Still from Chornobyl 22, a documentary film by Oleksiy Radynski, 2023. Camera: Max Savchenko. Abstract Join Ukrainian filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski and art historian Asia Bazdyrieva as they expand the territory of decolonial discourse by examining Ukraine’s anti-imperial war against Russia. Analyzing Russia’s tactics of energy colonialism, its neo-fascist regime, and the complicity of the West’s...

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

The 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.    

Please 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...

Please 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....