Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the complex history and geography of the country of Georgia as we explore the burdens and joys that have shaped its identity over the centuries. From its strategic location at the crossroads of … Read more
The monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko on the central square of Borodyanka town in Kyiv Oblast on April 5, 2022. Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk. The Future of SEEES Expertise: How Can We Anticipate Tomorrow’s Differences? is the sixth and … Read more
Kimberly St. Julian Varnon is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work examines how Black experiences in the Soviet Union shaped modes of Black identity and how the presence of people of color shaped ideas … 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
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
The roundtable will explore how European politics and the EU are being transformed by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Panelists will discuss the rise in support for ethnopopulist parties in Europe over the last decade, how they govern, and whether Ukraine’s … Read more
Eliza Rose is an Associate Professor of Central European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She researches the visual cultures and literature of Poland and East Central Europe with a focus on science fiction. Her current … Read more
RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 The work of Natascha Wodin, born in Germany in 1945 as the daughter of Soviet forced laborers, is clearly autobiographical. Memories of specific moments from childhood and youth, as well as the trauma of exclusion … Read more
Thomas Ort is associate professor of modern European history and director of the Honors in the Social Sciences program at Queens College, The City University of New York. The main focus of his research has been modernist and avant-garde life … Read more
“This case has become much bigger than just Ukraine vs Russia. It has become a test of who will prevail: Russia, or the post-war international legal order.” In 2022, Harold Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, … Read more
