Russian, E. European & Eurasian Center: Speakers

Friday, January 30, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Joseph Mosse’, "Reimagining a Ukrainian Past: Natalena Koroleva's Old Kyivan Legends"

12:00 pm

108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture

Friday, February 13, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Andrei Kureichik, "Voices of Change Reframed. Documentary Theatre of Social Impact"

12:00 pm

Lucy Ellis Lounge, Room 1080 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building (707 S. Mathews St., Urbana, IL 61801)
- Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: Sophia Wilson, "Maidan: Ukraine’s Democratic Revolution”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture

Thursday, March 26, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: Halyna Padalko, "AI for Disinformation: Threat or Remedy?”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

REEEC New Directions Lecture: James T. Andrews, "Narrating the Soviet Metropolis: The Moscow Metro and the Story of Socialism”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture

Friday, April 24, 2026

REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Jared Meunier, "Sharp Power and the Enjoyment of Crisis: The Mueller Report as Simulated Justice"

12:00 pm

108 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
- Lecture