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SUMMARY:Study Abroad Opportunities for Russian Language Learners
DESCRIPTION:Come find out about opportunities to study Russian overseas next summer! \n♦ Russian Language and Area Studies \n♦ Critical Language Scholarships \n♦ Gilman Scholarship \nStudents will present on their experiences studying in Almaty\, Kazakhstan this summer\, and a representative of the program will be available during the Q&A. \nFor more information\, contact Susan Kresin at kresin@ucla.edu
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/study-abroad-opportunities-for-russian-language-learners/
LOCATION:305 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
DESCRIPTION:Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists\n  \nTuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM\nBunche Hall Room 10383\nRSVP required\n  \n\nThe Center for European and Russian Studies\, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, invites you to a book talk with Lisa A. Kirschenbaum\, West Chester University\, Pennsylvania to discuss her recent publication Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists (2024). The talk will be followed by discussion with Professor Vadim Shneyder\, UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, and audience Q&A. This book talk will take place at Bunche Hall Room 10383 on October 15th at 4 PM. Register now! \nAbout the Book\nIn 1935\, two Soviet satirists\, Ilia Ilf and Evgeny Petrov\, undertook a 10\,000 mile American road trip from New York to Hollywood and back accompanied only by their guide and chauffeur\, a gregarious Russian Jewish immigrant and his American-born\, Russian-speaking wife. They immortalized their journey in a popular travelogue that condemned American inequality and racism even as it marvelled at American modernity and efficiency. Lisa Kirschenbaum reconstructs the epic journey of the two Soviet funnymen and their encounters with a vast cast of characters\, ranging from famous authors\, artists\, poets and filmmakers to unemployed hitchhikers and revolutionaries. Using the authors’ notes\, US and Russian archives\, and even FBI files\, she reveals the role of ordinary individuals in shaping foreign relations as Ilf\, Petrov and the immigrants\, communists\, and fellow travelers who served as their hosts\, guides\, and translators became creative actors in cultural exchange between the two countries. \nAbout the Author\nLisa A. Kirschenbaum is an award-winning author whose research explores how individuals navigated the traumas of the twentieth century. Professor Kirschenbaum has long combined a serious commitment to research with enthusiasm for teaching. While completing her PhD at University of California\, Berkeley (1993)\, she taught middle and high school students at Oakwood School\, an independent school in southern California. Since coming to West Chester in 1996\, she has developed classes in Soviet and Russian history as well as thematic courses that transcend national boundaries. Professor Kirschenbaum’s research explores how people come to represent and understand their life stories as part of history\, focusing on the linkages between individual\, private lives and the momentous\, often traumatic events of Russia’s twentieth century. She has published three books: Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia\, 1917-1932 (RoutledgeFalmer\, 2000); The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad\, 1941-1995: Myth\, Memories\, and Monuments (Cambridge University Press\, 2006); and International Communism and the Spanish Civil War: Solidarity and Suspicion (Cambridge University Press 2015). Professor Kirschenbaum’s research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies\, the International Research and Exchanges Board\, and the Penn Humanities Forum. In 2009\, Professor Kirschenbaum was awarded the West Chester University Trustees’ Achievement Award. \nAbout the Discussant\nVadim Shneyder is Assistant Professor of Russian in the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, which he joined in 2015 after receiving his PhD from Yale University. He studies Russian literature of the age of realism—a period spanning roughly the second half of the nineteenth century—in its relation to its intellectual\, social\, and ideological contexts\, both in the Russian Empire and Europe. Beyond the study of nineteenth-century prose\, his research extends to a number of topics\, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and Russian philosophy and aesthetic theory\, Soviet literature and film\, and national and cultural identity in Eastern Europe. His first book\, Russia’s Capitalist Realism: Tolstoy\, Dostoevsky\, and Chekhov (Northwestern University Press\, 2020) investigates how the Russian realist prose tradition confronted the representational challenges posed by nascent capitalism. In a situation of threatening and unprecedented change\, literature did not passively reflect existing economic conditions so much as it helped to define what Russian capitalism could mean. \nVenue\nBunche Hall Room 10383\n315 Portola Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nParking\nYou can find nearby parking at Parking Structure 4 or Parking Structure 5. Parking Structure 5 has an hourly rate of $8 per hour and Parking Structure 4 has an hourly rate of $4 per hour for visitors. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for more information. Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Accessible Parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of Parking Structure 5 and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. \nSponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies & Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures \nCenter for European and Russian Studies \nSupport European and Russian Studies at UCLA \ncers@international.ucla.edu \nhttps://www.international.ucla.edu/euro \n 
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/soviet-adventures-in-the-land-of-the-capitalists/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life After Kafka: A Novel by Magdalena Platzova
DESCRIPTION:The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles in partnership with the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures proudly presents on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Franz Kafka death\, a literary reading of the latest novel by Magdaléna Platzová “Life After Kafka”. The author Platzová will in person introduce on Wednesday\, October 16th at 3:30 PM at UCLA Kaplan Hall Room #311 her novel of Felice Bauer\, Franz Kafka’s first fiancée. \nJoin us for the event celebrating one of the world’s most acclaimed writer\, and learn more about the story behind Kafka’s Letters to Felice and even discover the connection between Kafka and California. The one of a kind lecture will be introduced by Efraín Kristal\, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA. The book is translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker. \nWhen & Where:\nWednesday\, October 16\, 3:30 pm\nUCLA\nKaplan Hall Room #311 (third floor)\n415 Portola Plaza\,\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nRSVP:\nPlease confirm your attendance by Monday\, October 14 \, 2024 to: CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com \nAbout the Author\nMagdaléna Platzová is the author of nine books\, including three novels published in English: Aaron’s Leap\, a Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist\, The Attempt\, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist\, and Life After Kafka\, a Magnesia Litera award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders. Platzová grew up in the Czech Republic; studied in Washington\, DC\, and England; received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague; and has taught at New York University’s Gallatin School. She is now based in Lyon\, France. \nAbout the Book:\nLife After Kafka: A novel by Magdaléna Platzová\, Translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker \n“A deeply empathetic story of survival\, exile\, and belonging. Magdaléna Platzová allows Felice Bauer to step out of Kafka’s shadow and\, in the process\, she recognizes that there is always so much more than one truth. This is a powerful\, kaleidoscopic literary novel.”\n—Colum McCann\, author of Let the Great World Spin and Apeirogon \n“Franz Kafka is a universe that resists any attempt at interpretation. Magdaléna Platzová’s novel offers a new key to Kafka’s world: we look at it through the tender and sorrowful gaze of the people whose fate had been marked by him personally. An utterly touching book!” —Agnieszka Holland\, award-winning filmmaker and president of the European Film Academy \n“Life After Kafka is a thrilling detective story about one of literature’s most celebrated names\, a haunting family saga about preserving our legacy during the darkest turns of history\, and a thought-provoking exploration of the rippling impact of famous artists on the people in their lives. Platzová’s masterful merging of fact and fiction\, in Alex Zucker’s artful and inspired translation\, carries us across decades and continents to prove that our connections can be abandoned and yet unbroken\, and that even the briefest encounters—in love and in art—can shape us forever.” —Jaroslav Kalfař\, author of Spaceman of Bohemia and A Brief History of Living Forever \nThank you: \nThe event is co-organized by the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures\, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles\, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles\, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies\, UCLA Department of European Languages & Transcultural Studies\, and UCLA Department of Comparative Literature. Special thanks to Igor Pilshchikov\, Susan Kresin\, and Lisset Cadena. \n— \nConsulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles\n10990 Wilshire Blvd.\, Suite 1100\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024\nTel.: (310) 473-0889\nFax: (310) 473-9813\nE-mail: CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com\nWeb: www.mzv.cz/losangeles
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/life-after-kafka-a-novel-by-magdalena-platzova/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 311
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Poetry in a Time of War: A Reading and Discussion with Olena Huseinova and Lyuba Yakimchuk
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”54″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\n\nOlena Huseinova (poet\, prose writer\, radio host and producer; Ukraine) is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently Нічний ефір [Night Air] (2024). Huseinova also writes short fiction and essays\, some of which are featured in the anthology Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War (2023). As the editor in chief at UA: Radio Culture\, part of Ukraine’s Public Broadcasting\, she oversees radio theater and literary programming\, leads a team producing radio documentaries on Ukrainian culture\, and hosts of her own live radio programs. From February 26\, 2022\, until August 2023\, Huseinova was a key voice in 24-hour news broadcasting on Ukrainian Radio. She has since expanded her activities to include documentary writing about the Russian-Ukrainian war\, particularly focusing on the impact on civilians during the Russian occupation. She is currently on fellowship with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.  \n\nLyuba Yakimchuk (poet\, playwright\, screenwriter\, performance artist; Ukraine) is the author of the poetry books Абрикоси Донбасу [Apricots of Donbas] (2015) and Як мода [Like Fashion] (2009)\, as well as the plays Wall and Schrödinger’s Cat. She also wrote the screenplays for both the film Slovo House. Unfinished Novel (2021) and the documentary Slovo House (2017). Yakimchuk was a songwriter and spoken word artist on the album Ukrainian Songs of Love and Hate (2022) and coauthor with Mary Branley of the libretto for the musical Freedom Letters. Her writing has been translated into more than twenty languages\, and she read her poetry as part of John Legend’s performance during the 2022 Grammys. Her work has been covered by The New York Times\, BBC\, CBC\, and CNN. She is currently on fellowship with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. 
