Events

Nardiv and Clingendael Institute are organising a workshop on Russian malign information.

Van 13 t/m 15 november 2025 organiseert het Nederlands Instituut Petersburg (NIP) in samenwerking met de Radboud Universiteit een meerdaags programma over de toekomst en continuïteit van de Russische studies in Nijmegen aan de RU.

Op donderdag 4 september 2025 vindt de jaarlijkse conferentie van het REKA netwerk plaats. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst gaan we samen met experts, beleidsmakers, ondernemers, journalisten en studenten in gesprek over de laatste ontwikkelingen in en om Oost-Europa. Dit doen we zowel plenair als in 13 deelsessies in 3 rondes. Ook is er door de dag heen uitgebreid de mogelijkheid om te netwerken.

Dr. Giselle Bosse and Wicke van den Broek Invite paper proposals from PhD candidates, Post-Docs, and early-career researchers writing academic papers on any aspect of contemporary Belarus, Belarusian history, politics, international relations, economy, human rights and democracy or autocracy studies.

The Centre of Western Armenian Studies and Ghent University are delighted to present this year's Taniel Varouzhan Annual Lecture, which will be held at Ghent University.

Join the festive launch of the CERiM Central and Eastern Europe hub (CEEhub) at Maastricht University on 15 May 2025!

Prof. Andrei Zorin will explore the enduring cultural myth of the "true tsar" in Russian history - a figure believed to lead the nation from disaster to triumph. The talk will conclude with a reflection on Vladimir Putin as a contemporary embodiment of this powerful myth.

If you are interested in joining this academic mission or would like to get more details on the programme, please send an email to eureast@ugent.be

Yerofeyev, whose novels include the infamous "Russian Beauty" (1990) and "The Good Stalin" (2004), began work on his "horror comedy" before the war, but did not publish it until October 2024. On 13 February, the writer will be in Ghent to talk about the role of culture and literature in contemporary Russia.

Op 1 februari 2025 om 13.30 uur vindt in het schermtheater Visum Mundi de Nederlandse première plaats van de bekroonde documentaire 09.05.2022 van de jonge Russisch-Amerikaanse regisseur Nicole Philmon.

We warmly invite you to join us at VOX-POP on January 30, 5-7 pm, for a new year’s event that embodies a collective spirit of support and generosity – the launch of Book Boost, a new initiative by the University of New Europe.

In deze experimentele documentaire wil de filmmaker de pijn van haar ouders – overlevenden van de Holocaust en werkkampen – overstemmen met blije herinneringen en bewijs van hun samenzijn.