Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven

Tatiana Klepikova on the Contested Legacy of Sergej Parajanov

🎙️ New episode! Studio Central and Eastern Europe

Tatiana Klepikova joins Maryna Shevtsova to discuss the contested legacy of cult film director Sergej Paradjanov—claimed by many post-Soviet nations and celebrated for his bold aesthetics and queer undertones. open.spotify.com/episode/3Sup...

Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo An invitation to a discussion with writer and academic Vjosa Musliu

Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo
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Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo
An invitation to a discussion with writer and academic Vjosa Musliu. 2 December, 17:30, Hollands College, Leuven. Read more: fcee.substack.com/p/girlhood-a... Register: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...
#Kosovo #KULeuven #FCEE #Balkans

🎙️ Jeroen van den Bosch on Encyclopedia Tyrannica — a research guide to totalitarianism. With Ria Laenen (KU Leuven), on authoritarianism, Central Asia, and academic blind spots.
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#StudioCEE #EncyclopediaTyrannica #Geopolitics

Breaking news: a second edition of the Eastern European Film Weeks of KU Leuven will follow next fall! See you in 11 months at @Cinema ZED

Two exceptional screenings in Leuven! fcee.substack.com/p/eastern-eu... : avant-premiere of the Ukrainian documentary Timestamp and a rare screening of The Hourglass Sanatorium, a seminal work of Polish surrealist cinema by the singular W. Has. Tickets: www.cinemazed.be/nl/nieuws/on...

Polsslag Comes to Antwerp: Book Presentation by Peter Vermeersch
📍UCSIA en Pax Christi-gebouw, Koningstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen
📅 Doors open at 19:00 More: www.paxchristi.be/agenda/boekv...

Join us tonight at 5 PM at Cinema ZED to watch a film based on the work of the freshly announced Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Eastern European Film Weeks: www.cinemazed.be/nl/film/werc...
#nobel #hungary #kuleuven

Don’t miss the public lecture by one of the most thought-provoking and influential historians of Polish–Jewish relations! Register here (soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...) for the lecture of Jan Tomasz Gross.

📅 9 October 2025, 14:00–16:00
📍 De Valk, DV1 01.54, KU Leuven

#Poland #History #KULeuven

One week to go!
Our Eastern European Film Weeks start on 8 October with a selection of 8 films from across the region introduced by academic experts.

Don’t miss the opening event, featuring Polish film director Zofia Kowalewska in person.

Language: English
Tickets www.cinemazed.be/nl/nieuws/on...

Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia Can Teach Ukraine

🔴 Season 3 of Studio Central and Eastern Europe is live!
Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia can teach Ukraine?
What can transitional justice in Latin America tell us about post-conflict processes in Europe? www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2v5ra-...
#transitional_justice #Ukraine #Colombia #KULeuven

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.
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#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:
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#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...
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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!
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#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.:
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#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...