Upcoming Events

Victoria Harms, Associate Teaching Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of the book The Making of Dissidents: Hungary’s Democratic Opposition and Its Western Friends, 1973-1998 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) in conversation with Gregor Thum, Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. Introduction by Kati R. Csoman, Director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs. Co-sponsors to list are: Hungarian Room Committee of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, the History Department, World History Center, European Studies Center, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Where: 4130 Posvar Hall When: 4pm - 5pm October 6th What: Interview followed by a Q&A segment

This webinar will concentrate on UNESCO-recommended methodological strategies of including topics on traditional cultural heritage of Eastern Europe and Eurasia into the curricula, for courses spanning from language, arts, and geography, to mathematics and physics. Educators will come away with resources and strategies for integrating these themes into a variety of classroom settings. This webinar is the first in a six-part webinar series, The Arts of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, designed to support K-14 educators in bringing the vibrant and diverse artistic traditions of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia into the classroom. Each 90-minute session will spotlight a different art form—including music, dance, literature, visual arts, cultural artifacts, and theater/film—offering both historical and cultural context as well as practical classroom strategies.

Tuesdays, 4-5pm
Braun Room (12th Floor), Cathedral of Learning Come to chat, practice, meet others who are interested in Hungarian and Hungary! All levels are welcome. For more info, contact Dr. Viktoria Batista (vib21@pitt.edu)

Hear the thoughts of the Ukrainian People from Ukraine and in the Diaspora. Collaboration with local artists. Information and tickets @ https://kyivdance.org/my-thoughts-production Ukrainian Marketplace Opens 2pm

Tuesdays, 4-5pm
Braun Room (12th Floor), Cathedral of Learning Come to chat, practice, meet others who are interested in Hungarian and Hungary! All levels are welcome. For more info, contact Dr. Viktoria Batista (vib21@pitt.edu)

Join CMU Associate Professor of Russian Studies Tatyana Gershkovich for the launch of this new book, translated and edited with Stephen H. Backwell, and recently published by Academic Studies Press! Yuli Aikhenvald was one of the most popular and influential Russian literary critics of the early 1900s. His major book, Silhouettes of Russian Writers, went through six ever-expanding editions. A major presence in Vladimir Nabokov’s early career, Aikhenvald has since been neglected by other writers and critics. This collection translates several of Aikhenvald’s key essays, making him available to English-speaking readers for the first time.