Upcoming Events
Events are subject to change. For current information on ISEEES-sponsored events, please call our main telephone number at (510) 642-3230. When no one is available to personally take your call, you may listen to the recorded list of upcoming events that is updated weekly.
The events listed on this page are open to the public and free of charge, unless otherwise noted.
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Upcoming events are also listed in our Monthly Updates, which are mailed to Associates of the Slavic Center, and additional copies may be picked up at our office, 260 Stephens Hall.
Events Sponsored by ISEEES
—Wednesday, January 30, 2008.
Public talk, part of the RPGP "Religion and Nationalism" Lecture
Series. Jason Wittenberg, Assistant Professor in the
Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley, will speak on "Two
Cheers for Hierarchy! Church Institutions and Resistance to Authoritarian
Rule in Hungary and Beyond". Sponsored by: ISEEES, The Religion,
Politics and Globalization Program. In 223 Moses Hall, 12 p.m. For more
details call RPGP, (510) 643-1670.
—Wednesday, February 6, 2008.
Public talk. Alexander Skidan, Russian poet,
activist and critic will speak about Poetry in the Age of Total Communication.
Sponsored by ISEEES. In 270 Stephens Hall, 4 pm. For more details call
ISEEES, (510) 642-3230.
—Tuesday, February 12, 2008.
Public talk. Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow at
the Peterson Institute for International Economics, will speak about Russia's
Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed.
Sponsored by: ISEEES and the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley.
In the Geballe room, Townsend Center, Stephens Hall at 4 pm. For more
details call ISEEES, (510) 642-3230.
—Wednesday, February 13, 2008.
Brown bag talk. Vladislav Zubok, Associate Professor
of History at Temple University, will speak on Zhivago's Children:
The rise and fall of the intelligentsia after Stalin. Sponsored
by: ISEEES. In 270 Stephens Hall, 12 noon. For more details call ISEEES,
(510) 642-3230.
—Tuesday, February 19, 2008.
Public talk. Darius Staliunas, Deputy Director
of the Institute of History, Lithuania, will speak on. Making Russians:
Nationality Policy in the Western Borderlands of the Russian Empire.
Sponsored by: ISEEES. In 270 Stephens, 4 pm. For more details call ISEEES,
(510) 642-3230.
—Tuesday, February 19, 2008.
Reception and Lecture. Portraits of Chingis Khan and
Art of Mongol Empire. Pre-performance Lecture on the Art of Mongolia
by Orna Uranchimeg-Tsultem (ABD, Art History, UC Berkeley). The lecture
will discuss portraits of Chingis (Genghis) Khan and some selected works
of Mongolian art during the imperial period. At the Mechanics’ Institute,
57 Post Street, San Francisco, reception starts at 5:30 pm, lecture starts
at 6 pm. $10 general admission. Open to the public. Organized by Humanities
West; for more details email
info@humanitieswest.org .
—Friday, February 22, 2008.
Colin Miller Memorial Lecture. Artemy Troitsky,
an activist in the Russian rock movement, one of Russia's first
rock DJs and one of its best-known cultural journalists. Presentation
followed by a reception. Sponsored by: ISEEES. At 3:30-6:30 pm, in the
Alumni house, Toll Room. For more details call ISEEES, (510) 642-3230.
—Friday, February 22 - Saturday, February 23, 2008.
Interdisciplinary lecture/performance program. Empire
on Horseback: Genghis Khan and the Mongols. Full Program Description
and Resources at www.humanitieswest.org.
Organized by Humanities West, co-sponsored by ISEEES. Friday Evening (program
starts at 8 pm), all day Saturday (10 am - 5 pm) at the Herbst Theater,
San Francisco, 180 Redwood St # 100. Tickets $20 (students/teachers) to
$90: Order directly from City Box Office, 180 Redwood Street, Suite 100,
San Francisco, CA 94102, call (415 392 4400), or visit www.cityboxoffice.com.
—Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
Brown bag talk -West Coast Forum on Islam Lecture Series. Xavier Bougarel, Head Researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research will speak on The Place of Balkan Muslims in the Shaping of European Islam. Sponsored by: ISEEES, The Religion, Politics and Globalization Program, UC Berkeley. 223 Moses, 12 noon. For more details call ISEEES, (510) 642-3230.
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Other Events of Interest This Month
These events are not sponsored by ISEEES. Please check with the sponsoring organization to get the latest information on a particular event.
—Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Film Screening: The Legend of Suram
Fortress. Part of the Medieval Remake film series. Sergei Paradjanov’s
visionary retelling of a Georgian epic is “a spectacle so steeped
in folk symbolism it could be a ritual.”—Village Voice. 7:30
p.m. at the BAM/PFA, 2625 Durant Avenue #2250, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250.
Tickets: $5.50/$6.50/$9.50. More information: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/medievalremake
—Friday, February 1, 2008
Film Opening: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Directed
by Cristian Mungiu. Winner of Palme d'Or for Best Film. Will screen at
the Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley (2230 Shattuck Avenue); Embarcadero cinema
in San Francisco. Check ticket prices and showing times on Shattuck
Cinemas website.
—Friday, February 1, 2008
Film Screening: The Knight.
Part of the Medieval Remake film series.
Lech Majewski’s tale of medieval fury and faith is “beautiful,
mystical.”—L.A. Times. 8:45 p.m. at the BAM/PFA, 2625 Durant
Avenue #2250, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250. Tickets: $5.50/$6.50/$9.50. More
information: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/medievalremake
—February 8-10, 2008
Dance Performance: Moiseyev Dance Company - The
legendary dance group is coming to Berkeley - celebrating the 50th anniversary
of their first North American tour. Friday, Feb 8, 8 pm; Saturday, Feb
9, 2 pm and 8 pm; Sunday, Feb 10, 3 pm. In Zellerbach Hall. Tickets are
$24, $36, $48. For tickets and additional information call 510-642-9988
or visit the website http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2007/world_stage/mdc.php
—February 14-17, 2008
Dance Performance: Nina Ananiashvili & the State
Ballet of Georgia - with Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.
Program A (Thu): Balanchine/Chaconne, set to Gluck, plus new
works by Yuri Possokhov and Aleksei Ratmansky (American premieres); Program
B (Fri-Sun): Giselle. Thursday, Feb 14, 8 pm; Friday, Feb 15, 8 pm; Saturday,
Feb 16, 8 pm; Sunday, Feb 17, 3 pm. In Zellerbach Hall. Tickets are $34/$52/$76/$90.
For tickets and additional information call 510-642-9988 or visit the
website http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2007/dance/gsb.php
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