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Podcasts from public lectures for those interested in learning about Europe, European Union and Russia and its related fields of study.

Podcasts from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies


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    The Long Shadow of Assad's Gulag: Syrian Former Detainees in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 87:24


    Recording of a lecture by Uğur Ümit Üngör, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam

    Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 60:16


    A book talk with author Edward B. Westermann (Texas Aandamp;M University San Antonio, History).

    The Fishing Net and the Spider Web: Mediterranean Imaginaries and the Making of Italians

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 66:41


    Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 64:00


    A book talk with author Stephen Bittner (Sonoma State University, History).

    The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 62:56


    A book talk with author Dominique Kirchner Reill (University of Miami, History).

    Black Lives Matter in Belgium: Reckoning with Legacies of Colonialism, Violence, and Contemporary Racism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 108:23


    Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Debora Silverman, Stef Craps, Sibo Kanobana

    The History of Belarusian Vyzhyvanka

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021


    A keynote presentation and discussion featuring Rufina Bazlova, a multi-genre Belarusian artist based in Prague.

    From Ethnography to Ethno-Graphic: Representing the Work of the Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 102:45


    Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Didier Fassin

    Animal Transport and Pandemics Across the Mediterranean

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 59:53


    A lecture by Sarah Green (University of Helsinki, Finland, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology) with discussant Bharat Venkat (UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics).

    Contesting the National Beverage: Wine, Beer, and the Battle over ‘Foreign’ Tastes and Habits in Interwar Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 58:44


    Big Food and Small Fisher in Sweden: Fighting the System with Direct Marketing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 62:53


    A lecture by Maris Gillette (University of Gothenburg, School of Global Studies, Anthropology) with discussant Christopher Kelty (UCLA, Institute for Society and Genetics).

    Belarusian Voices in the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 68:02


    UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and Russian Flagship Program webinar by Sasha Razor and Lydia Roberts. Cosponsored by CERS.

    Talking Trash: Cultural Uses of Waste

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 75:25


    A book talk by Maite Zubiaurre (UCLA, Spanish andamp; Portuguese, Germanic Languages), with discussants Charlene Villaseñor Black (UCLA, Art History and Chicana Studies) and Allison Carruth (UCLA, English and the Institute for the Environment and Sustainabi

    Cartographic Humanism: The Making of Early Modern Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 57:23


    A book talk by Katharina Piechocki (Harvard University, Comparative Literature)

    Cartographic Humanism: The Making of Early Modern Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 57:23


    A book talk by Katharina Piechocki (Harvard University, Comparative Literature).

    On Being European

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 76:37


    A talk by Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy.

    Public attitudes and practices toward organ donation in Romania

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 45:15


    A talk by Adriana Baban (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine).

    The Czech Republic, the European Union and the Rise of Populism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019


    Racism and White Supremacy in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 368:24


    From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2019 85:35


    Hysteria, Race, and Masculinity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 70:22


    A lecture by Sander L. Gilman (Emory University, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychiatry).

    My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 95:05


    A book talk with author Katherine Verdery (Graduate Center CUNY, Anthropology).

    Trans*: Hystories, Bodies and the Unbuilding of Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 88:53


    A lecture by Jack Halberstam (Columbia University, English and Comparative Literature).

    Post-Soviet Kleptocracy in the West: Avenues of Influence?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 79:24


    A lecture by Ilya Zaslavskiy, Hudson Institute and Free Russia Foundation.

    The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2018 57:12


    A book talk by Daniel Treisman (UCLA, Political Science). Discussant: Bryn Rosenfeld (USC, Political Science).

    1968: A Year of Protests

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 80:25


    A lecture by Martha Kirszenbaum, independent curator and writer.

    PODCAST: The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018


    A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

    The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 87:33


    A book talk by author Yuri Slezkine, UC Berkeley, History. Discussant: Arch Getty, UCLA, History.

    Transnationalism and the pitfall of empowerment: a French critique

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2017 53:04


    Swanie Potot, "Transnationalism and the pitfall of empowerment: a French critique." Workshop on New Trends in Migration: European and North American Perspectives. 11/03/17

    Understanding the German Elections and What Comes Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2017 83:33


    A panel discussion with Nico Lange (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA), Paul Lerner (USC, History), Hans Jörg Neumann (Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles).

    Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 98:58


    A book talk by Max Bergholz, Concordia University, History. Discussant: Benjamin Madley, UCLA, History.

    Brexit: What's Next for the UK and Europe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2017 45:38


    A public lecture by Christophe Crombez, University of Leuven, Political Economy.

    The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: The View from Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 61:55


    A panel discussion with Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Trento, Sociology), Dominic Thomas (UCLA, French and Francophone Studies), and John Agnew (Geography, UCLA).

    Austrian Studies, the Austrian Presidential Election and Their Significance for Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 48:39


    A book presentation and discussion with Gűnter Bischof, University of New Orleans, History.

    The European Union at a Crossroads

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 82:52


    A discussion with David O'Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States of America.

    Brexit: Nice Dream, Bad Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 31:50


    A lecture by Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of the German weekly "Die Zeit".

    Religion and Politics in the European Union: The Secular Canopy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2016 36:59


    A book presentation by François Foret, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Political Science.

    “We Are the Future”: On the Rise of Europe’s Far Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2016 48:58


    A lecture by Andrea Mammone, Royal Holloway, University of London, History.

    Rise and Fall of Russian Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2016 48:01


    A lecture by Ilia Krasilshchik, publisher of the online media outlet "Meduza".

    Ethics of Care: Gender Subversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016 73:50


    A lecture by Sandra Laugier, Philosophy, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

    Avoiding a Collision Course: Perspectives on Turkey-NATO-Russian relations and the Syria Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 87:52


    A panel discussion about the tensions between Turkey and Russia in light of the Syria crisis

    Counterterrorism and Conspiracy: Historicizing the Struggle against Terrorism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2016 39:01


    A lecture and discussion with Beatrice de Graaf, Utrecht University, History of International Relations and Global Governance.

    Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2016 71:04


    Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016 55:01


    A book talk by author Azra Hromadžić, Syracuse University, Anthropology. Discussant: Adam Moore, UCLA, Geography.

    Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2016 82:31


    A book talk with Marvin Kalb, nonresident senior fellow with the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and senior advisor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Discussant: Mike Shuster, Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.

    Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in the French Republic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2016 32:36


    A talk by Jean Beaman, Purdue University, Sociology.

    From Sex to Islam: Michel Houellebecq’s Political Sociology

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015 53:05


    A lecture by Éric Fassin, Paris-8 University (Vincennes-Saint-Denis), Sociology.

    The Roma Question: The New Politics of Race in Color-Blind France and Neo-liberal Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2015 53:56


    A lecture by Éric Fassin, Paris-8 University (Vincennes-Saint-Denis), Sociology.

    On the Terrorist Attacks in Paris

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2015 64:55


    A panel discussion with UCLA faculty Asli Ü. Bâli, Caroline Ford, James Gelvin and Dominic Thomas. Moderated by Laure Murat.

    Making England Western: Occidentalism, Race, and Imperial Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2015 65:43


    A book presentation by author Saree Makdisi, UCLA, English.

    Madness and Politics in Nineteenth-Century France

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015 52:47


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