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Nowruz

Faculty Profile: Julia Verkholantsev

Temple of All Religions, Kazan', Tatarstan, Russia

Upcoming Events

March
18

Russian Tea
Topic: Board Games: Imaginarium
March
23

Colloquium Series

American Defender: How the Pentagon Armed Ukraine to Fight Putin
REES Colloquium
Celeste Wallander’s American Defender is an inside account of how the U.S. coordinated the defense ministries of 50 countries to train, arm, and support Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion,...
March
24

NOWRUZ Celebration

Food and celebration await!
April
1

Russian Tea
Topic: Space Day (Russian Films + Trivia)

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The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism

An article in Jacobin by Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee. Here: The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism
What We Forgot About Socialism: Lessons from The Red Riviera, A Guest Post by Kristen Ghodsee

Twenty years ago in November of 2005, Duke University Press published Kristen Ghodsee's first book: The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea.
Penn professors launch European Studies Institute, revitalize European studies minor

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Julia Alekseyeva, interviewed by Dr. Kristen Ghodsee

READ here: This Camera Kills Fascists

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D. Brian Kim
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