Events archive

November 2025

24 November 2025 ·Abigail Karas

“It’s more like a village here”: Rural identities in contemporary Chișinău and the limits of urban transformation

“It’s more like a village here”: Rural identities in contemporary Chișinău and the limits of urban transformation

This talk examines the concept of “ruralization” in Chișinău, the capital of the Republic of Moldova.

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19 November 2025 ·Françoise Daucé and Olessia Kirtchik

From Promise to Disillusionment: Russia’s Economic and Digital Trajectories

From Promise to Disillusionment: Russia’s Economic and Digital Trajectories

Join us for a joint book talk featuring Françoise Daucé and Olessia Kirtchik on Russia’s economic and digital trajectories.

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18 November 2025 ·Kirill Goriachok

Women Filmmakers in Early Soviet Documentary cinema: Looking for Identity

Women Filmmakers in Early Soviet Documentary cinema: Looking for Identity

This lecture explores the complex dynamics behind the careers of first two generations of Soviet women documentarians: How did studio hierarchies and shifting political agendas shape their work?

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17 November 2025 ·José Alaniz

Moscow 93

Moscow 93

Blending horror and farce, Moscow 93 presents Russia in the first decade after communism through the lens of a sordid expat scene. A scene that, one day, exploded into a war zone.

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13 November 2025 ·Tatiana Novoselova and Evgenia Nekrasova

Cultural Currents: The Evolution and Management of Contemporary Russian Literature

Cultural Currents: The Evolution and Management of Contemporary Russian Literature

Evgenia Nekrasova and Tatiana Novoselova are the co-founders of the Independent School of Literary Practices.

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12 November 2025 ·Jonas Wieschollek

International Law and Colonial Violence: Russia’s campaigns in Central Asia (1870–1880s)

International Law and Colonial Violence: Russia’s campaigns in Central Asia (1870–1880s)

Join us for another 19v seminar!

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