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SUMMARY:Celebrations Across Cultures: Talent & Award Show
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures is pleased to present Celebrations Across Cultures. \nOur annual talent and award show will take place on Monday\, June 1\, 2026 at 6pm in Royce Hall 314. \n  \nRoyce Hall Room #314 (third floor)\n10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \n  \nParking for campus visitors:\nThe closest parking structures to Royce Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan on arriving early to the event if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures. \n  \nThe UCLA Slavic department is not responsible for any tickets or citations received by event attendees. For further assistance\, please contact the UCLA Transportation department directly. \n  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS:\n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff:\nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/talent-award-show/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Futurism and the Tango Craze on the Eve of World War I | The 2026 Michael Henry Heim Memorial Lecture
DESCRIPTION:A Talk with Eugene Ostashevsky\n  \nFriday\, May 1\, 2026\n4:00 – 6:00 pm\nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)\nIn person \n  \nAdvance Registration \nAdvance registration is required by Monday\, April 27. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \n  \nThe Michael Henry Heim Memorial Lecture \nThis year’s talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic\, Eastern European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, and the Department of Comparative Literature. \n  \n  \nAbout the Talk \nThe years right before the outbreak of World War I were those of explosive cultural and technological change. Inventions such as the airplane\, the automobile\, the ocean liner\, the telephone\, wireless telegraphy\, and the movies made visible the deep transformation of life in Europe and the Americas at the end of the Second Industrial Revolution. Artists and poets of the 1910s argued that classical Western mimetic arts could no longer convey the experience of modernity. Rather\, new forms of life called for the emergence of new forms of art. The multinational Futurists of the Russian Empire began to paint their faces and bodies instead of canvas. The poet and professional aviator Vasily Kamensky published “simultaneous” poems whose reading order depended on the reader and which resembled Cubist paintings in words. Called Tango with Cows\, Kamensky’s poetry collection reflected on the largest global pop-culture craze of 1913. The tango migrated from Argentina through Paris to become the quintessential dance of the modern metropolis: angular\, sexual\, strange\, non-Western\, and defiantly anti-traditional. Its conquest of social life from Los Angeles to Shanghai was accompanied by a revolution in consumerism and gender relations\, signaled by tango-themed fashions and accessories. The Ukrainian “Querofuturist” Mykhail Semenko saw the tango as the right dance for a new Ukraine\, while an amateur Armenian poet in the Caucasus complained that tango fashions destroyed family budgets and promoted divorce. But then World War I started and it turned out that a wholly different modernity was in the offing. \n  \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nEugene Ostashevsky is a poet and translator whose writing is described as “translingual” because of its focus on linguistic multiplicity and interference. His latest book of poetry\, The Feeling Sonnets (NYRB Poets / Carcanet\, 2022)\, examines the effects of speaking a non-native language on emotions\, parenting\, and identity. An earlier book\, The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets\, 2017)\, discusses communication difficulties between pirates and parrots. He is the non-author of Alphabet Soup: The Translingual Sayings of Emma and Eva (Tamizdat / Rab-Rab Press\, 2026)\, a forthcoming collection of verbal play by his daughters. \n  \nParking for Campus Visitors \nThe closest parking structures to Kaplan Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan on arriving early to the event if you are not familiar with the campus or parkingstructures. \nThe UCLA Slavic department is not responsible for any tickets or citations received by event attendees. For further assistance\, please contact the UCLA Transportation department directly. \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parkingpay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/michael-henry-heim-lecture/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:29th Annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies
DESCRIPTION:Conference Page\nPlease visit the conference page for additional information. \n  \n  \nRSVP for non-participants:\nIf you are not presenting but plan to attend the conference: \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. \nPlease RSVP here by Monday\, April 20\, 2026. The form lets you indicate if you plan to attend in person or via Zoom. \nIf you plan to attend virtually via Zoom: You MUST register by April 20. You will receive the Zoom link on April 21.  \n  \n\nCall for Papers\nPlease view the Call for Papers on the conference page. \n  \nFor participants:\nAll submissions are through the conference portal\, which will open in mid-February. \n♦ A tentative title and proposal are due by March 2nd. Please submit them here.\n♦ The finalized paper title and short abstract are due by April 10. Please submit them here. \n♦ Slideshow presentations are due by Friday\, April 17. We are only accepting Google Slides due to the hybrid nature of the conference.We regret that we cannot accept presentations in any other formats (including PowerPoint\, Prezi\, Canva\, etc). Please share your Google Slides link with lissetcadena@g.ucla.edu by Friday\, April 17. \nInclude your first and last name in the Google Slides file title. Ex: “Joe Bruin-2026 Slavic Conference”. \nYou only need to share your Google Slides link once and you can continue to make edits to your slideshow\, so please ensure that you share your Google Slides link with Lisset by April 17. \nFor questions\, please email lisset@humnet.ucla.edu \n  \nProgram and Abstracts\nView the Program and Book of Abstracts here. \n  \nLocation\, Date and Time\n\nThe Conference will be held on Saturday\, April 25\, 2026 from 8:00am-6:30pm in Royce Hall at UCLA. \nRoyce Hall Room #314 (third floor)\n10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \n\n  \nParking for campus visitors:\n\nThe closest parking structures to Royce Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan on arriving early to the event if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \n  \nThe UCLA Slavic department is not responsible for any tickets or citations received by event attendees. For further assistance\, please contact the UCLA Transportation department directly. \n  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff:\nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n  \nLodging and Visitor Info\nThere are several hotels located near the UCLA campus: \n♦ Inn at UCLA (formerly the UCLA Guest House)\n♦ UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center\n♦ Palihotel Westwood Village\n♦ W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills\n♦ Kimpton Hotel Palomar\n♦ Luxe Sunset\n♦ Hotel Angeleno\n♦ Plaza La Reina\n♦ Royal Palace\n♦ Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel & Spa \n  \nUCLA campus maps: https://admission.ucla.edu/visit/maps-and-parking  \nDining on campus (check weekend hours): https://www.asucla.ucla.edu/locations \nDining in Westwood Village: http://www.thewestwoodvillage.com/directory/?category=Dining \nTransportation to/from LAX: http://www.supershuttle.com/ \nLA Metro: https://www.metro.net/riding/schedules-2/\nPlan your trip from UCLA to the Russian area of LA (West Hollywood) on the LA Metro website.  \nSanta Monica Big Blue Bus: https://www.bigbluebus.com/\nBe sure to check the location of the UCLA bus stops specifically on weekends. \nGetty Center: https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/parking-and-transportation/\nYou need to make (free) reservations in advance.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/29th-annual-university-of-california-undergraduate-conference-on-slavic-and-east-central-european-studies/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Collective (Sobornal) Creation in Early 20th-Century Russian Modernism | A Talk with Dmitry Biriukov
