This event explores the evolution of Russian rock music from the 1980s, critical of the Soviet regime, to today's alignment with contemporary Russian politics, reflecting a shift from progressive to conservative values.

Yuri Slezkine's 'The House of Government' narrates the lives of Moscow's elite Communist officials in a large apartment complex, tracing their rise and fall during the Soviet era, encapsulated by personal stories, literary criticism, and architectural history.

Dr. Emily Channell-Justice discusses the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including societal and human costs, at a Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations virtual event.

Explore Russia's foreign policy in global health security, highlighting its wartime diplomacy and strategic shifts in response to sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasizes Russia's alignment with China and efforts to engage the Global South in health strategies.

Ruban's research analyzes the history of abortion in the USSR, focusing on the 1920 decree and its global impact across the USSR and beyond, including the US and Europe.

Director Milcho Manchevski, from Skopje, North Macedonia, delivered the 2023 Choncoff Lecture. He discussed his acclaimed film career, including 'Before the Rain', which won multiple awards and is celebrated globally for its innovative narrative and emotional depth.

In 2015, over a million refugees and migrants entered the EU from the Middle East and Africa, primarily traveling through Turkey to Greece and then via the Western Balkans before the route closed in March 2016.

The American Romanian Cultural Society Arizona is hosting a film festival featuring Romanian cinema. Two films, 'E PERICOLOSO SPORGERSI' and 'TAXI DRIVERS', will be shown, exploring themes of personal and societal challenges in Romania.

The American Romanian Cultural Society Arizona screens Romanian films at Majestic Tempe 7, featuring 'Between Revolutions' and 'Men of Deeds'. Supported by the Melikian Center and a Tempe arts grant, the event showcases films on personal and political challenges in Romania.

Dr. Alina Polyakova will discuss Russian disinformation campaigns and their impact on democracy at an event hosted by the ASU chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society.

Laurie Stoff's pioneering work brings the wartime experiences of Russia's "Sisters of Mercy" out of the shadows to show how these nurses of the Great War, far from merely binding wounds, provided vital services that put them squarely in traditionally "masculine" territory, both literally and figuratively.

The film 'Son of Saul' (2015) by director László Nemes, produced by Kaokoon Filmgroup and Sony Pictures Classics, explores the harrowing experiences of a Holocaust concentration camp inmate.