Past Events

2020 Feb 06
Homosexuality and the State in Cold War Germany
12:00pm to 12:00pm
Location
Hotel A (1 West Range)

Samuel Clowes Huneke, Assistant Professor of History at the George Mason University will host a talk titled "Homosexuality and the State in Cold War Germany."

Organized and co-sponsored by CREEES and...

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2019 Apr 11
UVA Klezmer Ensemble Concert under the direction of Joel Rubin, with special guest the Strauss/Warschauer Duo
04:00pm to 04:00pm
Location
Hunter Smith Building

Klezmer dance evening with the Strauss/Warschauer Duo and the UVA Klezmer Ensemble under the direction of Associate Professor and Director of Music Performance, Joel Rubin.

The event will feature traditional instrumental dance music, with folk dancing led by Deborah Strauss, alongside songs. For over twenty-five years, Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) and Cantor Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals) have been at the forefront of the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. They were both long-time members of the Klezmer...

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2019 Apr 09
“The Resurgence of Jewish Life and Culture in Poland”
08:30am to 10:00am
Location
Claude Moore Nursing and Education Building G120

Jewish Studies and Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Colloquium with Deborah Strauss and Cantor Jeff

Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo

Thousands gather in the...

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2019 Apr 08
Polish Politics on the World Stage
01:00pm to 02:30pm
Location
Gibson Hall 211

A roundtable featuring Stephen D. Mull, the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UVa and former US Ambassador to Poland, Krzysztof Jasiewicz, the Ames Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee...

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2019 Apr 07
Klezmer Workshop “Zingendik! Tantsndik! Shpilndik!” (Sing! Dance! Play!)
07:00am to 10:00am
Location
The Front Porch, Downtown Charlottesville

This workshop is free and open to the public and will involve learning to play klezmer music, sing Yiddish songs, and perform folk dances. Audience members should feel free to participate in any of...

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2019 Apr 04
Russian Orthodox Revival: Restitution of Church Property and Heritage Discourse
12:00pm to 01:30pm
Location
New Cabell 262

Katia Dianina, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia

Organized and co-sponsored by CREEES and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

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2019 Apr 01
The Prussian Origins of Polish Socialism: The Upper Silesia Tower and the Poznań International Fair, 1911-1959
01:00pm to 02:30pm
Location
Gibson Hall 211

Patryk Babiracki, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington

This lecture is part of the “Crossing Borders” Spring 2019 UVa Polish Lecture Series made possible by the...

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2019 Mar 30
University of Virginia Slavic Forum: “On the Edge”: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Innovation, Modernity, and Trends
04:30am to 01:30pm
Location
Jefferson Scholars Foundation (112 Clarke Court)

The University of Virginia Society of Slavic Graduate Students is sponsoring an interdisciplinary forum devoted challenging contemporary and historical perceptions and values, identifying outlying...

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2019 Mar 29
Keynote Address: “Queer Plots Against Russia, or Tolerance as a Social Disease
01:30pm to 03:00pm
Location
Hotel A (1 West Range)

Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Russian at New York University

Organized by CREEES and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Reception to Follow the Talk

Poster

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2019 Mar 29
Perspectives on the U.S. and Europe: Ambassadors of the Visegrad Group
11:00am to 12:30pm
Location
The Great Hall in Garrett Hall

His Excellency Ivan Korčok, Ambassador of Slovakia

His Excellency Hynek Kmoníček, Ambassador of Czechia

His Excellency László Szabó, Ambassador of Hungary

His Excellency Piotr Wilczek...

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