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026 \n2:00 pm \nKaplan Hall Room #305 (third floor) \nIn person \n  \nAdvance Registration required by Monday\, April 13\, 2026. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \nAbout the Talk\nThe concept of sobornost\, as it emerged in theological language in nineteenth-century Russia\, developed within two basic contexts. One context was associated with an anti-hierarchical and egalitarian intention\, emphasizing the equality of all members of the Church in relation to the knowledge of truth\, regardless of their formal position within the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The other context was connected with a collectivist intention\, in which the collective (originally the Church) was understood as a kind of collective subject. Almost immediately after the concept of sobornost was formulated within the Slavophile circle\, in the works of Aleksei Khomiakov and Yuri Samarin\, it began to be applied not only to the Church but also to the Slavic people\, thereby acquiring nativist connotations. By the beginning of the twentieth century\, the concept of sobornost\, largely through the influence of Vyacheslav Ivanov\, expanded from the religious sphere into the domain of art\, giving rise to the notion of sobornal creation (sobornoe tvorchestvo). In my analysis\, I will consider both authors in whose works the concept of sobornal creation appears in one form or another (such as Vyacheslav Ivanov\, Velimir Khlebnikov\, Boris Eikhenbaum etc.) and those who polemicized against this concept. \n  \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nDmitry Biriukov is a visiting scholar at the University of California\, Los Angeles. He previously served as a research fellow at HSE University (2016–2022) and at Freie Universität Berlin (2023–2025). As a scholar of both Byzantine and Russian thought\, he has held visiting research fellowships at the University of Notre Dame\, Durham University\, the Collège de France\, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen\, Radboud University\, Ruhr University Bochum\, among others. His research interests are divided between Byzantine studies\, focusing on theology\, philosophy\, and science\, and Russian intellectual history\, encompassing philosophy\, religion\, literature\, and politics. \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/collective-sobornal-creation-in-early-20th-century-russian-modernism-a-talk-with-dmitry-biriukov/
LOCATION:305 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema\, Global Genre
DESCRIPTION:Olga Gershenson (University of Massachusetts\, Amherst)\nNew Israeli Horror: Local Cinema\, Global Genre\nLeve Book Talk series \nModerated by Lilya Kaganovsky (UCLA)\n  \nBefore 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 inception to reception. What triggered this sudden development? Why did Israeli filmmakers turn to horror? How do their films portray Israel? What kind of horror scenarios do they depict and how? This presentation will grapple with these questions\, which are particularly poignant now\, in light of the attack on October 7 and the ensuing wars\, which pitted the real-life horrors against the fictional ones. \n  \nOlga Gershenson is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and of Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A multi-disciplinary scholar\, her interests lie at the intersection of culture\, history\, and film. She is the author of New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema\, Global Genre (2024)\, The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe (2013)\, Gesher: Russian Theater in Israel (2005)\, as well as editor of Ladies and Gents: Public Toilets and Gender (2009). She is currently working on a volume titled The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film. \n  \nBook trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArsCRkm1OOU \nBook website: https://blogs.umass.edu/newisraelihorror/ \n  \nFor more information\, please visit the event website here. 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/new-israeli-horror-local-cinema-global-genre/
LOCATION:306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heritage Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23\, 2026 \n6:00 – 8:00 pm \nRoyce Hall Room #314  \n  \n  \nThis event is open to students enrolled in Slavic dept classes.  \nLearn about Slavic\, East European & Eurasian culture and heritage through tasty food and fun presentations!  \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/heritage-potluck/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Piotr Sommer
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWednesday\, November 5\, 2025 \n5:30pm PST \nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) \n  \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \nAbout the Event\nCelebrated poet and author Piotr Sommer will read a selection of his poems from the English translations of his book Continued (Wesleyan UP\, 2005) and his chapbook Overdoing It (Trias Residency for Writers\, Hobarth and Smith Press\, 2013). Some of the poems will be accompanied by their Polish originals. \n\nFollowed by a Q & A session with the author. This is an in-person only event.  \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nPiotr Sommer is a Polish poet\, essayist and translator. He has published numerous books of poetry (including Dni i noce 2009\, Po ciemku też 2013\, Lata praktyki 2022)\, books of essays (including Po stykach 2018 and Kolekcja wiosenna 2020)\, and a book of prose (Środki do pielęgnacji chmur 2024). His works have been translated into many languages\, including English (Continued. Wesleyan UP. 2005\, and Overdoing It. Trias Residency for Writers. Hobart and Smith Press 2013)\, German\, Slovak\, Romanian\, and Slovene. He has taught poetry at several American institutions (Amherst College\, Wesleyan University\, University of Notre Dame\, University of Richmond\, University of Rochester) and received many prizes and fellowships (National Humanities Center\, North Carolina\, and Whitney Humanities Center\, Yale University). He has also translated works by John Ashbery\, John Cage\, D. J. Enright\, Seamus Heaney\, Jenny Holzer\, Kenneth Koch\, Frank O’Hara\, Charles Reznikoff\, James Schuyler. In addition\, he’s edited a few poetry anthologies\, and a collection of essays on translation. In the years 1994–2022\, he was the editor of Literatura na Świecie\, a Polish magazine of international writing. \n  \nParking for Campus Visitors: \n\nThe closest parking structures to Kaplan Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan to arrive early if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff: \nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n  \nThe UCLA Slavic Department is not responsible for any parking tickets or citations received by event attendees. Please contact the UCLA Transportation Department directly for assistance with citations.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/poetry-reading-with-piotr-sommer/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T173000
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SUMMARY:Rallying around the Flag: Scopes and Limits of Civic Mobilization in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mykola Riabchuk on Ukraine’s resilience in the first months of Russian aggression\, in conversation with Daniel Treisman\, UCLA Political Science.\n\nTuesday\, November 4\, 2025\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST\nBunche Hall Room #10383 \n  \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \nAbout the Talk\nUkraine’s resilience in the first months of Russian aggression came as a great surprise to both its Moscow adversaries and Western partners. Ukrainian postcommunist state—broadly described dysfunctional—appeared to be quite viable\, and Ukrainian society—broadly stereotyped as divided or even split along many lines—appeared to be quite unanimous and unified. Civic mobilization\, a.k.a. rallying around the flag\, is a widespread phenomenon that many communities demonstrate in critical situations\, against existential threats\, external aggression in particular. From the first days of the war\, Ukrainians rallied around the national flag\, proving strong patriotic commitment to national cause and firm self-identification with their country\, its symbols and institutions. They emphasized their pro-Western orientation and commitment to “European”\, liberal-democratic values as arguably opposite to those of authoritarian Russia. This created a unique opportunity for the government to harness the energy of civic mobilization not only for the military resistance but also for the long-due domestic reforms – not only “against” somebody (the Russian enemy) but also “for” something (institutional cleaning-up and modernization). Four years into the war\, it seems that the ruling elite has largely failed on the second issue\, badly affecting thus and undermining the first one\, which is definitely the nation’s priority of existential importance. What was wrong and what can be done to fix the problem – is the question that goes far beyond the pure academic curiosity. