Throughout the Cold War, policy-makers in the United States and its allies crafted strategy with one principal audience in mind: the Warsaw Pact, particularly the Soviet Union. This new book project by Dr. Simon Miles tests whether the strategic concepts … Read more
Hear from a panel of phenomenal UNC alumni in globally focused careers! Panelists represent a variety of career options: government, private industry, NGOs, and more. They will share their professional journeys from studying (like you!) at UNC, through the career … Read more
Join us for a conversation with Tymofii Brik, Rector and Vice President for International Relations at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). Dr. Brik joined the KSE team as an associate professor and the head of KSE Institute’s Center for … Read more
Anthologies of contemporary Czech drama, edited or translated into German by Barbora Schnelle The key to understanding today‘s Czech theatre lies in the nineties - with the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the transformation processes towards democratization and a market … Read more
Welcome to the 2023-24 lunch & learn series for DEIA in the world language and content classroom at UNC. Through this series, we will engage with language departments, faculty, area studies centers, and visiting scholars to discuss challenges to and … Read more
Dr. Bryant will be delivering a lecture entitled, “Blogging and Belonging: Prague’s Czech-Vietnamese Community and What Social Media Might Have Been.” The event will take place in Pauli Murray Hall 569. There will be food and drinks, and we will … Read more
Polish-Ukrainian researcher Tetyana Lewińska will present her research on the main trends and phenomena of Ukrainian migration to Poland from an upcoming edited volume "Migrants from Ukraine in Poland in the Face of Crises" to be published by University of … Read more
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a huge challenge for security in Europe. It led to strong responses from US, EU and NATO with the expectation that Russian economy will collapse and with it Putin’s regime, too. … Read more
Professor Letitia Guran (UNC-CH) will lead a fascinating exploration of Langston Hughes’s involvement with communism in the 1930s and his subsequent reflections on race and repression in the U.S. and Soviet Russia. Her talk will examine Hughes’s writings during his … Read more
Andrei Kureichik is a Belarusian Playwright, Screenwriter, and Political Activist. On November 8, he hosts a lunch-and-learn book presentation focusing on his new work about Belarusian political prisoners and the power of art in resisting repression. Insulted. Belarus; Voices of … Read more
