Join us for the 2024 EU Film Festival! From January 26-29, in FedEx GEC 1005, we’ll be screening films and hosting discussions with UNC faculty that speak to contemporary challenges facing Europe, the EU, and the transatlantic relationship. These events … Read more
The impacts of war can be felt far outside the actual battlefield. Russia’s war against Ukraine has set off historic levels of migration, in addition to huge environmental and economic impacts. Modern war also disproportionately affects gender and sexual minorities, … Read more
Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University Newark where she teaches Middle East and Islamic Studies. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia … Read more
Marta is a romantic and a victim of fate. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and their grandmother, who tells her granddaughters insurgent stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, their parents Tadek and … Read more
Excited to have you join us for Vechornytsi, our Ukrainian spring celebration! Immerse yourself in the rich traditions of ancient Ukrainian fortune-telling, future-predicting, and even learn some Ukrainian dance steps. Vechornytsi gatherings include music, songs, jokes, and rituals, particularly known … Read more
Please mark your calendars for a significant event commemorating the second anniversary of Russia's ongoing incursion and destruction in Ukraine with a talk by renowned historian Professor Serhii Plokhy from Harvard University. The talk will illuminate the complex dynamics of … Read more
The impacts of war can be felt far outside the actual battlefield. Russia’s war against Ukraine has set off historic levels of migration, in addition to huge environmental and economic impacts. Modern war also disproportionately affects gender and sexual minorities, … Read more
Artist Xu Weixin has been working on his art project "Ukraine Every Day" since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Xu has completed almost 700 works using an iPad application. The portfolio includes portraits of … 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
Eren Tasar is an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Soviet and Muslim: The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia (OUP, 2017). He will present a draft of the … Read more
In February 2014, the world witnessed the Revolution of Dignity, which led to significant political changes in Ukraine. On the one hand, the defection of Viktor Yanukovych testified to the protesters’ success at Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti. On the other hand, … Read more
20 Days in Mariupol is a poignant Ukrainian documentary directed by Mstyslav Chernov, chronicling the harrowing first twenty days in the besieged city of Mariupol following the onset of Russia's intensified military aggression towards Ukraine. The film, a collaboration between … Read more
The impacts of war can be felt far outside the actual battlefield. Russia’s war against Ukraine has set off historic levels of migration, in addition to huge environmental and economic impacts. Modern war also disproportionately affects gender and sexual minorities, … Read more
