The artist and journalist Molly Crabapple will discuss her new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The panel will also feature Dr. Mindl Cohen (Yiddish Book Center) and Prof. Faith Hillis (History).
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In the third decade of the seventeenth century, Russian military personnel, fur traders and hunters began their expansion into what is now Yakutia (Sakha) in Eastern Siberia. They came in pursuit of furs and sought to subjugate the local population in order to extract fur tribute. This presentation examines the human costs and compromises that made conquest possible.
A lecture, workshop, performance, and exhibit by Chicago folk dance ensemble Balkanski lgri
Join the Chicago Forum for a public conversation with Maria Pevchikh, investigative journalist, Head of the Investigations Department, and Chairwoman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a Russian non-profit organization founded by Alexei Navalny.
The Department of Cinema and Media Studies invites you to the symposium By the Very Blue Sea: Boris Barnet and His Films on March 6–7, 2026, in conjunction with Doc Films's winter-quarter retrospective, Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life.
The lecture provides a critical assessment of the state of Ukrainian architectural heritage during the war.
What choices now confront Ukraine and the international community — and why do they matter far beyond Ukraine?
EMOTIONAL HERITAGE features artworks by Kina Bagovska, with a performance by violinist Blagomira Lipari.
Radio Marneuli, a community media outlet serving one of Georgia’s most ethnically diverse regions. Reporting daily in Georgian, Azerbaijani, and Armenian, they bring an inside perspective on how these political shifts are affecting communities on the ground. Radio Marneuli’s work has become more difficult as the broader crackdown has placed new pressures on independent media, yet its journalists remain committed to serving their audience.
This lecture draws on ethnographic research with medical professionals, donors, surrogates, and intermediaries to examine how the war has reshaped Ukraine’s reproductive market.