BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures - UCLA - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures - UCLA
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T193000
DTSTAMP:20250418T212002Z
CREATED:20250401T200245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T212002Z
UID:8413-1746729000-1746732600@slavic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”61″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nThursday\, May 8th\, 2025\nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)\n6:30 pm\n  \nThis talk is co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles \, the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS)\, and the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.\n\n  \nAbout the Event\nTo survive totalitarianism and retain their humanity\, Czech women writers went underground to write\, paint\, sculpt\, and create supportive communities. This event discusses Women Artistic Dissidents: Repelling Totalitarianism in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia and pays tribute to creative women dissidents. It explores fiction\, poetry\, and life-sustaining activities of Eva Švankmajerová\, “Mother of Czech Surrealism\,” and Eda Kriseová\, journalist\, fiction writer\, essayist\, and activist who served in President Václav Havel’s first Cabinet\, among other Czech women who wrote and engaged in dissent during the years when Czechoslovakia ached under Soviet rule. This event highlights and unearths the work of women that is often undervalued and unacknowledged. Flanagan and Waisserová explore a variety of ways in which women resisted through literature and ecological activities\, shedding new light on the ways in which individuals and communities can retain their humanity even as they resist and repel dictatorial regimes in their countries. \n  \nAbout the Speakers\n\nDr. Brenda Flanagan is a professor of creative writing\, Caribbean and African-American literature. She has received numerous awards\, including three Hopwood Awards\, three NEH Fellowships\, and a Michener Fellowship. A cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State\, she has traveled extensively\, particularly in Central Asia and the Middle East\, often as the first American writer sent to certain regions in decades. She fell in love with Czech Republic\, which she regularly visits for many years. She has become an honorary member of the Prague Surrealist group and formed strong friendships with Eva and Jan Svankmajer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in various journals\, and her published works include two novels (You Alone Are Dancing; Allah in the Islands)\, a collection of short stories (In Praise of Island Women & Other Crimes) and a play (When the Jumbiebird Calls). Recent activities include representing the U.S. at international book fairs and lecturing at universities globally. She co-authored a book\, Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia (Lexington Books\, 2023). \nDr. Hana Waisserová is an associate professor of practice of Czech and Central European Studies and an affiliate of the Harris Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studied at Spelman College\, GA\, earned Ph.D. in Anglophone transnational literature from Palacky University\, CR\, and Gender Graduate Certificate from TAMU\, TX. She has published articles concerning South Asian and Central European women’s transnational literature\, women’s totalitarian experiences\, women dissidents and their activism\, medieval Czech literature\, and Czech-American culture in Nebraska. Prior to working in academia\, she lived in India and traveled widely in Europe\, Asia\, and East Africa\, where she worked as an outdoor guide and a publicist. With Flanagan\, co-authored a book\, Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia (Lexington Books\, 2023). \n  \nParking for Campus Visitors\n\nThe closest parking structure to Kaplan Hall is Structure 2\, followed by Structure 5 and Structure 4. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \n 
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/womens-artistic-dissent-repelling-totalitarianism-in-pre-1989-czechoslovakia/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T220000
DTSTAMP:20250514T184245Z
CREATED:20250508T225950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T184245Z
UID:8551-1747596600-1747605600@slavic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:“DONNA TANYA”: FILM SCREENING followed by Q&A with its creator\, writer and scholar Maya Kucherskaya
DESCRIPTION:  \n[gravityform id=”63″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nSunday\, May 18\, 7:30–10:00 pm \nJames Bridges Theater\n235 Charles E Young Dr E \nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 + Google Map\nAdmission is free\n  \nThe UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures (SEEELC)\, in collaboration with the UCLA School of Theater\, Film\, and Television (TFT)\, the UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese\, and the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS)\, invites you to a screening of the documentary film “Donna Tanya” directed by Tatiana Sorokina. After the film\, SEEELC and TFT Professor Lilya Kaganovsky will lead a Q&A session with its creator—UCLA alumna\, writer and scholar Maya Kucherskaya. \n  \nAbout the Film\nWhat eras and cultural layers can fit into a single human life? What shapes a person’s cultural identity—whose heirs are we\, and whose descendants? “Donna Tanya. One Hundred Years of Happiness” is a documentary about Tatiana Leskova\, a 102-year-old ballerina in Brazil. Born in 1922 in Paris and now living in Rio de Janeiro\, she is also the great-granddaughter of Nikolai Leskov\, one of Russia’s best 19th-century novelists. As a ballet dancer\, she is an heir to Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the founder of Brazilian ballet\, which she built upon the teachings of Marius Petipa’s and Diaghilev’s disciples. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. \n  \n\nAbout the Creator\nMaya Kucherskaya is a prominent writer and scholar of contemporary and 19th-century Russian and Russophone literature\, in particular\, the life and oeuvre of Nikolai Leskov. Her biography book\, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich Romanov (2005)\, grew out of her PhD dissertation defended at UCLA in 1999. Founder and head of Russia’s first Master’s program in creative writing\, Maya is the author of fiction and non-fiction\, including the award-winning novels The Rain God (2005)\, Aunt Motya (2012)\, and Leskov\, a Missed Genius (2021).  She was the creative mind and producer behind the documentary Donna Tanya\, which explores Leskov’s heirs. The film received multiple film awards. \n  \nParking\nParking at UCLA requires a valid permit at all times. Campus parking is available 24 hours a day at varying prices. Parking Structure 3 (P3) is closest to the event venue and offers hourly Pay-By-Space parking. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for information about where to park and parking rates. \n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/donna-tanya-film-screening-followed-by-qa-with-its-creator-writer-and-scholar-maya-kucherskaya/
LOCATION:James Bridges Theater\, 235 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://slavic.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Leskova-photo.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T200000
DTSTAMP:20250407T173032Z
CREATED:20250407T172324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T173032Z
UID:8454-1748455200-1748462400@slavic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Celebrations Across Cultures: Talent and Award Show
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures is pleased to present Celebrations Across Cultures. \nOur annual talent and award show will take place on Wednesday\, May 28\, 2025 at 6pm in Royce Hall 314.
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/celebrations-across-cultures-talent-and-award-show/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR