Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven

30 years since Srebrenica. How do we remember and rebuild? Join a roundtable at UAntwerp on June 30, 17:00–19:00, with survivors, scholars & artists. Open to all. Info: marnix.beyen@uantwerpen.be #Srebrenica30 #NeverAgain

How has Russia’s war in Ukraine reshaped Ukrainian studies in the West?
🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.

Now online: The lecture by Prof. Dr. Taras Dobko, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, delivered at the Forum on Central and Eastern Europe in Leuven (3 June).: fcee.be
#ukraine
#HigherEducation
#AcademicExcellence
#UniversityLeadership
#easterneurope
#socialresilience
#universityoflviv

You are warmly invited to this important lecture on #university #education in #urkaine:

📅 Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025
🕕 Time: 18:00
📍 Location: Kleine Aula 00.15, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven

Registration is now open!
Scan the QR code on the poster or use this link: lnkd.in/eHujaUGKhttp...

Following the grand finale of Eurovision last weekend,political scientist Maryna Shevtsova and cultural scientist Jonas Vanderschueren of KU Leuven reflect on what this year’s contest reveals about Europe.
fcee.podbean.com/e/eurovision2/
#kuleuven #eurovision

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch.

22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren),
Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven

R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...

Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net
#Belarus #kuleuven

The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On
📅 22 May 2025, 13:30
📍 Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven
We warmly invite you to our symposium on the role of art in exile and protest in Belarus. Full program and registration:
soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...
#Belarus #Resistance #kuLeuven #FCEE

Camp Diplomacy: Maryna Shevtsova on the Politics and Power of Eurovision Studio Central and Eastern Europe · Episode

A new episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe's podcast! Lifelong aficionado of #Eurovision and political scientist Maryna Shevtsova explores the political and emotional power of the song contest in a conversation with Peter Vermeersch. open.spotify.com/episode/5twW...
#Podcast #CEE #Ukraine

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch.

22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren),
Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven

R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...

Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net
#Belarus #kuleuven

The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On
📅 22 May 2025, 13:30
📍 Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven
We warmly invite you to our symposium on the role of art in exile and protest in Belarus. Full program and registration:
soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...
#Belarus #Resistance #kuLeuven #FCEE

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe Emilia Kledzik on the Appropriation of Papusza’s Voice and the Stereotyping of Romani Poetry

🎙️ Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out!
Prof. Emilia Kledzik from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań explores how Polish poet Ficowski both illuminated and, at times, mythologized Roma culture. She speaks of literature as a battleground for cultural memory and state ideology.

In the following weeks, Cinema ZED in Leuven is set to showcase two compelling films from Eastern Europe, each offering a peak in the societies and politics of the region. www.cinemazed.be/film/new-yea...
www.cinemazed.be/film/explana...

If you've missed the great ceremony where KU Leuven’s Rector Luc Sels awarded the Honorary Medal to Belarusian-Belgian writer Alexandr Skorobogatov, here (fcee.be) you can find two remarkable speeches that explain the choice.
#Kuleuven #Belarus #Skorobogatov #literature #award

📅 22 May 2025, Leuven
The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On | 13:00
Join artists, activists, and researchers reflecting on the power of art in resistance.
Book Launch: Polsslag | 19:30
Peter Vermeersch discusses music as resistance.
📍 Campus Corso, Diestsestraat 253
Details soon!
#Belarus

📷 Traces of War, Faces of Hope | The exhibition features images of Sarajevo in the 1990s under siege by photographer Mario Bocca.
🗓 2 April – 1 October 2025
📍 Brantijser, Antwerp
🎉 Opening event w/ the photographer: 2 April, 17:30 - Register: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
#Photography #Sarajevo

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe Ria Laenen Offers a Non-Eurocentric View on the Unraveling World Order and Europe’s Misjudgment o...

The latest episode of our podcast series is out! Ria Laenen and Lien Verpoest, both professors at KU Leuven, discuss international politics today and the shifts in the global order since World War II. Tune in for insights on history, power, and current affairs!
youtu.be/gGRzdtJPdQM?...
#Russia

Attend the special screening of Wielka Droga (The Great Way), a recently restored Polish film and a significant historical document. The screening will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Dorota Lekka from the Polish Film Archive.
R.S.V.P.:
soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...
#polishfilm

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe The Revival of Soviet-Era Denunciations in Putin’s Russia and Its Lessons for Contemporary Europe

Our latest podcast is out! This episode features an edited recording of our lively discussion from 11 February with Alexandra Arkhipova and Nico Wouters on the revival of denunciation in Putin's Russia and its historical use by autocracies.
#Denunciation #Autocracy #Putin #Russia #SurveillanceState

Book a place for the award ceremony and conversation with Belaus-born and Belgium-based writer Alexandr Skorobogatov!

12 March 2025, 5:30 at the Opera Campus in Antwerp.

Reserve here before 2 March: www.arts.kuleuven.be/formulieren/... Details: mailing.kuleuven.be/r-6e632b98ad...

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe Oliver Reisner on Stalin, Memory, and Georgian Identity

Oliver Reisner of Ilia University on Stalin, Memory, and Georgian Identity: new podcast of Studio Central and Eastern Europe. Reisner speaks of the country’s struggle to come to terms with its Soviet past. #History #Georgia #Caucasus #SovietHistory #NationalIdentity www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETi...

Join us for our discussion on Snitching, Denunciation, Collaboration: How and Why Citizens Choose to Support Dictators! - 11 February 5 pm Hollands College, Leuven - see details here: mailing.kuleuven.be/r-26918ef8fe... and book your seat here: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...
#collaborators #Russia

In our first podcast episode for 2025, Dr. Elżbieta Olzacka of the Jagiellonian University speaks of the emotional and challenging experiences of museum workers striving to safeguard Ukraine’s cultural heritage amidst the devastation of war. fcee.podbean.com/e/olzacka/
#UkrainianCulture #kuleuven

Studio Central and Eastern Europe - YouTube In our podcast series, produced by the Forum on Central and Eastern Europe at KU Leuven, we explore the latest academic research on the region. Through 20-mi...

We’re delighted to announce that our Studio Central and Eastern Europe podcast series is now available on YouTube!
Everyone passionate about history, culture, and contemporary issues shaping the region, spread the word, follow us, and see you on YouTube!

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www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...