Putin’s Kiss focuses on the young, charismatic Masha, a 19-year-old spokeswoman for Nashi, a government-friendly Russian youth organization that promotes strong nationalistic ideals. Since she was fifteen, Masha was highly-involved in Nashi and the organization’s aim to rid Russia of its “enemies.” Through her involvement and loyalty, Masha received tons of benefits from Nashi and was frequently noted as “the girl who kissed Putin.” However, as Masha grows and begins to befriend critical journalists, her beliefs are challenged.

Putin’s Kiss focuses on the young, charismatic Masha, a 19-year-old spokeswoman for Nashi, a government-friendly Russian youth organization that promotes strong nationalistic ideals. Since she was fifteen, Masha was highly-involved in Nashi and the organization’s aim to rid Russia of its “enemies.” Through her involvement and loyalty, Masha received tons of benefits from Nashi and was frequently noted as “the girl who kissed Putin.” However, as Masha grows and begins to befriend critical journalists, her beliefs are challenged.

Is there such a thing as Jewish horror? Looking at examples of what has frightened Jews over three millennia of literary history, we'll venture some conclusions.

Decorate your own egg! Learn from experts and artists Roksolana Zabolotna and Daryna Kutuza!

This event is free. However, a $10.00 donation to help cover materials is suggested.

Reservation required for admission, please contact: nad50@pitt.edu.

Monday, March 26: Což takhle dát si špenát? (What would you say to some spinach?)

Planned schedule for each night is to have a social meet and greet from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm along with ordering dinner/drinks/etc. with
the films starting at 7:10 pm after a brief introduction and comments. The movies will be shown with English subtitles (all have English
subtitles except for Women in Temptation).

For more information: http://www.meetup.com/czech-pittsburgh/.

Join REES and student organizations around campus for a fun afternoon of food and music, featuring Pitt’s very own Carpathian Music Ensemble!

Viachaslau Yarashevich, Fulbright Scholar, Belarus State University
Grigory Ioffe, Professor of Geography, Radford University
David Marples, Professor, Department of History & Classics, University of Alberta
Olga Klimova, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Olga Kuchinskaya, Professor, Department of Communication

Joan McGuire Mohr, a former awardee of the Kukucka Slovak Scholarship, received her PhD in history from the University of Pittsburgh. She will talk about the oral histories, public documents, personal letters, and photographs from a variety of individuals and collections which she assembled and pieced together to revive the story of the Slovak and Czech soldiers who abandoned the Hapsburg Army, organized military units in Russia and fought against the Bolsheviks during the 1917 revolutions.

Depictions of peasants and their folk dress were a ubiquitous part of the visual culture of Central and Eastern Europe throughout the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century linked with burgeoning nationalisms. The boldly illustrated covers of Svijet (World), a weekly magazine produced in Zagreb in the late 1920s and early 1930s, exemplify this increased prominence of peasant imagery.

The Sixth Annual Margaret Morrison Distinguished Lecture in Women's History.

Anna Krylova is the author of "Soviet Women in Combat: A History of Violence on the Eastern Front" (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Her book was awarded the 2011 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association.