Events

In the November edition of Eastsplainers, we explore cinematic representations of Central and Eastern Europe.

For this session, we welcome Kasia Lech, Igone de Jongh, and Anna Seidl as our guests, who will address the challenges encountered by art performers during their migration experiences.

In the October edition of Eastsplainers, we devote our attention to indigenous communities from Central and Eastern Europe, and from the Russian Federation in particular.

The June edition of Eastsplainers is dedicated to media, cultural memory and conspiracy theories.

In this lecture, Russian writer Maxim Osipov shares his sober take on the Russian war in Ukraine, migration, and on the question: what does it mean to be a Russian writer in times of full-blown Russian imperialism?

The February edition of Eastsplainers is devoted to music and sound. UvA welcomes three internationally renowned musicians with a special interest in new or, as they themselves call it, ‘unheard’ music.

In this panel discussion, UvA welcomes journalists Alexander Gubsky (Moscow Times) and Julia Taratuta (TVRain).

For this opening of the public lecture series Eastsplainers, the UvA welcomes Ukrainian linguist Oksana Kononchuk.

On June 28, the Russia and Eastern Europe Knowledge Alliance (REKA) organised an online event titled A new reality in Eastern Europe. We discussed this new reality with representatives of knowledge institutions, the government and media in the Netherlands. Because what are the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for both countries, Europe as a whole and the Netherlands in particular? Both the opening session and the panel discussion were livestreamed from 14:00 until 15:30.

Ms. Dzhaparova will address Ukraine's bid for EU candidacy status, Dutch-Ukraine relations, and the current situation in Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula.

Het conflict in Oekraïne vestigt de aandacht wederom op het Groningse ‘goud’, het gas dat de Nederlandse afhankelijkheid van Rusland zou kunnen verminderen. Wat is de geschiedenis achter de barsten en de breuken waaronder de provincie Groningen zo te lijden heeft?

In deze collegereeks maakt u kennis met een scharnierperiode uit de geschiedenis van Rusland en Oost-Europa. De nadruk ligt op de cultuurgeschiedenis in de eerste helft van de 20ste eeuw.