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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 4h

Join us tonight at 5 PM at Cinema ZED to watch a film based on the work of the freshly announced Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Eastern European Film Weeks: www.cinemazed.be/nl/film/werc...
#nobel #hungary #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t miss the public lecture by one of the most thought-provoking and influential historians of Polish–Jewish relations! Register here (soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...) for the lecture of Jan Tomasz Gross.

📅 9 October 2025, 14:00–16:00
📍 De Valk, DV1 01.54, KU Leuven

#Poland #History #KULeuven

Event registration form - Public Lecture by J.T.Gross

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 9d

One week to go!
Our Eastern European Film Weeks start on 8 October with a selection of 8 films from across the region introduced by academic experts.

Don’t miss the opening event, featuring Polish film director Zofia Kowalewska in person.

Language: English
Tickets www.cinemazed.be/nl/nieuws/on...

Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 13d

🔴 Season 3 of Studio Central and Eastern Europe is live!
Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia can teach Ukraine?
What can transitional justice in Latin America tell us about post-conflict processes in Europe? www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2v5ra-...
#transitional_justice #Ukraine #Colombia #KULeuven

Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia Can Teach Ukraine

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jun 26

30 years since Srebrenica. How do we remember and rebuild? Join a roundtable at UAntwerp on June 30, 17:00–19:00, with survivors, scholars & artists. Open to all. Info: [email protected] #Srebrenica30 #NeverAgain

Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jun 20

How has Russia’s war in Ukraine reshaped Ukrainian studies in the West?
🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.

Oksana Dudko on the War’s Impact on Ukrainian and East European Studies | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

In this episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe, Oksana Dudko discusses how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has broadened the field of Ukrainian studies in the West. In conversation with ...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jun 11

Now online: The lecture by Prof. Dr. Taras Dobko, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, delivered at the Forum on Central and Eastern Europe in Leuven (3 June).: fcee.be
#ukraine
#HigherEducation
#AcademicExcellence
#UniversityLeadership
#easterneurope
#socialresilience
#universityoflviv

Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · May 21

You are warmly invited to this important lecture on #university #education in #urkaine:

📅 Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025
🕕 Time: 18:00
📍 Location: Kleine Aula 00.15, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven

Registration is now open!
Scan the QR code on the poster or use this link: lnkd.in/eHujaUGKhttp...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · May 20

Following the grand finale of Eurovision last weekend,political scientist Maryna Shevtsova and cultural scientist Jonas Vanderschueren of KU Leuven reflect on what this year’s contest reveals about Europe.
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#kuleuven #eurovision

Behind the Glitter: Eurovision's Identity Crisis | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

Uniting Europe or dividing it? A celebration of LGBTQ+ identity or a stage for homophobia? A voice for peace or a platform for political contestations? In the wake of the latest Eurovision edition, KU...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 30

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch.

22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren),
Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven

R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...

Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net
#Belarus #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 30

The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On
📅 22 May 2025, 13:30
📍 Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven
We warmly invite you to our symposium on the role of art in exile and protest in Belarus. Full program and registration:
soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...
#Belarus #Resistance #kuLeuven #FCEE

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · May 9

A new episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe's podcast! Lifelong aficionado of #Eurovision and political scientist Maryna Shevtsova explores the political and emotional power of the song contest in a conversation with Peter Vermeersch. open.spotify.com/episode/5twW...
#Podcast #CEE #Ukraine

Camp Diplomacy: Maryna Shevtsova on the Politics and Power of Eurovision

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 30

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch.

22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren),
Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven

R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...

Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net
#Belarus #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 30

The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On
📅 22 May 2025, 13:30
📍 Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven
We warmly invite you to our symposium on the role of art in exile and protest in Belarus. Full program and registration:
soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...
#Belarus #Resistance #kuLeuven #FCEE

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 25

🎙️ Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out!
Prof. Emilia Kledzik from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań explores how Polish poet Ficowski both illuminated and, at times, mythologized Roma culture. She speaks of literature as a battleground for cultural memory and state ideology.

Emilia Kledzik on the Appropriation of Papusza’s Voice and the Stereotyping of Romani Poetry

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 24

In the following weeks, Cinema ZED in Leuven is set to showcase two compelling films from Eastern Europe, each offering a peak in the societies and politics of the region. www.cinemazed.be/film/new-yea...
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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you've missed the great ceremony where KU Leuven’s Rector Luc Sels awarded the Honorary Medal to Belarusian-Belgian writer Alexandr Skorobogatov, here (fcee.be) you can find two remarkable speeches that explain the choice.
#Kuleuven #Belarus #Skorobogatov #literature #award

Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Apr 4

📅 22 May 2025, Leuven
The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On | 13:00
Join artists, activists, and researchers reflecting on the power of art in resistance.
Book Launch: Polsslag | 19:30
Peter Vermeersch discusses music as resistance.
📍 Campus Corso, Diestsestraat 253
Details soon!
#Belarus

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Mar 28

📷 Traces of War, Faces of Hope | The exhibition features images of Sarajevo in the 1990s under siege by photographer Mario Bocca.
🗓 2 April – 1 October 2025
📍 Brantijser, Antwerp
🎉 Opening event w/ the photographer: 2 April, 17:30 - Register: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
#Photography #Sarajevo

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Mar 18

The latest episode of our podcast series is out! Ria Laenen and Lien Verpoest, both professors at KU Leuven, discuss international politics today and the shifts in the global order since World War II. Tune in for insights on history, power, and current affairs!
youtu.be/gGRzdtJPdQM?...
#Russia

Ria Laenen Offers a Non-Eurocentric View on the Unraveling World Order and Europe’s Misjudgment o...

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Feb 28

Attend the special screening of Wielka Droga (The Great Way), a recently restored Polish film and a significant historical document. The screening will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Dorota Lekka from the Polish Film Archive.
R.S.V.P.:
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#polishfilm

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our latest podcast is out! This episode features an edited recording of our lively discussion from 11 February with Alexandra Arkhipova and Nico Wouters on the revival of denunciation in Putin's Russia and its historical use by autocracies.
#Denunciation #Autocracy #Putin #Russia #SurveillanceState

The Revival of Soviet-Era Denunciations in Putin’s Russia and Its Lessons for Contemporary Europe

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Feb 18

Book a place for the award ceremony and conversation with Belaus-born and Belgium-based writer Alexandr Skorobogatov!

12 March 2025, 5:30 at the Opera Campus in Antwerp.

Reserve here before 2 March: www.arts.kuleuven.be/formulieren/... Details: mailing.kuleuven.be/r-6e632b98ad...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jan 31

Oliver Reisner of Ilia University on Stalin, Memory, and Georgian Identity: new podcast of Studio Central and Eastern Europe. Reisner speaks of the country’s struggle to come to terms with its Soviet past. #History #Georgia #Caucasus #SovietHistory #NationalIdentity www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETi...

Oliver Reisner on Stalin, Memory, and Georgian Identity

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jan 21

Join us for our discussion on Snitching, Denunciation, Collaboration: How and Why Citizens Choose to Support Dictators! - 11 February 5 pm Hollands College, Leuven - see details here: mailing.kuleuven.be/r-26918ef8fe... and book your seat here: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...
#collaborators #Russia

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