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nMykola Riabchuk is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies in Kyiv and a visiting lecturer at the University Warsaw. He penned dozen books translated into Polish\, French\, German\, Serbian and Hungarian\, and was distinguished with several awards\, most notably the Antonovych Prize (2003)\, the “Bene merito” medal of the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009)\, Jerzy Giedroyc Prize (2023)\, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2025)\, and the Taras Shevchenko National Prize in Arts and Literature (2022). In 2014-2018\, he headed the Ukrainian PEN Center and\, in 2014-2023\, chaired the jury of the “Angelus” international literary award. His latest books (in English) are Eastern Europe since 1989: Between the Loosened Authoritarianism and Unconsolidated Democracy (Warsaw\, 2020)\, and At the Fence of Metternich’s Garden. Essays on Europe\, Ukraine\, and Europeanization (Stuttgart\, 2021). \n  \nAbout the Discussant\nDaniel Treisman is a distinguished professor of political science at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and current co-director of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. He has published four books and many articles in leading political science and economics journals including The American Political Science Review and The American Economic Review\, as well as in the public affairs journals Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. A former interim lead editor of The American Political Science Review\, he has also served as a consultant for the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development\, and as acting director of UCLA’s Center for European and Eurasian Studies. In Russia\, he is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Higher School of Economics and a member of the Jury of the National Prize in Applied Economics. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford) and the Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna)\, and has received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the US and the Smith Richardson Foundation. His latest book\, The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev (The Free Press\, 2011) was one of the Financial Times’ Best Political Books of 2011. \n  \nSponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies\, Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures \n\n  \nVenue & Parking\nBunche Hall Room #10383\n11282 Portola Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nThe nearest parking structure to this event is UCLA Parking Structure 5. Alternatively\, visitors can also park at UCLA Parking Structure 4. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for up-to-date information on parking rates. \n  \nThe UCLA Slavic department is not responsible for any parking tickets or citations received by event attendees. Please contact the UCLA Transportation Department directly for assistance with citations.  \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/rallying-around-the-flag-scopes-and-limits-of-civic-mobilization-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20251027T172613Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening of Maria\, Heart of Romania
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 30\, 2025\n6:00 – 8:30pm PST\nRoyce Hall Room #314 (third floor)\n  \nThe 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 of Romania on Thursday\, October 30th\, 2025 in Royce Hall Room #314. The film will be introduced by UCLA Romanian lecturer Anca Cuptor\, the Consul General of Romania\, and Chapman University History professor Dr. Stefan Ionescu. \nThe documentary presents to the public the extraordinary story of the political role and the interesting private life of Queen Marie of Romania. Granddaughter of Queen Victoria\, she married the Crown prince of Romania in 1893. We will see how she ruled the country during the horrors of the First World War\, until the victory at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The film doesn’t avoid the less glamorous aspects of The Queen’s life. Her son\, Carol\, despised his parents and when he became King\, he banished Marie from the court. And when the communists came to power\, they erased her from history. \n  \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \nThis event is in-person only and requires advance registration. Seating is limited to 120 attendees and tickets are free. Light refreshments will be provided. \n  \n\nParking for Campus Visitors: \nThe closest parking structures to Royce Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, and Structure 4. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan to arrive early if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n  \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \n\nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff: \nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n\n\n\nThe UCLA Slavic Department is not responsible for any parking tickets or citations received by event attendees. Please contact the UCLA Transportation Department directly for assistance with citations.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/film-screening-of-maria-heart-of-romania/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T133000
DTSTAMP:20250911T185957Z
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SUMMARY:The New Barbarism-Putin\, Trump\, and a Lost World. A talk with Victor Erofeev
DESCRIPTION:НОВОЕ ВАРВАРСТВО\n\nMonday\, October 13\, 2025\n12:00-1:30pm PST\nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)\n\nRegister to attend\n\n\n  \nAbout the Talk\nA 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 asks what comes next. \nThe talk will be conducted in Russian and followed by a Q&A session. This event is in-person only.  \n\n\n  \nAbout the Speaker\nVictor Erofeev is a prominent Russian writer. He became known worldwide for his novel Russian Beauty\, published in 1989 and translated into 27 languages. In 1979\, he was expelled from the Soviet Writers’ Union for his participation in the literary tamizdat almanach Metropol\, which included texts that were banned by Soviet censors. Erofeiev’s writing\, particularly his novel Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul (1999)\, has been controversial among Russian nationalists. Erofeev’s contributions to literature have earned him numerous accolades\, including the Legion d’Honneur and the Ordre d’Art et Letters in France and the Kommandor Cross in Poland. Besides writing\, Erofeiev has taught and lectured around the world in English\, French\, Russian\, and Polish. He contributes regularly to German newspapers\, including FAZ\, Die Zeit\, and Die Welt. In March 2022\, Erofeiev left Russia and is now a professor of literature at Luneburg University in Germany. In April 2023\, he published a collection of essays titled Naked Russia\, dedicated to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In his most recent work\, The Great Gopnik (published in 2023 by Matthes & Seitz)\, he relates his biography to that of Vladimir Putin. In September 2025\, he released The New Barbarism\, a provocative novel-fantasy on Russian guilt that takes readers on a metaphorical journey through a surreal\, living Moscow where the boundaries between war and peace dissolve. \n  \n\nParking for Campus Visitors: \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe closest parking structures to Kaplan Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan to arrive early if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff: \nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n\n\nThe UCLA Slavic Department is not responsible for any parking tickets or citations received by event attendees. Please contact the UCLA Transportation Department directly for assistance with citations.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/the-new-barbarism-putin-trump-and-a-lost-world-a-talk-with-victor-erofeev/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T200000
DTSTAMP:20250407T173032Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrations Across Cultures: Talent and Award Show
