Events in UCIS

Sunday, October 22

(All day) Conference
Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference
Web Site:
https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/cess-2023
Conection Link:
https://nomadit.co.uk/account/conference/register/cess2023/
Announced by:
Asian Studies Center and Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies on behalf of Center for Governance and Markets, Center for International Legal Education, Pittsburgh University Press and Pitt World History Center
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The Center for Governance and Markets will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from October 19-22, 2023. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West and Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.

2:00 pm Film
Slovak Film Festival: Pivnica/Cellar
Location:
125 Frick Arts
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Department of the Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Director: Igor Volosin

The marriage of Milan and Táni Labát is going through a crisis. Their daughter Lenka has a hard time surviving the estrangement of her parents. One holiday night changes their lives. Lenka celebrates her sixteenth birthday with her friends in a neighboring village, but she will not return home. Milan kidnaps the alleged perpetrator, Lenka's friend Lukáš. He imprisons him in a cabin in the woods. But did Lukáš really kidnap Lenka?

114 min.; 2018; Genre: drama
Slovak version; Subtitles: English

3:00 pm Performance
Referral: An Afternoon with Chopin
Location:
PNC Recital Hall: Duquesne University
Announced by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies on behalf of The Kosciuszko Foundation: Pittsburgh Chapter
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The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation will host a public piano performance of Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Mussorgsky at PNC Recital Hall at Duquesne University on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 3 p.m. to benefit the foundation’s youth programs in Poland and Ukraine.

Pianists David Allen Wehr and Dr. Robert Armstrong look forward to delighting music enthusiasts with several selections highlighting the expressiveness of the Romantic period and, particularly, Frédéric Chopin’s genius contribution to Polish and musical history. A brief overview of Chopin’s life and work will also be included in the program.

Ticket price: $25 / $10 for students
Available for purchase here: bit.ly/ChopinRecital or contacting the Kosciuszko Foundation at mlellena@zoominterest.net.

All proceeds benefit the foundation’s ongoing Teaching English in Poland (TEIP) program for Ukrainian Children and disadvantaged Polish youth.