Slavic Studies at Connecticut College

11/06/2023

Connecticut College Slavic Studies is thrilled to announce that Russian investigative journalist, writer, political scientist, and dissident Yevgenia Albats will be giving a lecture on November 14th at 4:30pm in the Charles Chu Room.

One of the most prominent figures of the Russian media landscape, Yevgenia Albats has been at the forefront of investigative journalism in Russia for over three decades. Having gotten her start with independent Russian newspapers in the 1990s, her flagship radio show, "Full Albats," ran for nearly two decades on Echo of Moscow. Today, she is a dissident residing in the United States, leaving Russia in September 2022 as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Albats' lecture, "Putin's Wars and Their Outcomes," will be followed by a Q&A session and reception. We hope to see you there!

🕟 Time and place: November 14th, 2023 at 4:30pm in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room at Shain Library

10/07/2023

Join the Slavic Studies Department and the Student Refugee Alliance on Tuesday, October 10th, for a screening of "Displaced:" a documentary short that follows one of the first Ukrainian refugee families to arrive in America following the Russian invasion. We hope to see you there 💙💛

🕕 Time and place: 6:00pm, Blaustein 210 on Tuesday, October 10th

04/13/2023

Please join us tomorrow, April 14th, for The War in Ukraine: One Year Out, Nine Years In. Panels will feature experts and speakers from around the world, alongside our very own faculty and students!

Sessions will be held all day in Ernst @ Blaustein Humanities Center, and via Zoom webinar. We hope to see you there!

You can register for the Zoom link here: https://conncoll-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XW5UHNd6Qx20mnBXHUtPJQ.

03/06/2023

Check out this article spotlighting two amazing students and their work helping Ukrainians over winter break! Olha Vasyliv '23 and Ethan Bankowski ’24 traveled to Ukraine and Poland, respectively, assisting residents and refugees alike. https://www.conncoll.edu/news/news-archive/2023/helping-ukrainians-abroad/

On that note, here's a preview of our upcoming symposium on Ukraine (save the date: April 14th)

03/04/2023

Join us in the Walter Commons on Monday at 4:30pm for a conversation with Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants Clara Barbier and Nastya Spodrikova!

02/26/2022

08/18/2020

Catch up on recent Polish politics and controversies about historical memory through this fabulous episode of On The Media.

A special hour with lessons on truth, conspiracy, history & the battle over the future.

08/17/2020

We guess you are already following the historical events in Minsk. If not, check out this NYT article that includes a short video in Russian (with English subtitles!)

Demonstrators at a huge state-run factory in the capital gave an ultimatum: Unless a fair election is held, they will strike, in a new test of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s rule.

04/14/2020

How Russia is contributing to the and continuing its deadly disinformation campaign against the U.S.

A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses.

04/12/2020

Great chance to see Anzelika Cholina's remarkable reimagining of Tolstoy's classic work told entirely in dance and movement! Available all weekend for online streaming - не пропускайте!

Anzelika Cholina's remarkable reimagining of Tolstoy's classic work told entirely in dance and movement available all weekend for online streaming at https://www.stagerussia.com/anna-karenina-weekend-streaming

04/04/2020

Get free access to a renowned production of Chekhov's classic play in Sign Language with English or Russian subtitles. This weekend only!

Timofey Kulyabin has taken this classic work and reinvented it as an epic parable about finding harmony through suffering. The entire cast, save for one, communicate throughout the performance solely in sign language. In doing so, the selfishness, isolation and lack of mutual understanding are dange...

08/26/2018

Please join us TONIGHT (Sunday, Aug. 26) for an informal welcome reception from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Blaustein 310. This is a great opportunity for Slavic Studies students to see old friends and welcome incoming students. Dessert and tea will be served!