Dr. Heather Ashby is the senior program officer for the Center for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Dr. Ashby joined USIP after seven years with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she worked at the … Read more
Franek and Jozek Kalina, sons of a poor farmer, are brothers from a small village in central Poland. Franek immigrated to the United States in the 80’s, and cut all ties with his family. Only when Jozek’s wife arrives in … Read more
On March 6, 2022, only several days after Russia waged its war against Ukraine, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill stated that this war “has not a physical, but metaphysical meaning.” Indeed, Putin’s metaphysical ideas about the world … Read more
Pawel Kowal is a Polish politician, political scientist and historian. Currently a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm), he was a secretary of state in Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007), … Read more
Can anyone be a movie hero? Can the world be locked in one film frame? Acclaimed Polish documentarian Paweł Łoziński directs his camera at the sidewalk below his balcony. On this gray strip of pavement, sandwiched between dull green grass … Read more
Would you like to learn how to make authentic pierogi, world-famous Polish dumplings? Join Agnieszka Majewska, visiting professor of Polish, for a hands-on cooking class. Open to UNC students, faculty, and staff. All materials provided. Space is limited and registration is … Read more
Social movements are shaking and shaping the world in the last century. Ranging from movements against authoritarian regimes in countries such as Serbia, Egypt, Venezuela, Burma, and Iran, struggles against racial and gender inequality and gun violence, to recent global … Read more
On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies invites you to join a conversation with scholars from UNC, the Kyiv School of Economics, Dublin City University, and community members with … Read more
The Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) and UNC Global Affairs are hosting a screening of the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" - a poignant Ukrainian documentary directed by Mstyslav Chernov, chronicling the harrowing first twenty days … Read more
Join Carolina’s Diplomacy Initiative for an inspiring conversation with Ambassador Zana Rudi, Kosovo’s first ambassador to serve in Latin America. Rudi will share insights from her journey through public service. Attendees will learn lessons and skills from the experiences that … Read more
