Monthly Archives: December 2016

Five Things You Need to Know about the Protests in Poland

Posted on December 21, 2016 by empeters

Five Things You Need to Know about the Protests in Poland by Anna Grzymala-Busse and Monika Nalepa First published in The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post on December 19, 2016 under the title “Why are there protests in Poland? Here … Continue reading →

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Francofonia

Posted on December 8, 2016 by empeters

Francofonia by Anthony Stott On October 20, 2016, the University of Chicago community joined Dragan Kujundžić, Professor of Germanic and Slavic Studies, and Film and Media Studies at the University of Florida, to celebrate the renowned Russian film director Alexander … Continue reading →

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Doubly Neglected: Women and Religion in the Balkans—The Case of Orthodox Women Monastics

Posted on December 5, 2016 by empeters

 Milica Bakić-Hayden: Doubly Neglected: Women and Religion in the Balkans—The Case of Orthodox Women Monastics by Nada Petković On October 17, 2016, the Franke Institute for the Humanities hosted a lecture on Orthodox Women Monastics in the Balkans delivered by … Continue reading →

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