Event Category: Slavic Events

Feb 16

Virtual Lecture: Yugoslav & Post-Yugoslav Jewish Identity in the Balkans

February 16, 2026 @ 6:00 pm CDT - 7:00 pm CDT Zoom

This talk will aim to better understand Jewish identity in Yugoslavia, and its implication on the wars that saw its dissolution and afterward.

Nov 16

Madison Polish Film Festival ‘25

November 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT Marquee Cinema at Union South

Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South!

Nov 9

Madison Polish Film Festival ‘25

November 9, 2025 @ 3:00 pm CDT - 4:00 pm CDT Marquee Cinema at Union South

Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South!

Sep 11

“Russian Poetry and Its Freedom: Reflections After 2022,” a lecture by Stephanie Sandler

September 11, 2025 @ 4:00 pm CDT - 5:15 pm CDT 206 Ingraham Hall

This lecture will survey the possibilities for freedom in poems, journals, anthologies, podcasts, radio programs, and social media posts after 2022, with examples from Israel, Latvia, Germany, the United States, and Russia. Poets and editors discussed may include Igor Bulatovsky, Dmitry Kuz’min, Lev Oborin, Irina Prokhorova, Alexander Skidan, Maria Stepanova, and Evgenia Vezhlian.