Madison Concourse Hotel - 1 W. Dayton, Madison, WI 53703 @ 9:00 am - @ 3:30 pm
Registration is $30 to attend in person (all meals included) and Free for virtual attendees. Please contact workshop organizers if the registration fee creates a financial burden or if we can address concerns about your …
Virtual Event @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
International Book Club on “Ukraine: Remember Also Me” by award-winning artist George Butler How can educators meaningfully teach about war, displacement, and trauma in Ukraine? What does it look like to bring lived experience into …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: Atheism was part of the official ideology of the USSR; however, scientific atheism as a discipline emerged only after 1954. How did it emerge, develop, and serve party and state structures in Soviet …
Virtual. Register through Eventbrite. @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Join us for a special book club event commemorating Genocide Awareness Month, featuring White Bird by R. J. Palacio. Deepen your knowledge on Holocaust education through the story of White Bird, an unforgettable graphic novel now adapted into …
Marquee Cinema at Union South @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Utilizing the third act motifs of Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” as a jumping off point, Dmitry Krymov’s “Fragment” focuses in on Olga (Samanta in this production), the eldest of the three sisters. Like many of …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: In this presentation, Karnes will talk about Maija Tabaka, who was the first Soviet citizen to be awarded the DAAD fellowship. Tabaka unwittingly opened doors to over a decade of artistic exchanges …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
About the Lecture: In this book presentation, Finkel uncovers the deep roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Following the rise of Russian nationalism in the nineteenth century, dominating Ukraine became the cornerstone of Russian policy. The Russian …
Oakwood Village Auditorium, 6201 Mineral Point Road Madison, WI 53705 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
“Zolotoj Plyos” is a unique folk-ensemble from Europe, whose members sing and play songs and instrumental tunes from Eastern Europe. They perform the oral traditions of many regions, singing their songs in languages like Ukrainian, Belorussian, …
The Marquee at Union South @ 6:30 pm - @ 9:00 pm
“A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get …
Pyle Center, Room 332 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Beginning with a short overview of the literary relations across Turkey and the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century, my talk will focus on what I call the second moment of intensified communist translation …