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures is pleased to present Celebrations Across Cultures. \nOur annual talent and award show will take place on Wednesday\, May 28\, 2025 at 6pm in Royce Hall 314.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/celebrations-across-cultures-talent-and-award-show/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T220000
DTSTAMP:20250514T184245Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T184245Z
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SUMMARY:“DONNA TANYA”: FILM SCREENING followed by Q&A with its creator\, writer and scholar Maya Kucherskaya
DESCRIPTION:  \n[gravityform id=”63″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nSunday\, May 18\, 7:30–10:00 pm \nJames Bridges Theater\n235 Charles E Young Dr E \nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 + Google Map\nAdmission is free\n  \nThe UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures (SEEELC)\, in collaboration with the UCLA School of Theater\, Film\, and Television (TFT)\, the UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese\, and the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS)\, invites you to a screening of the documentary film “Donna Tanya” directed by Tatiana Sorokina. After the film\, SEEELC and TFT Professor Lilya Kaganovsky will lead a Q&A session with its creator—UCLA alumna\, writer and scholar Maya Kucherskaya. \n  \nAbout the Film\nWhat eras and cultural layers can fit into a single human life? What shapes a person’s cultural identity—whose heirs are we\, and whose descendants? “Donna Tanya. One Hundred Years of Happiness” is a documentary about Tatiana Leskova\, a 102-year-old ballerina in Brazil. Born in 1922 in Paris and now living in Rio de Janeiro\, she is also the great-granddaughter of Nikolai Leskov\, one of Russia’s best 19th-century novelists. As a ballet dancer\, she is an heir to Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the founder of Brazilian ballet\, which she built upon the teachings of Marius Petipa’s and Diaghilev’s disciples. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. \n  \n\nAbout the Creator\nMaya Kucherskaya is a prominent writer and scholar of contemporary and 19th-century Russian and Russophone literature\, in particular\, the life and oeuvre of Nikolai Leskov. Her biography book\, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich Romanov (2005)\, grew out of her PhD dissertation defended at UCLA in 1999. Founder and head of Russia’s first Master’s program in creative writing\, Maya is the author of fiction and non-fiction\, including the award-winning novels The Rain God (2005)\, Aunt Motya (2012)\, and Leskov\, a Missed Genius (2021).  She was the creative mind and producer behind the documentary Donna Tanya\, which explores Leskov’s heirs. The film received multiple film awards. \n  \nParking\nParking at UCLA requires a valid permit at all times. Campus parking is available 24 hours a day at varying prices. Parking Structure 3 (P3) is closest to the event venue and offers hourly Pay-By-Space parking. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for information about where to park and parking rates. \n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/donna-tanya-film-screening-followed-by-qa-with-its-creator-writer-and-scholar-maya-kucherskaya/
LOCATION:James Bridges Theater\, 235 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T193000
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SUMMARY:Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”61″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nThursday\, May 8th\, 2025\nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)\n6:30 pm\n  \nThis talk is co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles \, the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS)\, and the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.\n\n  \nAbout the Event\nTo survive totalitarianism and retain their humanity\, Czech women writers went underground to write\, paint\, sculpt\, and create supportive communities. This event discusses Women Artistic Dissidents: Repelling Totalitarianism in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia and pays tribute to creative women dissidents. It explores fiction\, poetry\, and life-sustaining activities of Eva Švankmajerová\, “Mother of Czech Surrealism\,” and Eda Kriseová\, journalist\, fiction writer\, essayist\, and activist who served in President Václav Havel’s first Cabinet\, among other Czech women who wrote and engaged in dissent during the years when Czechoslovakia ached under Soviet rule. This event highlights and unearths the work of women that is often undervalued and unacknowledged. Flanagan and Waisserová explore a variety of ways in which women resisted through literature and ecological activities\, shedding new light on the ways in which individuals and communities can retain their humanity even as they resist and repel dictatorial regimes in their countries. \n  \nAbout the Speakers\n\nDr. Brenda Flanagan is a professor of creative writing\, Caribbean and African-American literature. She has received numerous awards\, including three Hopwood Awards\, three NEH Fellowships\, and a Michener Fellowship. A cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State\, she has traveled extensively\, particularly in Central Asia and the Middle East\, often as the first American writer sent to certain regions in decades. She fell in love with Czech Republic\, which she regularly visits for many years. She has become an honorary member of the Prague Surrealist group and formed strong friendships with Eva and Jan Svankmajer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in various journals\, and her published works include two novels (You Alone Are Dancing; Allah in the Islands)\, a collection of short stories (In Praise of Island Women & Other Crimes) and a play (When the Jumbiebird Calls). Recent activities include representing the U.S. at international book fairs and lecturing at universities globally. She co-authored a book\, Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia (Lexington Books\, 2023). \nDr. Hana Waisserová is an associate professor of practice of Czech and Central European Studies and an affiliate of the Harris Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studied at Spelman College\, GA\, earned Ph.D. in Anglophone transnational literature from Palacky University\, CR\, and Gender Graduate Certificate from TAMU\, TX. She has published articles concerning South Asian and Central European women’s transnational literature\, women’s totalitarian experiences\, women dissidents and their activism\, medieval Czech literature\, and Czech-American culture in Nebraska. Prior to working in academia\, she lived in India and traveled widely in Europe\, Asia\, and East Africa\, where she worked as an outdoor guide and a publicist. With Flanagan\, co-authored a book\, Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia (Lexington Books\, 2023). \n  \nParking for Campus Visitors\n\nThe closest parking structure to Kaplan Hall is Structure 2\, followed by Structure 5 and Structure 4. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/womens-artistic-dissent-repelling-totalitarianism-in-pre-1989-czechoslovakia/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T183000
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SUMMARY:28th Annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies
DESCRIPTION:For non-participants:\nThe registration portal for non-participants is now open. Please register to attend by Thursday\, April 10th\, 2025. \n  \nFor participants:\nAll submissions are through the conference portal\, which will open in mid-February. \n♦ A tentative title and proposal are due by March 7th. Please submit them here. \n♦ The finalized paper title and short abstract are due by April 5th. Please submit them here. \n♦ Slideshow presentations are due by April 22nd. We are only accepting Google Slides due to the hybrid nature of the conference. We regret that we cannot accept presentations in any other formats (including PowerPoint\, Prezi\, etc). Please email the Google Slides link to tivanovasullivan@humnet.ucla.edu and lisset@humnet.ucla.edu. \nInclude your first and last name in the Google Slides file title. Ex: “Joe Bruin-2025 Slavic Conference Presentation”. \nFor questions\, please email tivanovasullivan@humnet.ucla.edu \n  \nProgram and Abstracts\nAdditional information\, including the Program and Book of Abstracts\, can be found on the conference page. \n  \nLocation\, Date and Time\n\nThe Conference will be held on Saturday\, April 26\, 2025 from 8:00am-6:30pm in Royce Hall at UCLA. \nRoyce Hall Room #314 (third floor)\n10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \n\n  \nParking for campus visitors:\n\nThe closest parking structures to Royce Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan on arriving early to the event if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff:\nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n  \nLodging\nThere are several hotels located near the UCLA campus: \n♦ Inn at UCLA\n♦ UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center\n♦ Palihotel Westwood Village\n♦ W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills\n♦ Kimpton Hotel Palomar\n♦ Luxe Sunset\n♦ Hotel Angeleno\n♦ Plaza La Reina\n♦ Royal Palace\n♦ Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel & Spa \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/28th-annual-university-of-california-undergraduate-conference-on-slavic-and-east-central-european-studies/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T174500
