A lecture series presented by the 2018-2021 U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies grant recipients for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.
Francine Hirsch discusses Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg. She will be joined in conversation by Faith Hillis. A Q&A will follow the discussion. Ten copies of the book will be raffled off to interested participants.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm via ZOOM
Presenting Bulgaria’s cultural engagements with multiple actors in the Third World, this talk highlights the global reach of state socialism, demonstrates the existence of vibrant partnerships along an East-South axis during the 1970s, and challenges notions of late socialism as the prelude to communist collapse in eastern Europe.
Theodora Dragostinova
December 10 | 1PM CST | Via Zoom
FLAS Fellowships are awards for graduate students concentrating on modern foreign language and international or area studies. In the 2021-22 competition cycle, UChicago will accept applications for languages in three world areas: East Asia, East Europe, and Middle East. The FLAS Fellowships provide Academic Year Fellowships for language and area studies coursework on campus during the 2021-22 academic year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for language study on campus, domestically or abroad during summer 2021. All applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents and cannot be beyond the fifth year of graduate study while holding the award.
A virtual conference exploring issues of globalization and its opponents from various disciplinary perspectives taking place on the second Friday of the month from November 2020 to February 2021 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
Using Miriam Udel’s new anthology Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature, attendees will explore the rich world of Yiddish storytelling through movement, art and poetry. This gathering, featuring Miriam Udel and Cameron Bernstein, is aimed primarily at children 4-8 but will also offer a great deal to their older siblings and loving grownups.
A round table discussion about the state of Belarus with Human Rights Activist Ales Bialiatski, Political Scientist Michael McFaul, and Historian David Marples. Also featuring Olga V. Solovieva and Zhanna Charniauskaya.
A lecture series presented by the 2018-2021 U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies grant recipients for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.
Anya Bernstein discusses The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia. She will be joined in conversation by Eugene Raikhel. A Q&A will follow the discussion. Ten copies of the book will be raffled off to interested participants.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm via ZOOM
A virtual conference exploring issues of globalization and its opponents from various disciplinary perspectives. The conference will take place online on the second Friday of the month, from November 2020 to February 2021. The first session "Interwar Deglobalization and International Mobility" will take place November 13, 2020.
A lecture series presented by the 2018-2021 U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies grant recipients for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.
Dr. Trevor Erlacher
November 12 | 1PM CST | Via Zoom
On August 9, 2020, Belarus, a post-socialist nation of nine and a half million, held presidential elections. After polling stations had closed, and Alexander Lukashenko, the president for the last twenty-six years, announced his victory with 80% of votes, people took to the streets. They have been protesting ever since, despite beatings by riot police, arrests, and even torture, demanding fair elections and the release of all political prisoners. The Belarusian revolution, as it is now called, became associated with the image of three women – a presidential candidate and two leaders of her team – raising their hands in the gesture of protest and solidarity. Elena Gapova will narrate the story of women emerging as the leaders of the Revolution as its most active and strong-willed participants.
Is democracy in recession around the world, or is it striking back? Democracy worldwide is under assault by a spectrum of authoritarian regimes. Their anti-democratic toolbox varies from voter suppression to media control and state-sanctioned violence, but protesters and activists around the world are using some of the same technological tools to fight for freedom of assembly and expression. This concluding workshop is designed to give teachers tools for introducing these regions and their issues into the classroom, as well as project ideas to further enrich their students.
