Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies- REEES

You are cordially invited to "Resilient Reels: Ukrainian Animation on Screen and In Conversation," an evening special event of the the Animate Experience 2026 Conference and Exhibition. Presented by the Pennsylvania Expanded Animation Alliance (PA-XAA) and Razom for Ukraine, this event showcases animation produced in Ukraine and by Ukrainian animators and animation directors.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026
🕓 Time: 7:00–9:00 PM
📍 Location: Harris Theater (809 Liberty Avenue)

To learn more and RSVP, please follow the link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YihQL7kr7hiqxpfsM0phr10YS4ieNkv6IsBsJlcPCaQ/edit

Dear colleagues! Join us NEXT WEEK for the New East Film Symposium 2026, Playscapes of the State: Childhood in Today’s Cinema of Displacement, featuring powerful contemporary films and discussions on youth, memory, and conflict.

Screenings run May 11–13 in Posvar Hall. See the full schedule and be part of this important conversation.
https://www.neweastcinema.pitt.edu/

The in-person registration deadline for the upcoming Future(s) of International and Area Studies conference is coming up TOMORROW (May 1)! Virtual registrations are open until May 6.

Please check out the link here (https://www.global.pitt.edu/future-international-area-studies-conference) or in our bio to register and explore our variety of speakers and panels.

We are so proud of our students and are looking forward to seeing all that they'll accomplish!

Join us this afternoon!

Join us for a public lecture by internationally recognized artist and graphic journalist Victoria Lomasko, who will discuss how observational drawing transforms into powerful symbolic visual language.

Drawing on her experiences documenting protests and social movements across the post-Soviet space, Lomasko reflects on art in times of political and historical upheaval.

Monday, April 20 | 1:00–2:30 PM | 501 Cathedral of Learning

Co-sponsored by Slavic Department, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies- REEES, Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, and Dietrich Dean of Arts and Sciences.

Today!!!

Join us next Friday, April 17th, for a discussion on (post-)Soviet philosophies with Mikhail Minakov! Minakov is currently a Fellow at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam, and his work examines state behavior during times of crisis.

🗓️ Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
🕓 Time: 1:30–3:00 PM
📍 Location: 144 Cathedral of Learning (English Room)

This week, ASEEES joined the American Council of Learned Societies to and to highlight the importance of our research.

Our work spans culture and language, politics and society, history and literature, helping us understand a region of longstanding importance to our increasingly interconnected world. We need specialists on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

We need more area studies specialists! Our research probes questions about politics and society from Prague to Perm, from Belgrade to Budapest, from Tashkent to Tallinn. This expertise is essential in our interconnected world.

This week, ASEEES is joining ACLS to and .

Join us! For details, see: https://aseees.org/news/join-aseees-and-the-2026-acls-social-media-campaign/