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From Stages to Battlefields: Music in Russia's Full-Scale War on Ukraine

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
Location: 0359 Music Building (1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801)
Date: Apr 18, 2025 12:00 pm
Contact: Sarah Pierson
E-Mail: schess@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; Join us for a lecture by ethnomusicologist Olga Zaitseva-Herz on the role of music in Russia’s war on Ukraine. She explores how state-controlled and grassroots music scenes shape the war’s political and social dynamics. A postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta, Zaitseva-Herz examines music as a tool of resistance, diplomacy, and identity.