SLAVIC Web calendar

Wednesday, October 1, 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

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• 

  • All Day
  • University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)

  Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 6:00 pm
  • Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB

  Slavic Film Series presents "The Last Serb in Croatia" [Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj], dir. Predrag Licina

  • Film Screening

Friday, October 3, 2025

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  • All Day
  • University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)

  Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference

  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center 210

  An Envoy State: Turfan and the Integration of Medieval Eurasia -- Prof. Xin Wen (Princeton University)

  • Lecture

Saturday, October 4, 2025

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  • All Day
  • University of Illinois Main Library (1408 W Gregory Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)

  Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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

  From Brexit to Trump: The Rise of Jacobin Nationalism

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana

  Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy

  Professor Reyes Mason's presentation is grounded in a belief that our collective work on climate change can indeed lead to a healthier and thriving world for all in the midst of disaster and devastation, from our own backyards to communities across the globe.

  • Lecture
• • 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, October 9, 2025

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

  REEEC New Directions Lecture: Diego Benning Wang, "Epic Indigenization: Literature and Nation on the Soviet–Finnish Borders under Stalinism."

  • Lecture
• • 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

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

• 

  • 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

• 

  • 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