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SUMMARY:Inna Krasnoper: The Body and Translingualism. Poetry Reading and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”60″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nThe Second Seminar on Multilingual Poetry\, hosted by the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, is sponsored by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy and co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nAbout the Event\nHow do languages overlap\, inform each other\, and shake their settled places? How does the native language decenter itself? What is (en)count(er)ed in language mixing? What are the grounds to set and reflect poetic practice? Berlin-based poet and dance artist Inna Krasnoper writes and publishes poetry in Russian\, English\, German and in combinations of those languages. She will read her poems in the original and in translation\, and discuss their contexts. Q&A are led by SEEELC Chair Igor Pilshchikov. \nAbout the Speaker\nInna Krasnoper graduated from the Chto Delat Collective School of Engaged Art in Saint Petersburg and holds a BA in Dance\, Context\, Choreography from the University of the Arts in Berlin. Her Russophone poetry collections include Nitki torchat (Loose Threads)\, published by the Voznesensky Center in 2021\, and Dorogoi chelovek (Dear Person)\, published by NLO in 2024. Her poetry has also appeared in Vozdukh\, [Translit]\, Zerkalo\, Nosorog\, F-pis’mo\, and other periodicals\, as well as in German\, English\, and Polish translations. Her multilingual poetry has appeared in her chapbooks Over Sight (Eulalia Books) and Sealed (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press)\, in Annulet\, antiphony\, mercury firs\, TILT\, and elsewhere. Krasnoper’s first English-language poetry collection\, dis tanz\, was published by Veliz Books in 2025. \nSelected publications by Inna Krasnoper:\n♦ Poetry selection in Vozdukh http://www.litkarta.ru/projects/vozdukh/issues/2024-43/krasnoper/\n♦ Poetry selection in Vsealism https://vsealism.ru/inna-krasnoper-my-menya-priglasili/\n♦ Collaborative translations into English in Milk Press https://poetrysocietyny.org/inna-krasnoper\n♦ Poetry selection in Annulet https://annuletpoeticsjournal.com/Inna-Krasnoper-it-is-the-end-of-the-day\n♦ Poetry selection in stadtsprachen magazin https://stadtsprachen.de/en/text/poems-9/
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/multilingual-author-inna-krasnopers-poetry-reading-and-conversation/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250228T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250228T113000
DTSTAMP:20250213T185301Z
CREATED:20250213T015455Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty-Fourth Winter Workshop in Medieval & Early Modern Slavic Studies
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”59″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nThe Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, in co-sponsorship with the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies\, is pleased to present the Twenty-Fourth Winter Workshop in Medieval & Early Modern Slavic Studies. This virtual workshop will take place on Friday\, February 28th\, 2025 via Zoom. \nProgram\n9:00-9:10 \nGail Lenhoff\, UCLA\nIntroductory remarks \n9:10-9:40\nCarol Stevens\, Colgate\n“Sexual Assault and Petrine Law: A Few Surprises” \n9:40-10:10 \nAnn Kleimola\, U. Nebraska\n“Thoughts and Prayers: Russian-Lithuanian Negotiations about Prisoners of War after Orsha (1514)” \n10 min. break \n10:20-10:50 \nDavid Prestel\, MSU\n“The Rus’ Primary Chronicle: Chronos\, Kairos and the Complexities of Divine Providence” \n10:50-11:20 \nJanet Martin\,  U. Miami\n“Pomeshchiki in Muscovite Armies: The Pivotal Role of Grand Prince Vasily III”
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/24th-winter-workshop-in-medieval-early-modern-slavic-studies/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T174500
DTSTAMP:20250121T205614Z
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SUMMARY:Guest lecture by Dr. Mikhail Trunin: “Jaan Kaplinski’s Estonian-Russian Poetic Bilingualism and its Contextualization in post-Soviet Estonia”
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 28\, 2025\n4:00 – 5:45 pm\nKaplan 311\n[gravityform id=”58″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nThis lecture\, hosted by the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, is sponsored by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy and co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nSynopsis\nJaan Kaplinski (1941–2021) was one of Estonia’s most renowned poets and public intellectuals\, a Nobel Prize in Literature nominee whose works have profoundly impacted Estonian and European cultures. In the later years of his life\, he took the unusual step of writing poetry in Russian\, reflecting his language curiosity and engagement with the cross-cultural conversation between very different and\, at times\, mutually hostile ethnic and linguistic groups. The lecture examines Kaplinski’s unique yet incomplete endeavor and situates it within the broader phenomenon of literary bilingualism on the one hand and contemporary cultural dynamics in Eastern Europe on the other. \nAbout the Speaker\nMikhail Trunin is Researcher at Tallinn University\, Estonia. He is a recipient of the 2024 Jaan Kaplinski Stipendium\, the 2023 Looming magazine literary reviewer award winner\, and a nominee for the Ants Oras literary criticism award in 2022. His academic interests include comparative literature\, cultural semiotics\, and the history of humanities. Dr. Trunin’s research focuses on the intellectual and artistic legacies of Estonian- and Russian-language authors and scholars who lived and worked in the northernmost Baltic country\, such as Jaan Kross\, Jaan Kaplinski\, and Juri Lotman. \nSelected publications by Mikhail Trunin:\n♦ “Lotman and Russian Formalism\,” in The Companion to Juri Lotman. London: Bloomsbury\, 2022\, 47−61.\n♦ “Semiosphere and History\,” Sign Systems Studies 45.3/4 (2017): 335−360.\n♦ “Jaan Kross’s ‘On Mayakovsky and Those Others’ as a Mirror of Soviet Urbanism: The Estonian Poetic Text in the Russian Political Context\,” in Urban Semiotics. Tallinn: TLU Press\, 2015\, 88−118.\n♦ “Perepiska Ju. M. Lotmana s Jaanom Krossom ob istoricheskom romane\,” Russkaia literatura 3 (2013): 218−232.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/guest-lecture-dr-mikhail-trunin-jaan-kaplinskis-estonian-russian-poetic-bilingualism-and-its-contextualization-in-post-soviet-estonia/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 311
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T200000
DTSTAMP:20241030T002346Z
CREATED:20241029T230249Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Holiday Party and Showcase
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”56″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nPlease join the Department of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian Languages & Cultures for our annual Holiday Party and Showcase event on Monday\, December 2nd at 6:00PM in 314 Royce Hall! We will be enjoying an evening of cultural festivities including musical performances\, poetry recitations\, dancing\, skits\, and much more. Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/annual-holiday-party-and-showcase-event-2/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T140000
DTSTAMP:20241029T212127Z
CREATED:20241029T212127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T212127Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for Prospective PhD Students
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here by Monday\, November 18th to receive a Zoom link!
