Slavic Events

Monday, October 13, 2025

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  • 5:00 pm
  • 2090B LCLB

  Slavic Dept Lecture: "PRL Noir: Specters of Communism in Contemporary Polish Cinema"

  This lecture examines the phenomenon of “PRL Noir”: a series of tele-cinematic returns to Poland’s socialist period (PRL standing for “People’s Republic of Poland”) that channel present-day anxieties over communism’s grim legacy through the highly stylized medium of crime drama.

  • Lecture

Monday, October 27, 2025

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  • 5:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Dept Lecture: “I Write Because the Truth About this War Must be Preserved”: The Ukrainian War Diary.

  This lecture examines the war diary, the most prominent genre at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

  • Lecture