Upcoming Events


Film and Lecture series

Stanford Lectures on Ukraine, 2009-10
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History Department slide-illustrated lecture series on Russian art and Architecture
Jack Kollmann

Lecturer
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

12:15 pm – 1:05 pm on selected dates Sept. 30-Dec. 1
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Stanford Romanian Film Series
with Suzan Negip-Schatt

Lecturer in Romanian
Oct. 9, 2009-May 14th, 2010
Selected Fridays at 7 pm

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Stanford Hungarian Film Series: Gems of Hungarian Cinema
with Éva Soós Szőke
(Lecturer in Hungarian, Special Language Program)
Márton Dornbach (Assistant Professor of German Studies)
Oct. 16th, 2009-May 21st, 2010
All films start at 7pm and shown with English subtitle

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One-time events

Stanford Hungarian Film Series
Szinbad / Sinbad
(1971; directed by Zoltan Huszarik; 91 min.)

Wednesday, November 18th at 7 pm
Building 260 (Pigott Hall), Room 113

Intro and Q&A by Eva Soos Szoke
Lecturer in Hungarian, Stanford Special Language Program
Marton Darnbach
Assistant Professor of German Studies
Contact: (650) 725-2563
Subtitled in English.
Free and open to the public.

Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
"The Global Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan"
Shahzad Bashir

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Robert Crews
Associate Professor of History
Stanford University

Thurs., Dec. 3, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm,
Encina Hall Central, CISAC Central Conference Room

Contact: (650) 736-8169
Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored with CISAC, Center for South Asia, Department of History, CREEES

CREEES Friday Seminar
The Quest for Energy in Eurasia (A roundtable discussion with two CREEES Visiting Scholars):
"Turkey's Role in Eurasian Energy Policy"
Suhnaz Yilmaz

Associate Professor International Relations
Koc University (Istanbul)

"Identity Politics of Energy Policy: Ukraine and Russia"
Scott Littlefield

Doctoral candidate, POLIS, University of Cambridge
Co-sponsored by the Mediterranean Studies Forum
Friday, December 4
12 noon - 1pm
Encina W 208

Bring your own lunch; drinks provided
Open to the public
Visiting Scholar Profiles

Stanford Romanian Film Series
Duois Anastasia Tracea / Anastasia Passed By
(1979; directed by Alexandru Tatos; 95 min.)

Friday, December 4th at 7 pm
Building 260 (Pigott Hall), Room 113

Intro and Q&A by Suzan Negip-Schatt
Lecturer in Romanian, Stanford Special Language Program.
Contact: (650) 725-2563
Subtitled in English.
Free and open to the public.

CREEES Friday Seminar presents "The Quest for Energy in Eurasia," a roundtable discussion with two CREEES Visiting Scholars on Friday, December 4 at 12 noon in Encina West 208. Suhnaz Yilmaz, Associate Professor International Relations at Koc University in Istanbul will speak on "Turkey's Role in Eurasian Energy Policy," and Scott Littlefield, Doctoral candidate, POLIS, University of Cambridge, will deliver the talk "Identity Politics of Energy Policy: Ukraine and Russia." This seminar is co-sponsored by the Mediterranean Studies Forum. Click here for Profiles of CREEES visiting Scholars>>

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Former CREEES Director John Dunlop was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on the Beslan massacre for a Sept. 2 online article. Read more>