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| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Additional Info | Sponsor |
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| Exhibit Posters from the Russian Revolution: 1917 - 1929 | September 22-October 12, 2008 9:00 AM-5:00 PM | Mebane Gallery, Goldsmith Hall at the School of Architecture | Posters from the collection of Professor Danilo Udovicki. | School of Architecture | |
| Film Ivan Vasilevich Changes Profession (1973) Laughter Through Tears: Tragic Comedies from the Eastern Bloc | October 6, 2008 7:30 PM | GRG 102 | Directed by Leonid Gaidai Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to the 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973. A favorite Russian classic. Russia, 93 min. |  Event Flyer (PDF) | CREEES |
| Concert KAL A POST-MODERN ROMA (GYPSY) BAND from SERBIA | October 13, 2008 8:00 PM | Cactus Café | They topped the European world music charts in 2006. While playing music from Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and their home base of Serbia, they create a "dynamic blend of traditional instruments, rock'n'roll in attitude, fueled on dance beats and rooted in Balkan blues - a mix of traditional and modern urban elements. Admission $10 Texas Union Building (1st floor SW corner) 23rd and Guadalupe 475-6515 cactus@union.utexas.edu Tour organized by---and proceeds go to--- Roma advocacy organization, Voice of Roma. Romani Routes is a project of Voice of Roma, a nonprofit organization based in Sebastopol, California. The aim of Romani Routes is to present the virtuosity of Romani musicians and the richness and depth of Romani music in a way that counteracts the hype of the mythologized "Gypsy". Romani Routes also seeks to lead the way against exploitation of Romani musicians by ensuring connections among the musicians, Romani culture, and the cause of Romani rights. | Event Flyer (PDF) | VOR-Romani Routes |
| Mini-Seminar Межкультурная коммуникация в условиях глобализации Dr. Vladimir Glagolev Moscow Institute of Foreign Relations (University) -- MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Russian Federation | October 14-November 3, 2008 5:15 PM-6:30 PM | CAL 422 | All lectures will be given in Russian Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Аксиолого-этические аспекты межкультурной коммуникации в условиях глобализации "Ethical Aspects of Intercultural Communication in the Era of Globalization" Thursday, October 16, 2008 Социологические проблемы межкультурной коммуникации в условиях глобализации "Sociological Issues of Intercultural Communication in the Era of Globalization" Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Политическая коммуникация в условиях глобализации "Political Communication in the Era of Globalization" Thursday, October 23, 2008 Религиозная и этноконфессиональная коммуникация в условиях глобализации "Religious and Ethno-Confessional Communication in the Era of Globalization" Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Конфликтологические проблемы межкультурной коммуникации в условиях глобализации "Conflict Issues of Intercultural Communication in the Era of Globalization" Thursday, October 30, 2008 Геополитические аспекты межкультурных коммуникаций в условиях глобализации "Geopolitical Aspects of Intercultural Communication in the Era of Globalization" Мonday, November 3, 2008 Дипломатическая специфика межкультурных аспектов коммуникации в условиях глобализации "Diplomatic Particulars of Intercultural Aspects of Communication in the Era of Globalization" All lectures in CAL 422, 5:15-6:30pm | Event Flyer (PDF) | DSES |
| Lecture ''Has cultural studies sounded the death-knell of classical sociology prematurely?'' Prof. Thomas Acton Professor of Sociology, Chair in Romani Studies, Greenwich University, London | October 17, 2008 3:00 PM | Chicano Culture Room, Texas Union 4.206 | Dr. Acton has been active in the Romani civil, political and human rights effort since the 1960s and has published widely in these areas. His many books include: Gypsy Politics and Social Change; Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle: Commitment in Romani Studies; Surviving Peoples: Gypsies; Language, Blacks and Gypsies | Event Flyer (PDF) | CREEES, The Center for European Studies, The Department of Linguistics, The Program in Comparative Literature, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Romani Archives and Documentation Center (RADOC) |
| Lecture The Making of ''21-Up'' Sergei Miroshnichenko Documentary Filmmaker | October 20, 2008 2:00 PM | Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (Guadalupe at Dean Keeton) | Film clips and discussion with the filmmaker. CMB Studio 4D, Building B, Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (Guadalupe at Dean Keeton) | Event Flyer | CREEES, the Houston Russian Cultural Center-Our Texas, and the University of Texas Documentary Center |
| Film Born in the USSR: 21-Up Directed by Sergei Miroshnichenko | October 20, 2008 7:00 PM | GRG 102 | Film Screening (director's cut) Followed by Q and A with Sergei Miroshnichenko. Geography Building, (Corner of 24th and Whitis, GRG 102) Third in the Russian series inspired by Michael Apted's British series "7 Up," this documentary presents young people from all socio-economic levels and from disparate parts of the former Soviet Union. Mr. Miroshnichenko teaches documentary film direction at the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. He is Secretary of the Russian Cinematographers Union and an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. For more information, please contact Allegra Azulay at 471-7782 or aazulay@mail.utexas.edu | Event Flyer (PDF) | CREEES, the Houston Russian Cultural Center-Our Texas, and the University of Texas Documentary Center |
| Film Autumn Spring (2001) Laughter Through Tears: Tragic Comedies from the Eastern Bloc | October 27, 2008 7:30 PM | GRG 102 | Directed by Vladimír Michálek Terminal prankster Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and take certain responsibilities, despite his wife Emilie's constant badgering to do so. Even faced with his own looming death and an ungrateful son who wants to whisk his parents off to the old folks' home, Frantisek's wit won't quit as he vows to live until he dies. Czech Republic, 95 min. | Event Flyer (PDF) | CREEES |
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