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/ukrainian-poetry-a-reading-and-discussion-with-olena-huseinova-and-lyuba-yakimchuk/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Perpetrator as Victim: Putin's War in Ukraine and Criticism of Title IX
DESCRIPTION:The Center for European and Russian Studies\, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy\, and UCLA Center for the Study of Women – Barbra Streisand Center\, invites you to a book talk with Joy Neumeyer to discuss her book\,  A Survivor’s Education: Women\, Violence\, and the Stories We Don’t Tell (2024). The talk will be followed by discussion with Professor Jared McBride\, UCLA Department of History. This book talk will take place at Bunche Hall Room 10383 on  October 30th at 4 PM. \nRegister to attend here.\nAbout the Book\n\nIn this poignant self-investigation\, historian and journalist Joy Neumeyer explores how violence against women is portrayed\, perceived\, and adjudicated today. Interweaving the harrowing account of the abuse she experienced as a graduate student at Berkeley with those of others who faced violence on campus and beyond\, Neumeyer offers a startling look at how the hotly-debated Title IX system has altered university politics and culture\, and uncovers the willful misremembrance that enables misconduct on scales large and small. Deeply researched\, daringly inquisitive\, and resonant for our times\, A Survivor’s Education reveals the entanglement of storytelling\, abuse\, and power–and how we can balance narrative and evidence in our attempts to determine what “really” happened. \n\n\nAbout the Author\nJoy Neumeyer is a journalist and historian of Russia and Eastern Europe. She received a PhD in History from the University of California\, Berkeley and was a Fulbright Fellow in Russia and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She has also worked as a reporter in Moscow and Warsaw. Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times\, The Nation\, Foreign Policy\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, New Left Review\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, Aeon\, The Baffler\, Vice\, ARTNews\, the Guardian\, Tablet Magazine\, The Moscow Times\, Calvert Journal\, and Cat Fancy. \n\nHer first book\, A Survivor’s Education: Women\, Violence\, and the Stories We Don’t Tell— an investigative memoir about the abuse and tension between narrative and evidence in understanding the past— was released on August 20\, 2024 by PublicAffairs. \n\nAbout the Discussant\nJared McBride is a historian who examines Russia\, Ukraine\, and Eastern Europe in the 20th century with a focus on nationalist movements\, mass violence\, interethnic conflict\, and war crimes prosecution\, related to both the Second World War and Cold War periods. He also has a strong interest in the politics of archival research and access to freedom of information. His research has been supported by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation\, the Fulbright-Hays Foundation\, and the Social Science Research Council\, among others\, and he has published in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Journal of Genocide Research\, The Carl Beck Papers\, Ab Imperio\, Kritika\, and Slavic Review. \nPrior to starting at UCLA\, Dr. McBride held post-doctoral positions at Columbia University\, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, the Kennan Institute\, and USC’s Shoah Foundation. Over the past five years\, he has directed and instructed “Political Violence in the Modern World\,” a year-long Cluster course that one thousand first-year students have completed at UCLA. He also teaches courses on the Soviet Union\, 20th century Eastern Europe\, the Second World War\, and on History and Film. Presently\, he is completing a book manuscript concerning interethnic violence and local perpetrators in Nazi-occupied western Ukraine. Dr. McBride is available for media inquiries concerning Ukraine and Russia. \nVenue\nBunche Hall 10383\n(10th floor of Bunche Hall)\n315 Portola Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nParking\nParking Structure 5 is closest to the event venue. Parking Structure 5 is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). Alternatively\, Parking Structure 4 is also close to the venue and has Pay-By-Space Visitor Parking available. Guest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Accessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/perpetrator-as-victim-putins-war-in-ukraine-and-criticism-of-title-ix/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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