.ly/uclabelarus   Keynote address by Rufina Bazlova, a Prague–based Belarusian artist, followed by a discussion by Nadzeya Norton, Antonina Stebur, and Alisa Lozhkina. The online panel will be moderated by Dr. Sasha Razor, a recent alumna of UCLA's Department Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies...

Hear about Melissa's various experiences in the former Soviet space, including on RLASP in Kazakhstan, and on CLS in Kyrgyztan! Check out her blog with travel guides and Russian language resources here. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link for the event, please email Leanna Kramer (lkramer@international.ucla.edu).