Central & East European Studies

Learn more of the past and present of Central and Eastern Europe by attending the CEES Lecture Series 2008 and by visiting "The Hungarian Exodus" Exhibition in Marshall McLuhan Hall of the University Center (10-19 March)!

CEES Lecture Series February-March 2008:

6 February 2008 (Wednesday) at 3 p.m. in 409 Tier Building
John-Paul Himka (History, U Alberta): “Debates about the Holocaust in Contemporary Ukraine”

14 February 2008 (Thursday) at 3 p.m. in 409 Tier Building
Anne-Laurence Caudano (History, U Winnipeg): "Journeys through Heaven: Cosmography in the Old Testament Apocrypha of Early Rus"

26 February 2008 (Tuesday) at 3 p.m. in 240 University College
Elzbieta Ostrowska (Film Studies, U Alberta): "Stereotypes and Myths: Representations of Russians in Polish Cinema"

12 March 2008 (Wednesday) at 3:30 p.m. in 409 Tier Building
Oliver Botar (Fine Arts, U Manitoba): "The Modernist Revolution: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising in the Work of Hungarian-Canadian Artists"

CEES gratefully acknowledges the support of the University College, Film Studies Program, UM Institute for the Humanities and the Department of German and Slavic Studies in organizing the series.

"The Hungarian Exodus" Exhibition

From 10 March through 19 March 2008, students, faculty and visitors of the U Manitoba will have a unique opportunity to learn more about the events of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Canada's help to thousands of Hungarian refugees who left Hungary after the Uprising was crushed. "The Hungarian Exodus" Exhibition will be open on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. in Marshall McLuhan Hall (Room 204) in the University Center from 11 March until 19 March 2008. The opening ceremony of the exhibition is at 5 p.m. on 10 March in Marshall McLuhan Hall. Susan Papp's documentary "Young Rebels: Voices of the Hungarian Revolution" will be screened at 7 p.m. in Cinematheque (100 Arthur St.). On 12 March, Dr. Oliver Botar will deliver a talk "The Modernist Revolution: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising in the Work of Hungarian-Canadian Artists" at 3:30 p.m. in 409 Tier Building.

CEES gratefully acknowledges the support of the Faculty of Arts, the Department of German and Slavic Studies, Canadian Studies Program, Rakoczi Foundation (Toronto), and Hungarian Canadian Cultural Society in Winnipeg in organizing the exhibit.