The relationship between the Soviet Union and revolutionary Cuba was a flash point in the Cold War. Soviet aid played a critical role in Cuba—but not without controversy. The Cuban Revolution was born out of a drive to rid itself of imperialist intervention and foreign control. So how did Cuba reconcile the need for Soviet support with efforts to avoid dependency? Soviet-Cuban scientific exchanges were one key area where this tension played out.

Join the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies for the annual East European Festival. Events will include cultural celebrations, children's activities, and presentations.

Homeward shares the story of a Crimean Tatar father and son coping with family loss as they travel to transport the body of their son and brother from Kyiv to Crimea.

Please join us for a screening of Homeland as part of the series, Displaced from Home: A Series on Crimea.

Artist-led activity for students in high school Russian class.

Artist-led activity for students in high school Russian class.

Artist-led activity for students in high school Russian class.

Artist-led activity for students in high school Russian class.

Texas-based artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak has created a series of multimedia pieces to commemorate the Holodomor genocide in Ukraine. Join the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies as Tetyana Shlikhar, doctoral candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, hosts an artist talk with Bodnar-Balahutrak. Images of her work will be available for view on the REEES website until the end of the year.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan is hosting a virtual presentation of the book Polymaths of Islam by James Pickett on November 11th at 3pm EST.

Polymaths of Islam analyzes the social and intellectual power of religious leaders who created a shared culture that integrated Central Asia, Iran, and India from the mid-eighteenth century through the early twentieth.