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/virtual-open-house-for-prospective-phd-students/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T200000
DTSTAMP:20241021T230355Z
CREATED:20241018T213129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T230355Z
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SUMMARY:A Rising Fury Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to UCLA students\, faculty and staff. Please register below. \n[gravityform id=”55″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nMonday\, November 18\, 2024\nBunche Hall Room #2209A\n6:00 – 8:00 pm\nAbout the Film:\n\n\n\n\nA Rising Fury follows two Ukrainians from the peaceful protest in Kyiv in 2013 to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Pavlo and Svitlana met and fell in love at the Maidan Revolution and were filmed over 8 years with several expeditions to the frontlines of the war. When Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas in 2014\, Pavlo lost his family home and joined the Ukrainian military effort. To defend his nation\, he engages in deadly firefights against former friends and a close military instructor who join Russian forces. As Svitlana transports food and medical supplies\, both find themselves on the battle lines\, protecting their land\, democracy\, and their relationship. \nA Rising Fury is the critically acclaimed and 96th Academy Award- qualified feature documentary about the war in Ukraine. A Rising Fury premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened at numerous international film festivals. The film is directed by Ukrainian American filmmaker Lesya Kalynska and Ukrainian filmmaker Ruslan Batytskyi. They produced it with TJ Collins (USA) and Jonathan Borge Lie (Norway). The film was nominated for best documentary and other top awards in nine international film festivals\, including Stockholm IFF\, Warsaw IFF\, Oslo Films from the South FF\, and Cleveland IFF\, and won several awards\, including the Supreme Jury Award at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival in 2023. \n\nCo-sponsors:\nThis event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for World Languages and by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/a-rising-fury-film-screening/
LOCATION:2209A Bunche Hall
CATEGORIES:Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T203000
DTSTAMP:20241112T175831Z
CREATED:20241101T005738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T175831Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Cultural Forces of Ukraine Presentation and Live Concert
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.\n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/cultural-forces-of-ukraine-performance/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T113000
DTSTAMP:20241021T223129Z
CREATED:20241021T223018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T223129Z
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SUMMARY:Literature\, Politics\, and Identity: A Conversation with Andrey Kurov
DESCRIPTION:The International and Area Studies Department is pleased to invite you to a special event in the UCLA Library’s “Opening the Doors to Contemporary Literature” series\, titled “Literature\, Politics\, and Identity: A Conversation with Andrey Kurkov.” \nJoin via Zoom on November 13th from 10:00 to 11:30 am Pacific time for a thought-provoking virtual program with acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov\, who will be in conversation with Dr. Roman Koropeckyj\, UCLA professor of Slavic\, East European\, and Eurasian languages and cultures. Kurkov will discuss his literary journey\, share insights into his experiences as a contemporary writer in Ukraine\, and reflect on the current political landscape. \nDr. Koropeckyj\, an esteemed scholar in Eastern European literature\, will guide the discussion\, providing an in-depth exploration of Kurkov’s unique perspectives on how literature intersects with politics and identity. \nRegistration and Additional Information\nFor more information and to register\, please visit: Literature\, Politics\, and Identity: A Conversation with Andrey Kurkov \nMore information about the speakers publications: Opening the Doors to Contemporary Literature
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/literature-politics-and-identity-a-conversation-with-andrey-kurov/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T180000
DTSTAMP:20241021T221732Z
CREATED:20241021T221714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221732Z
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SUMMARY:Perpetrator as Victim: Putin's War in Ukraine and Criticism of Title IX
DESCRIPTION:The Center for European and Russian Studies\, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy\, and UCLA Center for the Study of Women – Barbra Streisand Center\, invites you to a book talk with Joy Neumeyer to discuss her book\,  A Survivor’s Education: Women\, Violence\, and the Stories We Don’t Tell (2024). The talk will be followed by discussion with Professor Jared McBride\, UCLA Department of History. This book talk will take place at Bunche Hall Room 10383 on  October 30th at 4 PM. \nRegister to attend here.\nAbout the Book\n\nIn this poignant self-investigation\, historian and journalist Joy Neumeyer explores how violence against women is portrayed\, perceived\, and adjudicated today. Interweaving the harrowing account of the abuse she experienced as a graduate student at Berkeley with those of others who faced violence on campus and beyond\, Neumeyer offers a startling look at how the hotly-debated Title IX system has altered university politics and culture\, and uncovers the willful misremembrance that enables misconduct on scales large and small. Deeply researched\, daringly inquisitive\, and resonant for our times\, A Survivor’s Education reveals the entanglement of storytelling\, abuse\, and power–and how we can balance narrative and evidence in our attempts to determine what “really” happened. \n\n\nAbout the Author\nJoy Neumeyer is a journalist and historian of Russia and Eastern Europe. She received a PhD in History from the University of California\, Berkeley and was a Fulbright Fellow in Russia and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She has also worked as a reporter in Moscow and Warsaw. Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times\, The Nation\, Foreign Policy\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, New Left Review\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, Aeon\, The Baffler\, Vice\, ARTNews\, the Guardian\, Tablet Magazine\, The Moscow Times\, Calvert Journal\, and Cat Fancy. \n\nHer first book\, A Survivor’s Education: Women\, Violence\, and the Stories We Don’t Tell— an investigative memoir about the abuse and tension between narrative and evidence in understanding the past— was released on August 20\, 2024 by PublicAffairs. \n\nAbout the Discussant\nJared McBride is a historian who examines Russia\, Ukraine\, and Eastern Europe in the 20th century with a focus on nationalist movements\, mass violence\, interethnic conflict\, and war crimes prosecution\, related to both the Second World War and Cold War periods. He also has a strong interest in the politics of archival research and access to freedom of information. His research has been supported by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation\, the Fulbright-Hays Foundation\, and the Social Science Research Council\, among others\, and he has published in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Journal of Genocide Research\, The Carl Beck Papers\, Ab Imperio\, Kritika\, and Slavic Review. \nPrior to starting at UCLA\, Dr. McBride held post-doctoral positions at Columbia