Dana Dragunoiu is Associate Professor of English at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her first book, Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism, was published in 2011 by Northwestern University Press. Her second book, titled Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Moral … Read more
Prof. Sam Walker has written many well-regarded books. He has just published "THE DAY THAT SHOOK AMERICA: A CONCISE HISTORY OF 9/11" (University of Kansas Press, August 2021). Introduced & moderated by Prof. Klaus Larres (UNC-Chapel Hill) Join us in-person … Read more
Olga Lavrenova is a Russian geographer, philosopher and historian. She is one of the leading researcher at the Institute of Scientific Information on Human Science (INION RAS) and a professor at the National University of Science and Technology in Moscow. … Read more
Dr. Gulnaz Sharafutdinova is Professor of Russian Politics at King’s College London. Her research interests focus on Russian national and regional politics, political economy, and social psychology. She is the author of The Red Mirror: Putin’s Leadership and Russia’s Insecure … Read more
This presentation provides a feminist analysis of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s precarious livelihoods and the lack of multi-dimensional empowerment in Uzbekistan due to a market-driven economy, liberalization and neoliberalism – structures that are ill-prepared to deal … Read more
First migrating from northwest China to Russian Central Asia after the suppression of the Dungan Revolt (1862–1877) under the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, the Dungan people boast a rich oral tradition, which served as an important breeding ground for the development … 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
After the Second World War, the Czechoslovak borderlands (known as the Sudetenland during the war) endured continued violence and ethnic cleansing, which also affected German-speaking Jews, many of whom had just returned from concentration or labor camps. In 1947, representatives … Read more
As the Cold War winds down, former concert cellist Louka (Zdenek Sverák) barely makes ends meet providing accompaniment at funerals after being blacklisted from his much cushier job with the Prague Philharmonic. For a fee, he marries a Russian woman … Read more
Pawel Kowal is a Polish politician, political scientist and historian. Currently a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm), he was a secretary of state in Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007), … Read more
