“From Hughes to Baldwin: How Soviet Critics Read Black American Literature,” a lecture by Jesse Kruschke

Jesse Kruschke, PhD Candidate, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of German, Nordic, Slavic+. About the Lecture: This talk examines Soviet engagement with Black American literature by tracing unexpected continuities between Imperial Russian and Soviet approaches to race …

“Between Agency and Betrayal: Ukrainian Women Refugees and the Double Bind of Deservingness,” a lecture by Anna Popovych

Anna Popovych, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

About the Lecture: How do refugees position themselves within discourses of deservingness, a category whose salience has intensified in migration-sensitive political contexts? Drawing on 40 in-depth Zoom interviews with Ukrainian female refugees in Germany, Popovych finds …

Russian Flagship Open House

1334 Van Hise Hall
@ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Come to 1334 Van Hise Hall on February 17 from 3-5 p.m. to learn about the Russian Flagship Program at UW. Here you can chat with current students, meet the faculty and staff, and learn …

Kansas University Virtual Event: Ethnic Diversity and Media Freedom in the South Caucasus, The Voice of Radio Marneuli

Zoom
@ 12:00 pm
https://calendar.ku.edu/event/ethnic-diversity-and-media-freedom-in-the-south-caucasus-the-voice-of-radio-marneuli?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=The+University+of+Kansas

Join KU CREES on February 17 at 12pm via Zoom for “Ethnic Diversity and Media Freedom in the South Caucasus — The Voice of Radio Marneuli.” Georgia, long viewed as a pro-Western reformer since gaining …

Film Screening: Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)

Marquee Cinema in Union South
@ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Co-sponsored by European Studies, CREECA, and the Havens Wright Center. This is part of the 2026 Social Cinema series—a set of documentaries that explore contemporary social topics from a critical perspective, sponsored by WUD film …