НОВОЕ ВАРВАРСТВО Monday, October 13, 2025 12:00-1:30pm PST Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) Register to attend About the Talk A provocative exploration of a 21st-century “new barbarism,” where power eclipses justice. The lecture connects Russia, Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S., arguing that leaders like Putin and Trump reflect deeper cultural shifts – and...
Thursday, October 30, 2025 6:00 - 8:30pm PST Royce Hall Room #314 (third floor) The UCLA Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures, in co-sponsorship with the Consulate General of Romania in Los Angeles, and with permission from the Romanian Cultural Institute, is pleased to present a screening of Maria, Heart...
Dr. Mykola Riabchuk on Ukraine's resilience in the first months of Russian aggression, in conversation with Daniel Treisman, UCLA Political Science. Tuesday, November 4, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PST Bunche Hall Room #10383 REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About the Talk Ukraine’s resilience in the first months of Russian aggression came as...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5:30pm PST Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About the Event Celebrated poet and author Piotr Sommer will read a selection of his poems from the English translations of his book Continued...
Monday, February 23, 2026 6:00 - 8:00 pm Royce Hall Room #314 This event is open to students enrolled in Slavic dept classes. Learn about Slavic, East European & Eurasian culture and heritage through tasty food and fun presentations!
Olga Gershenson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema, Global Genre Leve Book Talk series Moderated by Lilya Kaganovsky (UCLA) Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by young Israeli filmmakers. New Israeli Horror is the first book to tell their story and analyze their films, from...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 2:00 pm Kaplan Hall Room #305 (third floor) In person Advance Registration required by Monday, April 13, 2026. REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About the Talk The concept of sobornost, as it emerged in theological language in nineteenth-century Russia, developed within two basic contexts. One context was associated with an...
Conference Page Please visit the conference page for additional information. RSVP for non-participants: If you are not presenting but plan to attend the conference: REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. Please RSVP here by Monday, April 20, 2026. The form lets you indicate if you plan to attend in person or via Zoom....
A Talk with Eugene Ostashevsky Friday, May 1, 2026 4:00 - 6:00 pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) In person Advance Registration Advance registration is required by Monday, April 27. REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE The Michael Henry Heim Memorial Lecture This year’s talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic, Eastern...
The Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures is pleased to present Celebrations Across Cultures. Our annual talent and award show will take place on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 6pm in Royce Hall 314. Royce Hall Room #314 (third floor) 10745 Dickson Ct Los Angeles, CA 90095 Parking for campus visitors:...