October 2019
Krasno Events Series
"INDIA in GLOBAL AFFAIRS" His Excellency HARSH VARDHAN SHRINGLA The Ambassador of India to the United States The Ambassador will be introduced by North Carolina Secretary of State ELAINE F. MARSHALL. The discussion will be moderated by Prof. Klaus Larres (UNC-Chapel Hill) The event is followed by a reception outside the auditorium (all welcome). Location: Mandela auditorium, Fed Ex GEC building
Find out more »September 2021
Krasno Event: “9/11 and the WAR in Afghanistan after 20 Years: How it Happened and How it Changed Everything”
In-person, Mandela auditorium & also online. https://www.krasnoevents.com/sept2-2021.html
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Albertine Cinémathèque 2022
Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
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Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
Find out more »Albertine Cinémathèque 2022
Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
Find out more »Albertine Cinémathèque 2022
Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
Find out more »Albertine Cinémathèque 2022
Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
Find out more »Albertine Cinémathèque 2022
Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival, 2022! Sept. 7: Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) Sept. 13: Les Indes Gallantes (Gallantes Indies) Sept. 15: Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) Sept. 20: Lingui, les liens sacrés (Lingui, the Sacred Bonds) Sept. 22: La Panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) Sept. 28: Une histoire d'amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Free public screenings of historic and contemporary French films. The event is hosted by the UNC Center for European Studies…
Find out more »October 2022
“The Conference” Film Screening & Discussion
As part of the 2022 Campus Weeks: Germany on Campus, join us for a film screening and discussion of the 2022 German film, The Conference! Originally entitled Die Wannseekonferenz, the film depicts the notorious January 1942 meeting of Nazi leaders at a villa in Berlin-Wansee. The exclusive topic of the approximately 90-minute discussion is what the National Socialists called the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”, the systematic mass murder of millions of Jews from all over Europe. A fictionalized TV film…
Find out more »UNC-CES Public Talk: Environmentalism during the Weimar Era
UNC's Center for European Studies is hosting a public talk as part of it's "German Week" this fall! "Environmentalism during the Weimar Era" Thursday, October 27 | 5:30 pm EDT Nelson Mandela Auditorium | FedEx Global Education Center Public Talk with Paul Dobryden Join us for a conversation with Paul Dobryden, Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, on his new book The Hygienic Apparatus: Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder (2022). Christina Weiler,…
Find out more »November 2022
UNC-CES Public Film Screening: Zu Weit Weg (Too Far Away, 2019)
UNC's Center for European Studies is hosting a public film screening as part of its "German Week" this fall! PUBLIC FILM SCREENING: ZU WEIT WEG (TOO FAR AWAY, 2019) Thursday, November 3 | 5:30 pm EDT Nelson Mandela Auditorium | FedEx Global Education Center Public Film Screening & Discussion with Jon Lepofsky and Christina Weiler, to be joined by MEET EU Emerging Filmmaker, Vida Skerk About the Film 12-year-old Ben and his family must leave their village because of the surface lignite…
Find out more »Krasno Event: Prof. Benjamin Hett on “The Death of Democracy”
Dear Colleagues and Friends, in many countries around the world democracy has become an endangered species. In its 2022 report Freedom House concluded that "democracy in the United States has suffered serious erosion" and the Economist's 2022 democracy index once again refers to the US as a "flawed democracy." Italy has just elected a far-right prime minister with neo-fascist roots and in many other countries anti-democratic autocratic movements and leaders are on the rise. At our Krasno event on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 5.30pm (the day after…
Find out more »January 2023
Krasno Event: Polish Ambassador Marek Magierowski
Announcing the first Krasno Event of 2023! The Ambassador of Poland to the U.S, Marek Magierowski, will be our guest at the first Krasno Global Event/Ambassadors Forum this semester on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 5.30pm. Ambassador Magierowski will talk about "POLAND and RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE." This is a hybrid event - in-person in the Mandela auditorium and livestreamed on Zoom.
Find out more »February 2023
CMEIS Lecture Series: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Please join us for the first CMEIS talk of this semester on "Late Imperial Chinese Islam between History, Genealogy, and Memory: The State, the Muslims, and the People Around." On Monday, Feb 6, we will host Dr. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Professor in the Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Feb 6, Monday, 5:30-7 pm, FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium. (P.S. Parking for $1 is…
Find out more »CMEIS Lecture Series: Arash Davari
Dr. Arash Davari, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, will give a talk on "Human Rights Guerrillas: Iran between Global 1968 and Global 1979." The event is going to take place on: Feb 20, Monday, 5:30-7 pm, FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium. (P.S. Parking is available at the McCauley Deck after 5pm.) Arash Davari is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His writings…
Find out more »March 2023
CMEIS Lecture Series: Elora Shehabuddin
The Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies will be hosting its latest in 2022-2023 lecture series this Monday, March 6! Elora Shehabuddin, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Global Studies at UC Berkeley, for a talk on Muslim women and global feminism. Her talk is entitled "Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism." We would be happy if you could join us! Details about the talk are on the flyer below. …
Find out more »CMEIS Lecture: Mostafa Minawi on Arab-Ottoman Imperialists
Dear colleagues and friends, We are happy to announce the last talk of the CMEIS lecture series this year. Dr. Mostafa Minawi, Director of Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies (CO+POS) and an Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, will give a talk on "Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire." The event is going to take place on: March 27, Monday, 5:30-7 pm, FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium. (P.S. Parking is available at the McCauley…
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