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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
• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

• • 4:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Polish conversation table, beginner

  Porozmawiajmy po polsku! Conversation in Polish, beginners welcome.

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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  • 5:15 pm
  • Main Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)

  PJCS Film screening: SHTTL

  • Film Screening

Monday, October 20, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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  • 3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities

  • Informational

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 4:30 pm
  • Caffe Bene, 707 S Gregory St, Urbana

  Polish conversation table, inermediate/advanced

  Porozmawiajmy po polsku! Conversation in Polish, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "Aftermath" [Pokłosie], dir. Władysław Pasikowski

  • Film Screening

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

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• • 4:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

  Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth"

  Halloween Film Screening: "Pan's Labyrinth" | October 29 at 4 pm | Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Film Screening
• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 30, 2025

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  • 4:00 pm
  • 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)

  REEEC New Directions Lecture: Choi Chatterjee and Karen Petrone, "Russia in World History: Updating the Long Telegram"

  • Lecture

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "Hutsulka Ksenia" [Гуцулка Ксеня], dir. Alena Demyanenko

  • Film Screening

Friday, November 7, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm
  • 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)

  REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Fethi Keles, "Unsettled and Resettled: Experiences of Bosnian Diaspora in the United States."

  • Lecture

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

• • 4:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Polish conversation table, beginner

  Porozmawiajmy po polsku! Conversation in Polish, beginners welcome.

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  • 10:00 - 11:00 am

  Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities

  • Informational

Friday, November 14, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB)

  REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: George Gasyna, "A Time for the Province: Palimpsests and Borders in Twentieth-Century Polish Literature""

  • Lecture

Monday, November 17, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820

  EUC Brown Bag Lecture Series: 'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" by Prof. Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson

  'Pioneers on the wild frontiers of local fascism:' Rethinking U.S. fascism through the Black antifascist tradition" Speaker: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Date and Time: November 19 at 12 pm Location: 108 Coble Hall 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820

  • Lecture
• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

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  • 10:00 - 11:00 am

  Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities

  • Informational
• • 4:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Dept Lecture: Maria Reva, Ukrainian novelist

  • Lecture

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table, beginners

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "Mermaid" [Русалка], dir. Anna Melikyan

  • Film Screening

Monday, December 8, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Russkii stol--Russian table

  Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, intermediate/advanced.

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • 4:30 pm
  • Krannert Performing Arts Center, Stage 5 Lobby

  Polish conversation table, beginner

  Porozmawiajmy po polsku! Conversation in Polish, beginners welcome.

  • Social/Informal Event