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

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

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

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

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 economy, new themes and artistic approaches to reality had to be found. The … 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

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

Uzbeks in independent Uzbekistan often say that the younger generation do not value learning or traditions but only making money. But those who do succeed in wealth find that there are heavy moral demands placed on them by the community. … Read more

What is ChatGPT? Where did it come from? What does it mean for science, scholarship, and public life? Join our interdisciplinary panel for a discussion of this new technology and its real and imagined impacts on the campus community. The … Read more

The Carolina Asia Center is proud to host Amb. Piper Campbell (former US ambassador to Mongolia and now Hurst Senior Professional Lecturer in the School of International Service at American University) for a discussion of the nexus of academic research … Read more