Join the Department of Germanic and Slave Languages and Literature’s Kino Club and the UNC Forum on Southeast Europe for a virtual screening and discussion of Chris the Swiss (2018) on March 25 at 6:30 p.m. The film will be … Read more
Nearly three decades since the end of the war in Bosnia, the U.S.-brokered Dayton peace agreement and constitution are being challenged by secessionist forces. Many observers are characterizing this moment as the most serious political crisis for the country, potentially … Read more
Srđa Popović is the co-founder of CANVAS and was a founding member of the Otpor!, a movement that had a crucial part in bringing down Slobodan Milošević’s regime in Serbia. He has a wealth of experience working with activist groups, NGOs … Read more
This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s … Read more
