The UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies is pleased to invite you to a virtual book club on Ukrainian literature, co-presented by the Regulator Bookshop. The goal of the book club is to highlight translated works by contemporary … Read more
Matt McGarry is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures. His research focuses on the problem of realism in history and literature in Russian prose and poetry. Building on the work of … Read more
Do you know much about Slavic folklore? Have you heard of the scary Baba Yaga that lives in a house with chicken legs? Come to the front of Dey Hall on September 23rd, 12 – 1:30 PM to learn about … Read more
This roundtable will address the political situation in the countries neighboring Ukraine and that are involved in the war in one way or another. Belarus’ status in the world is full of paradoxes: the UN considers Belarus an aggressor country … Read more
Join the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies and a representative from the Boren Scholarship Program to hear more about the Boren Awards, which provide funding to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study a wide range of … Read more
Join us for a special discussion on education and resilience in wartime with displaced Ukrainian teachers in the United States and those still teaching in Ukraine, including in the Russian-occupied territories. The panelists will talk about the challenges they and … Read more
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships support students taking less commonly taught language and area studies coursework. This program provides both academic year and summer fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students at the intermediate level and above. The Center … Read more
Would you like to learn how to make authentic pierogi, world-famous Polish dumplings? Join Agnieszka Majewska, visiting professor of Polish, for a hands-on cooking class. Open to UNC students, faculty, and staff. All materials provided. Space is limited and registration … Read more
This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s … Read more
The field that is now referred to as “Slavic Studies,” “Slavic and East European Studies,” or “Slavic East European, and Eurasian Studies” emerged in the 1940s with Russia at its core. As geopolitical realities changed, so did the components of … Read more
