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An evening with Nadya Tolokonnikova of protest-art movement Pussy Riot
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies is hosting Russian musician, conceptual artist, political activist and founder of Pussy Riot, Nadya Tolokonnikova, at 6 p.m. April 4. ...
"THOMAS MANN: DEMOCRACY WILL WIN" Exhibition to be hosted at the Max Kade Center
KU community mourns death of faculty member Lorie Vanchena
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of professor Lorie A. Vanchena, who died Dec. 2 at the age of 61. ...
KU Welcomes Ukrainian Scholars Following Fundraising Efforts
GRANT WILL EXPAND RUSSIAN STUDIES PROGRAM FOR KANSAS HIGH SCHOOLS
KU language center that trains select military personnel receives funding through 2025
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ designation as a Department of Defense (DoD) Language Training Center has been renewed through 2025. ...
KU units work together to assist Ukrainian students, scholars
LAWRENCE — Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, units across the University of Kansas have come together to support Ukrainian students on the Lawrence campus and assist students and scholars displaced by the war. ...
KU student Aylar Atadurdyyeva named a Key into Public Service Scholar
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas student Aylar Atadurdyyeva, from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, is one of 20 students selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. The award recognizes students who have demonstrated interest in working in the public...
EVENING OF STORIES, PERFORMANCES WILL OFFER SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
TWO LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COLLEGE TO MERGE
Grant will support KU's Russian studies outreach in Kansas schools
LAWRENCE — A $120,000 grant from the U.S.-Russia Foundation will support University of Kansas outreach efforts to create a series of academic programs that will expand Russian language and Russian studies opportunities for Kansas high school students. ...
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures announces name change
LAWRENCE – The Kansas Board of Regents recently approved a name change for a University of Kansas languages department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. ...
PROFESSORS LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE SLAVIC LANGUAGES ENCYCLOPEDIA
BOOK EXPLAINS HOW UKRAINIAN WOMEN WRITERS GAINED PUBLIC VOICE
LAWRENCE – Centuries of ongoing Russian repression of its neighbor, Ukraine, was the backdrop to headlines just weeks ago, during the impeachment of President Donald Trump. It is a foreground issue in the first book to critically examine the reemergence of Ukrainian women’s writing in the post-Soviet era. ...
EXPERT SEES RUSSIAN HAND IN MONTENEGRO CONFLICT
What’s heating up the Balkans? And what do street protests over church property in Montenegro have to do with Russia’s strategic military aims? ...
PROFESSOR BRINGING IMPORTANT UKRAINIAN NOVEL TO WESTERN AUDIENCES
Book looks at global significance of German Anna Seghers' authorship
LAWRENCE — After being forced to flee Germany during World War II due to her anti-fascist stances, author Anna Seghers returned in 1947, eventually moving to East Berlin. ...
'Grotesque Realism' in Russian literature reflected social turmoil
LAWRENCE — Historians agree that the failure of Tsar Alexander II’s Great Reforms of 1861-1874 put into motion events that set the stage for the Russian Revolution years later. Now a new book attempts to quantify the effect of this national, political and social disappointment on Russian literature. ...
Great 19th century Russian writers and Y2K scare influenced by same anxiety, scholar says
LAWRENCE – The same anxiety that drove the Y2K computer bug panic at the turn of the millennium can be found in “Anna Karenina,” the Russian novel that Leo Tolstoy wrote more than a century earlier, a KU professor argues. ...
From Slavic folklore to Sookie Stackhouse, new course will study vampire depiction in the East and West
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor hopes the allure of vampires will tempt students to learn more about the region of the world from which Dracula hails. ...