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APRIL 4-5, HHSOM Piano lessons with UGA students, limited openings for observation (UGA faculty and students only), contact Dr. Liza Stepanova for details. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 7:30 p.m. RAMSEY HALL UGA Performing Arts Center Brief performance by Mikhail Voskresensky and interview led by Dr. Liza Stepanova (HHSOM) and Dr. Alexandra Shapiro (Russian Flagship Program) THURSDAY, APRIL 6 10:30am-12:30pm EDGE HALL Hugh Hodgson School of Music Mikhail…
The first reading event with our 2026 Max Kade Writer-in-Residence! This will take place during the UGA Humanities Festival. Learn more about award winning author Jan Brandt here!
Women in the Post-Soviet World: State Violence, Economic Insecurity, and Their Impact on Femininity, Motherhood, and Family Life Join us for this unforgettable event! Hear Katerina Gordeeva, renowned Russian journalist and documentary filmmaker, share powerful stories and insights on truth, resilience, and the human side of history.
Has The Cold War Really Ended?: The Dark Side of the Earth Join us for a thought-provoking lecture by Mikhail Zygar, acclaimed Russian journalist, founding editor-in-chief of TV Rain (Dozhd), and bestselling author! Lecture will be in English.
We’re pleased to announce that thanks to generous support from GSS, the Willson Center, and the Department of Journalism, renowned Russian independent journalist Elena Kostyuchenko will be visiting our campus on March 19th.  Elena will present her new book I Love Russia and have a discussion with the UGA community on March 19, 4:00pm, at MLC 148.  Kostyuchenko was the first journalist to write about…
The German-Engineering Program is hosting Dr. Kai Furmans from KIT to discuss our world's challenges. In his lecture, Dr. Furmans argues for two perspectives surrounding global warming. The first is trying to forbid everything which pollutes and emits CO2, especially by reducing consumption and travel. (Degrowth movement), since technical inventions have led to more combustion of fossil fuels. The second is to find technical solutions for the…
Men Sen Emes. Thursday, February 9, 2023, 8pm EST. Live Zoom Q&A in Russian with Katerina Suvorova, Director of the documentary film about Ninety One, a Kazakh Q-Pop boy band that challenges traditional societal values. Bring your questions about Kazakhstan, music, and other aspects of life in Central Asia! Exclusive event for Russian Flagship Program students. UGA RFP students - check your email or contact sivanova@uga.edu…
Snapshots of the Soul: Writing the Photograph in 20th and 21st Century Russian Poetry Dr. Molly T. Blasing will present material from her recent book, Snapshots of the Soul: Photo-Poetic Encounters in Modern Russian Culture (Cornell UP, 2021). Snapshots of the Soul considers how photography has shaped Russian poetry from the early twentieth century to the present day. In this talk, we will consider examples of photo-poetic writing by…
Join Dr. Niko Tracksdorf, Associate Director of the German International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, as he discusses the intersection between STEM and language learning. "Foreign language educators focus not only on language acquisition, but also on nurturing students to become creative, intercultural, interdisciplinary and critical thinkers that can apply their skills in their current and future lives and careers…