University\, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, the Kennan Institute\, and USC’s Shoah Foundation. Over the past five years\, he has directed and instructed “Political Violence in the Modern World\,” a year-long Cluster course that one thousand first-year students have completed at UCLA. He also teaches courses on the Soviet Union\, 20th century Eastern Europe\, the Second World War\, and on History and Film. Presently\, he is completing a book manuscript concerning interethnic violence and local perpetrators in Nazi-occupied western Ukraine. Dr. McBride is available for media inquiries concerning Ukraine and Russia. \nVenue\nBunche Hall 10383\n(10th floor of Bunche Hall)\n315 Portola Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nParking\nParking Structure 5 is closest to the event venue. Parking Structure 5 is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). Alternatively\, Parking Structure 4 is also close to the venue and has Pay-By-Space Visitor Parking available. Guest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Accessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/perpetrator-as-victim-putins-war-in-ukraine-and-criticism-of-title-ix/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T190000
DTSTAMP:20241011T201150Z
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Poetry in a Time of War: A Reading and Discussion with Olena Huseinova and Lyuba Yakimchuk
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”54″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\n\nOlena Huseinova (poet\, prose writer\, radio host and producer; Ukraine) is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently Нічний ефір [Night Air] (2024). Huseinova also writes short fiction and essays\, some of which are featured in the anthology Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War (2023). As the editor in chief at UA: Radio Culture\, part of Ukraine’s Public Broadcasting\, she oversees radio theater and literary programming\, leads a team producing radio documentaries on Ukrainian culture\, and hosts of her own live radio programs. From February 26\, 2022\, until August 2023\, Huseinova was a key voice in 24-hour news broadcasting on Ukrainian Radio. She has since expanded her activities to include documentary writing about the Russian-Ukrainian war\, particularly focusing on the impact on civilians during the Russian occupation. She is currently on fellowship with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.  \n\nLyuba Yakimchuk (poet\, playwright\, screenwriter\, performance artist; Ukraine) is the author of the poetry books Абрикоси Донбасу [Apricots of Donbas] (2015) and Як мода [Like Fashion] (2009)\, as well as the plays Wall and Schrödinger’s Cat. She also wrote the screenplays for both the film Slovo House. Unfinished Novel (2021) and the documentary Slovo House (2017). Yakimchuk was a songwriter and spoken word artist on the album Ukrainian Songs of Love and Hate (2022) and coauthor with Mary Branley of the libretto for the musical Freedom Letters. Her writing has been translated into more than twenty languages\, and she read her poetry as part of John Legend’s performance during the 2022 Grammys. Her work has been covered by The New York Times\, BBC\, CBC\, and CNN. She is currently on fellowship with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/ukrainian-poetry-a-reading-and-discussion-with-olena-huseinova-and-lyuba-yakimchuk/
LOCATION:348 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life After Kafka: A Novel by Magdalena Platzova
DESCRIPTION:The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles in partnership with the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures proudly presents on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Franz Kafka death\, a literary reading of the latest novel by Magdaléna Platzová “Life After Kafka”. The author Platzová will in person introduce on Wednesday\, October 16th at 3:30 PM at UCLA Kaplan Hall Room #311 her novel of Felice Bauer\, Franz Kafka’s first fiancée. \nJoin us for the event celebrating one of the world’s most acclaimed writer\, and learn more about the story behind Kafka’s Letters to Felice and even discover the connection between Kafka and California. The one of a kind lecture will be introduced by Efraín Kristal\, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA. The book is translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker. \nWhen & Where:\nWednesday\, October 16\, 3:30 pm\nUCLA\nKaplan Hall Room #311 (third floor)\n415 Portola Plaza\,\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nRSVP:\nPlease confirm your attendance by Monday\, October 14 \, 2024 to: CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com \nAbout the Author\nMagdaléna Platzová is the author of nine books\, including three novels published in English: Aaron’s Leap\, a Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist\, The Attempt\, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist\, and Life After Kafka\, a Magnesia Litera award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders. Platzová grew up in the Czech Republic; studied in Washington\, DC\, and England; received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague; and has taught at New York University’s Gallatin School. She is now based in Lyon\, France. \nAbout the Book:\nLife After Kafka: A novel by Magdaléna Platzová\, Translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker \n“A deeply empathetic story of survival\, exile\, and belonging. Magdaléna Platzová allows Felice Bauer to step out of Kafka’s shadow and\, in the process\, she recognizes that there is always so much more than one truth. This is a powerful\, kaleidoscopic literary novel.”\n—Colum McCann\, author of Let the Great World Spin and Apeirogon \n“Franz Kafka is a universe that resists any attempt at interpretation. Magdaléna Platzová’s novel offers a new key to Kafka’s world: we look at it through the tender and sorrowful gaze of the people whose fate had been marked by him personally. An utterly touching book!” —Agnieszka Holland\, award-winning filmmaker and president of the European Film Academy \n“Life After Kafka is a thrilling detective story about one of literature’s most celebrated names\, a haunting family saga about preserving our legacy during the darkest turns of history\, and a thought-provoking exploration of the rippling impact of famous artists on the people in their lives. Platzová’s masterful merging of fact and fiction\, in Alex Zucker’s artful and inspired translation\, carries us across decades and continents to prove that our connections can be abandoned and yet unbroken\, and that even the briefest encounters—in love and in art—can shape us forever.” —Jaroslav Kalfař\, author of Spaceman of Bohemia and A Brief History of Living Forever \nThank you: \nThe event is co-organized by the UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures\, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles\, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles\, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies\, UCLA Department of European Languages & Transcultural Studies\, and UCLA Department of Comparative Literature. Special thanks to Igor Pilshchikov\, Susan Kresin\, and Lisset Cadena. \n— \nConsulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles\n10990 Wilshire Blvd.\, Suite 1100\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024\nTel.: (310) 473-0889\nFax: (310) 473-9813\nE-mail: CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com\nWeb: www.mzv.cz/losangeles
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/life-after-kafka-a-novel-by-magdalena-platzova/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 311
