UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies

04/28/2026

Join us tonight at UNC Greensboro

04/28/2026

04/26/2026

Today!! 🇹🇷🤝🇯🇵

🎬 Film Screening & Networking Event – Ertuğrul 1890

In collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, we invite you to a special screening of Ertuğrul 1890, a powerful story that has become a symbol of friendship between Türkiye🇹🇷 and Japan🇯🇵.

The program will begin with a short reception, offering participants the opportunity to connect and network. The film tells the story of the Ertuğrul Frigate, which sank in Japanese waters in 1890, highlighting the rescue efforts of the Japanese people. It also draws a parallel to 1985, when more than 300 Japanese citizens stranded in Iran during the Iran–Iraq War were safely evacuated by Türkiye.

Join us for an evening of history, reflection, and cross-cultural dialogue.

📍 Location: UNC Chapel Hill, FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium
📅 Date: April 26, 2026
🕕 Time: 2:45 PM

We look forward to welcoming you!

04/22/2026

Hey, teachers! DEADLINE APRIL 30: U.S.-based high school and community college educators are invited to apply for the 2026-2027 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship. This year's theme is science, health, and medicine in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Learn more here: https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/academic-programs/k-14-educator-outreach/engaging-eurasia-teacher-fellowship

04/07/2026

We are thrilled to collaborate with Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge on this special event with renowned chef Isa Chandra, featuring East European vegan comfort food. Claim your spot while they last!

STOP SCROLLING 🚨🚨🚨 We have a big Announcement!!!

On Saturday, May 2, we'll be welcoming the legendary Isa Moskowitz (Isa Chandra) to the Refuge! Isa is a vegan chef and cookbook author who has redefined what vegan cooking means in the 21st-century. Through landmark cookbooks such as Veganomicon and I Can Cook Vegan, Isa has been championing accessible, affordable, and delicious vegan food for decades. We're beyond honored that she'll be joining us to share her expertise!

The event will include:

🥗 A cooking demo of vegan “beef” stew with horseradish cream and a meal featuring other Eastern European and deli favorites from Isa’s cookbooks!

🐄 A chance to spend time with our herd of eight rescued cows and meet Isa during a book signing!

📖 A copy of her latest cookbook, The 29-Minute Vegan!

If you purchase a Chef’s Table ticket, you'll also get a seat at Isa’s table during the meal where you’ll have the opportunity to ask her all of your cooking questions (and receive one of her other cookbooks!). Don't wait: these seats are limited!

We hope you'll join us for this unique opportunity! Tickets are below 🎟

Special thanks to the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies and to our event sponsors The Fiction Kitchen and Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS)!

https://www.piedmontrefuge.org/may-cooking-class

03/21/2026

A wonderful series of events in concert with CSEEES: UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies, with Adi Dz, Visar Zhiti, Anna Di Lellio, Almir Imsirevic, and Ellen Elias-Bursac. Thanks to Maxine Mills for a stunning poster, and to Biba Kayewich for a mesmerizing image . . .

03/20/2026

Thanks to our friends at Harvard’s Davis Center for the opportunity to share new resources and tools for teaching the Cold War. Join us on April 1 on Zoom—open to teachers worldwide. More info ⬇️

This webinar offers history and social studies teachers practical, classroom-ready ways to work with Cold War primary sources in a short professional learning session.

12/18/2025

As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in total would save a forecasted $7 million.

11/06/2025

Join us for a free professional development day during International Education Week:

Shaping the Future: Climate, Science, and Social Movements in a Changing World
November 15, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
UNC Chapel Hill

This engaging, interdisciplinary program is designed to support globally-minded teaching and will feature:

Culture, Science & Social Movements
Southern Skies / Cielos del Sur with Morehead Planetarium

Coffee, lunch, and time to connect with fellow educators!

Whether you teach Social Studies, Science, Art, World Languages, or Humanities — there’s something here for your classroom.

The area studies centers at UNC and Duke partner with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to offer globally-focused professional development during International Education Week. International Education Week, held in November annually, is a national week of the U.S. Department of Stat...

10/23/2025

Join us next week!