Past lectures are available to stream on the CREECA Podcast.
Polish Dance Workshops with Duane Tomka (Festival of Christmas and Midwinter Traditions)
Join Duane Tomka for workshops in Polish folk dancing. As the choreographer of Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble since 2006, Duane worked closely with beloved Polish folk dance legend Ada Dziewanowska. On December 29th, the …
Wycinanki Workshop with Becky Rehl (Festival of Christmas and Midwinter Traditions)
This decorative folk art dates back to the mid-1800s, and may have its origins in the decorative snipping of sheepskins, with sheep shears, for window coverings in peasant homes. Traditional designs of the Łowicz region incorporate roosters, hens, …
Balkan Dance Workshop (Festival of Christmas and Midwinter Traditions)
Balkan folk dancer Michael Kuharski will lead a workshop on Balkan folk dance. Stay tuned for a full workshop description. This workshop is part of the Festival of Christmas and Midwinter Traditions. Further information on …
INTERSECTIONALITY IN FOCUS: Living Intersectionality in Academia: Emerging Scholars
Click here to register for the virtual lecture. MODERATOR: Emily Couch, PEN America PRESENTERS: Kellan Baker, Whitman-Walker Institute Nadja Greku, Central European University Christy Monet, University of Chicago Raushan Zhandayeva, George Washington University ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES From Critical Pedagogies …
CREECA Lecture: Judicial Dissent Under Autocracy: Evidence from the Russian Constitutional Court with Yulia Khalikova
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Dissenting opinions are an unusual type of judicial behavior, especially in autocracies. Except for in very rare circumstances, separate opinions do not lead to changes in law or policy, but judges …
INTERSECTIONALITY IN FOCUS: Transforming the Academy: Intersectionality and Change in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REGISTER HERE MODERATOR: Sibelan Forrester (Swarthmore College) serves as the Past President of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and is the Susan W. Lippincott Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and …
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Info Session
336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIThe Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) 2022 competition is now open. The deadline for students to submit their complete applications is 10:00 am, Monday, April 4, 2022. Attend one of two information sessions, in-person or online. Registration …
CREECA Lecture: Black Earth, White Bread: A Techno-Political History of Russian Agriculture and Food with Susanne Wengle
206 Ingraham HallLocation: 206 Ingraham Hall Like all facets of daily life, the food that Russian farms produced and citizens ate—or, in some years, didn’t eat—underwent radical shifts in the century between the Bolshevik Revolution and Vladimir …
INTERSECTIONALITY IN FOCUS: Talking About Globalization: Gender, Race, Dis/ability and Politics
REGISTER HERE MODERATOR: Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas) is Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Kansas. He completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior …
GNS Guest Lecture: What Did Vikings Do in Poland (and Why Should We Care)?” with Leszek Gardeła
via ZoomThis guest lecture will be hosted by GNS via Zoom. (For meeting password, email borowski3@wisc.edu.) Although still largely unknown to the Anglophone world, the history of Polish and German fascinations with the Vikings goes back …