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SUMMARY:Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
DESCRIPTION:Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists\n  \nTuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM\nBunche Hall Room 10383\nRSVP required\n  \n\nThe Center for European and Russian Studies\, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, invites you to a book talk with Lisa A. Kirschenbaum\, West Chester University\, Pennsylvania to discuss her recent publication Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists (2024). The talk will be followed by discussion with Professor Vadim Shneyder\, UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, and audience Q&A. This book talk will take place at Bunche Hall Room 10383 on October 15th at 4 PM. Register now! \nAbout the Book\nIn 1935\, two Soviet satirists\, Ilia Ilf and Evgeny Petrov\, undertook a 10\,000 mile American road trip from New York to Hollywood and back accompanied only by their guide and chauffeur\, a gregarious Russian Jewish immigrant and his American-born\, Russian-speaking wife. They immortalized their journey in a popular travelogue that condemned American inequality and racism even as it marvelled at American modernity and efficiency. Lisa Kirschenbaum reconstructs the epic journey of the two Soviet funnymen and their encounters with a vast cast of characters\, ranging from famous authors\, artists\, poets and filmmakers to unemployed hitchhikers and revolutionaries. Using the authors’ notes\, US and Russian archives\, and even FBI files\, she reveals the role of ordinary individuals in shaping foreign relations as Ilf\, Petrov and the immigrants\, communists\, and fellow travelers who served as their hosts\, guides\, and translators became creative actors in cultural exchange between the two countries. \nAbout the Author\nLisa A. Kirschenbaum is an award-winning author whose research explores how individuals navigated the traumas of the twentieth century. Professor Kirschenbaum has long combined a serious commitment to research with enthusiasm for teaching. While completing her PhD at University of California\, Berkeley (1993)\, she taught middle and high school students at Oakwood School\, an independent school in southern California. Since coming to West Chester in 1996\, she has developed classes in Soviet and Russian history as well as thematic courses that transcend national boundaries. Professor Kirschenbaum’s research explores how people come to represent and understand their life stories as part of history\, focusing on the linkages between individual\, private lives and the momentous\, often traumatic events of Russia’s twentieth century. She has published three books: Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia\, 1917-1932 (RoutledgeFalmer\, 2000); The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad\, 1941-1995: Myth\, Memories\, and Monuments (Cambridge University Press\, 2006); and International Communism and the Spanish Civil War: Solidarity and Suspicion (Cambridge University Press 2015). Professor Kirschenbaum’s research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies\, the International Research and Exchanges Board\, and the Penn Humanities Forum. In 2009\, Professor Kirschenbaum was awarded the West Chester University Trustees’ Achievement Award. \nAbout the Discussant\nVadim Shneyder is Assistant Professor of Russian in the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, which he joined in 2015 after receiving his PhD from Yale University. He studies Russian literature of the age of realism—a period spanning roughly the second half of the nineteenth century—in its relation to its intellectual\, social\, and ideological contexts\, both in the Russian Empire and Europe. Beyond the study of nineteenth-century prose\, his research extends to a number of topics\, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and Russian philosophy and aesthetic theory\, Soviet literature and film\, and national and cultural identity in Eastern Europe. His first book\, Russia’s Capitalist Realism: Tolstoy\, Dostoevsky\, and Chekhov (Northwestern University Press\, 2020) investigates how the Russian realist prose tradition confronted the representational challenges posed by nascent capitalism. In a situation of threatening and unprecedented change\, literature did not passively reflect existing economic conditions so much as it helped to define what Russian capitalism could mean. \nVenue\nBunche Hall Room 10383\n315 Portola Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \nParking\nYou can find nearby parking at Parking Structure 4 or Parking Structure 5. Parking Structure 5 has an hourly rate of $8 per hour and Parking Structure 4 has an hourly rate of $4 per hour for visitors. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for more information. Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Accessible Parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of Parking Structure 5 and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. \nSponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies & Department of Slavic\, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures \nCenter for European and Russian Studies \nSupport European and Russian Studies at UCLA \ncers@international.ucla.edu \nhttps://www.international.ucla.edu/euro \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/soviet-adventures-in-the-land-of-the-capitalists/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Study Abroad Opportunities for Russian Language Learners
DESCRIPTION:Come find out about opportunities to study Russian overseas next summer! \n♦ Russian Language and Area Studies \n♦ Critical Language Scholarships \n♦ Gilman Scholarship \nStudents will present on their experiences studying in Almaty\, Kazakhstan this summer\, and a representative of the program will be available during the Q&A. \nFor more information\, contact Susan Kresin at kresin@ucla.edu
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/study-abroad-opportunities-for-russian-language-learners/
LOCATION:305 Kaplan Hall\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall 2024 Open House
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on September 25th from 1-2pm in Kaplan 311! Light refreshments will be served. \nRSVP
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/fall-2024-open-house/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 311
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Sessions:  Intensive First Year Russian (Russian 10) and Intensive Second Year Russian (Russian 20) Programs
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures has open seats for both Intensive First Year Russian (Russian 10) and Intensive Second Year Russian (Russian 20) in Summer 2024. *All sections are taught online \nEnroll for courses here \nDates: June 24 – August 16\, 2024 (8 weeks) \nTimes: Monday-Friday 10:00am – 1:50pm Pacific Standard Time \n  \n♦ Russian 10 (Intensive Elementary): Mon-Fri 10am-1:50pm PST \n  Course ID: 421030110 \n  \n♦ Russian 20 (Intensive Intermediate): Mon-Fri 10am-1:50pm PST \n  Course ID: 421060110 \n 
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/2024-summer-sessions-intensive-first-year-russian-russian-10-and-intensive-second-year-russian-russian-20-programs/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Celebrations Across Cultures
DESCRIPTION:[gravityform id=”51″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”]\nA night of talent\, recognition\, food and fun!
URL:https://dev.slavic.ucla.edu/event/2024-talent-show/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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