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
Reds in Blue investigates Soviet relations with one of the most prominent international organizations, UNESCO, to present a novel way of thinking about the role of the United Nations in the Soviet experience of the Cold War. Drawing on unused … 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
Robin Bisha, Ph.D., is on sabbatical from her position as Professor of Communication at Texas Lutheran University to research communication between humans and non-humans as a component of interspecies spirituality. She began her academic career with graduate work in Russian … Read more
Elena Kostyuchenko is a Russian journalist and gay rights activist. She is an investigative reporter for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta. She will be presenting a talk about her book I Love Russia, Reporting From a Lost Country. English Reader: Professor … Read more
Born in Shor-Tyube, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, in 1951, Dungan ethnographer and creative writer Ali Dzhon is widely regarded as the preeminent writer on the material and spiritual culture and history of the Dungan people, the Sinophone Muslims of … Read more
Oleg Budnitskii (NHC Fellow, 2023–24) is professor of history and director of the Institute for Advanced Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies at the National Research University–Higher School of Economics (HSE University) in Moscow. He is the author or coauthor of nine … Read more
Join us next week for a lecture by Dr. Lisa Wolverton at UNC. Dr. Wolverton will present their talk, New Visions of Medieval Central Europe. Lisa Wolverton is Professor of History, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies at the … Read more
How can empathy be sparked through short socially engaging documentary films? How to open up a dialog about themes not talked about enough in our societies with character-based emotional stories? The UNC Forum on Southeast Europe is pleased to host … Read more
Terrell Starr, a prominent independent American journalist hailing from Detroit, brings a unique perspective to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is the founder and host of Black Diplomats, a weekly podcast reporting on foreign affairs and East European … Read more
