EVENTS SPRING 2006
January 23, 2006 - White Hall 206 at 7:00 pm
Mongol Empire: Lecture by Morris Rosabi
Brown Bag Series - February 8, 2006- REALC 300 at 11:45-12:35
"Genocide and Legal Procedures - Reflections on some cases pending before the International Court of Justice." Lecture by Tibor Varady, Professor of Law and internationally recognized scholar and expert on dispute settlements
February 15, 2006 - White Hall 206 at 6:00 pm
Film Screenings of "Undesirables" and "Holy Warriors" by Marianna Yarovoskay, Russian-American Filmmaker
February 26, 2006 - White Hall 205 at 2:00 pm
"Territory and Historical Memory" A Forum on Karabakh and the Armenian Genocide" - Lectures by Levon Chorbajian and Robert Krikorian
Levon Chorbajian Ph.D.,is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he teaches courses on genocide, politics, the mass media, and sports. He has edited, translated, and written seven books including The Caucasian Knot, Studies in Comparative Genocide, and, most recently, Power: A Critical Reader with Daniel Egan.
Robert Krikorian, Ph.D., Professor of History, concentrating on Armenia’s political systems during the Soviet and contemporary periods. Dr. Krikorian teaches courses on the Caucasus and Eurasia at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Brown Bag Series - March 1, 2006- REALC 300 at 11:45-12:35
"Information Resources for Russian and East European Studies" Lecture by Tarina Rosen, European History Librarian and Kristine Gager, European History Librarian
EVENTS FALL 2005
The Return: Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev (2003)
October 13, 2005 - White Hall 206 at 7:30 pm
Is one of the most widely acclaimed directing debuts in recent years, winning numerous international awards including the Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. Russian Film Series Fall 2005
October 19, 2005 - Bowden Hall at 11:30 am -1:00 pm
"Seeing Like a Soviet State" Lecture by Dr. Matthew Payne
Brown Bag Series - October 24, 2005 - REALC 300 at 11:45-12:35
"Remembering the Orange Revolution: One
year later." Lecture by John Rueter
This talk will be a first hand account of the elections and the role of
media, youth groups, and popular mobilization in the Orange Revolution.
The Rider Named Death: Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov (2004)
October 27, 2005 - White Hall 206 at 7:30 pm
Based on the autobiographical novel The Pale Horse (1909) by Boris Savinkov. Russian Film Series Fall 2005
Beshkempiri: The Adopted Son : Directed by Aktan Abdykalykov (1998)
November 3, 2005 - White Hall 206 at 7:30 pm
Beshkempir is an exquisitely composed and photographed coming-of-age tale set in a Kyrgyz village. 81 minutes, color and black and white, in Kyrgyz with English subtitles. Russian Film Series Fall 2005
Brown Bag Series - November 7, 2005 - REALC 300 at 11:45-12:35
"Toward the Singing Revolution: Music and the Politics of National Identity in Latvia's Twentieth Century." Lecture by Kevin Karnes, Assistant Professor of Music History
at Emory.
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird : Directed by Otar Iosseliani (1970)
November 12, 2005 - White Hall 101 at 8:00 pm
A captivating comedy and a masterpiece of Georgian cinema from Otar Iosseliani, a director whose works are too little seen in the U.S. 78 minutes, black and white, in Georgian with English subtitles.Russian Film Series Fall 2005
November 18, 2005 - White Hall 205 at 7:00 pm
Lecture by Mikhail Shishkin, the winner of the Booker Prize and French Prize for the Best Foreign Book. He will have a talk and readings from his new novel "Venus Hair," 2005 National Bestseller Prized.
Brown Bag Series - December 5, 2005 - REALC 300 at 11:35-12:35
"Central Asia and Secularism from an Islamic Perspective" Lecture by Abdullahi An-Na'im, C.H. Candler Professor of Law at Emory.
December 7, 2005 - White Hall 102 at 4:00 pm
"Great Power Politics: Russia and Central Asia as Player in World Energy" Lecture by Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Professor of National Security Strategy at The National War College.
December 7, 2005 - Candler Library 212 at 5:30 pm
"Transfers and Transferences: Czechs as Jews and Jews as Czechs" Lecture by Martin Wein
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