Past Events

Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison
April 20, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
https://wirc.international.wisc.edu/wirc-initiatives/#childrens-international-story-hour

Join us for this week’s Children’s International Story Hour (CISH) spotlighting Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Tales Told in Tents: Stories from Central Asia by Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer (Frances Lincoln 2004/2006) tells little-known …

Union South, The Marquee
April 19, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
https://www.waroneducation.org/

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, Friends of Ukraine–Madison, and the Center for European Studies will be sponsoring a free screening of War on Education, a documentary film directed by Stefano di …

Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Pyle Center, Room 121
April 16, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is sponsored by the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Distinguished Chair of Russian History. There will be a reception held after the lecture in the Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge. About the Lecture: Half a century …

5233 Mosse Humanities Building
April 15, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98355428469?pwd=uaZxJUhCzeWFNUryCSy9g0KEwMKBnY.1

About the Lecture: This lecture traces the evolution of Byzantine studies in Turkey from the late Ottoman period to the present, with particular emphasis on the roles played by both state and non-state actors, as …

Tomasz Grusiecki, Department of Art History & Art Conservation, Queen’s University
Pyle Center, Room 332
April 10, 2026 @ 4:00 pm

From the 16th century onward, Jaktorów Forest in Mazovia, Poland, became the last refuge of the aurochs, a now-extinct species of long-horned wild cattle. Despite the Polish kings’ best efforts at conservation, the species perished …

April 10, 2026

Since 2004 World Cinema Day, a collaboration between UW-Madison’s Wisconsin International Resource Consortium and the Wisconsin Film Festival, brings schoolchildren and teachers to Madison for the screening of high-quality, international cinema with additional content provided …

Van Hise Hall, Room 1418
March 21, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

The annual Wisconsin Slavic Conference is approaching! The Slavic GSO are delighted to invite you to the full-day conference that will take place on Saturday, March 21, in 1418 Van Hise, 9 a.m. — 6 …

Dr. Sasha Senderovich, Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Washington
William H. Sewell Social Sciences, Room 6102
March 20, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

On Friday, March 20, the Wisconsin Slavic Conference will host Dr. Sasha Senderovich’s keynote lecture “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Translating Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” (6102 William H. Sewell Social Sciences, 4-5:30 …

Marika Olijar, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UW–Madison
Ingraham 206
March 19, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of Political Science. About the Lecture: Authoritarian regimes instrumentalize tradition, but how and why? This talk examines how secular authoritarian states, navigate the tension between formal secularism and …

Geoffrey Durham, Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison
Online
March 19, 2026 @ 10:00 am

On March 19, at 10 a.m. CDT, the biweekly research colloquium of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, Ilia State University, will host Professor Geoffrey Durham with a talk on his research “Georgian in …