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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We are kicking off the festival with an avant-première of Franz, the new film by Agnieszka Holland! Tickets for the Eastern European Film Weeks in Leuven are on sale now! You can follow the links in our program (soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...) or on the website of @CinemaZED (www.cinemazed.be/nl).

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join us for this unique workshop with "the last Soviet artist" Victoria Lomasko: no drawing skills required. Friday, 9 October, 13:00-16:00. Read more and enroll here: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/t...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great cinema outside your comfort zone. 🎬 Eastern European Film Weeks 2026 📍 Leuven | 8-30 October Documentaries and fiction exploring the many realities of Eastern Europe. Screenings accompanied by conversations with filmmakers and scholars. soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e... #Cinema #Leuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe. Kris Van Heuckelom, Professor of Polish Studies and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven, speaks with Konrad Klejsa (University of Łódź), a leading scholar of socialist-era Polish cinema, about film censorship under communism. fcee.podbean.com/e/klejsa/

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Konrad Klejsa on Film Censorship in Socialist Poland | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

In this conversation, Kris Van Heuckelom, Professor of Polish Studies and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven, speaks with Konrad Klejsa (University of Łódź), a leading scholar of socialist-era Polish cinem...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Zsuzsa Csergő on minority agency and the politics of Belonging - New episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe on what does it mean to live as a minority “at home”. With @petervermeersch.bsky.social fcee.podbean.com/e/zsuzsa_cse... @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🎧 New episode Studio Central and Eastern Europe out When is a “transit country” a choice rather than fate? Denitsa Marchevska talks with Julija Sardelić on how states shape (and limit) refugee protection in Europe. Listen: borders, belonging, and the politics of mobility. fcee.podbean.com/e/srdelic/

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

On 21/04, the European Court of Justice will rule in a historic case: European Commission against Hungary, over anti‑LGBT laws. In our podcast, Wim Weymans speaks with UCLouvain European law professor Antoine Bailleux. #European_values #Hungary #ECJ #Orban #LGBTQ+ fcee.podbean.com/e/antoine_ba...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Writer Emine Sadka (Caravane for Ravens) will be one of the speakers at our forthcoming event Minority Citizenship in Backsliding Democracy: The Case of Bulgaria. More&Register: fcee.substack.com/p/minority-c... #Bulgaria #minorities #humanrights #ghent #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When a celebrated Ukrainian writer doubles as a volunteer soldier, his writing cannot help but resound with urgency. A discussion how Zjadan’s Arabeski reaches Dutch audiences without losing its music. Save a seat (event in Dutch). 📅 26 March 2026 🕢 17:30📍 Boekarest Bookstore, Leuven.

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

From a distance, objectivity looks almost effortless—one of the presumed privileges of studying war. But what if the scholar has survived the very conflict they seek to analyse? Out podcast with Vjosa Musliu will draw you into this compelling conversation. fcee.podbean.com/e/vjosa_musl...

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Vjosa Musliu on Lived Experience as Knowledge in International Relations | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This superbly interesting topic - the environmental history of one of Krakow, is fast approaching. 🗓 19 March 2026, 17:30📍 Collegium Veteranorum (109-20), Sint-Michielsstraat 2-4 , Mgr. O. Romerozaal 02.10, Leuven. RSVP: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/r... Details: fcee.substack.com/p/environmen...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Our guests tomorrow will be Ivanja Todorović, a visual artist in Belgrade. It is still not too late to reserve a place. More: fcee.substack.com/p/institutio... 🗓 11 March 2026, 18:00📍 Hollands College, Pater Damiaanplein 9, 3000 Leuven. Register: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e... #art #serbia #leuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Visual artist Ana Stojković and art historian Milica Pekić will be our guests at the event on 11 March, at Hollands College (Leuven), dedicated to art and political protest in contemporary Serbia. Program and registration (free): open.substack.com/pub/fcee/p/i... #Serbia #art #protests

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Jochen Hellbeck (Rutgers University) and KU Leuven historian Georgi Verbeeck open fresh angles on the Nazi project. 🗓 2 March 2026, 17:30 📍 Collegium Veteranorum (109-20), Sint-Michielsstraat 2–4, Mgr. O. Romerozaal 02.10, Leuven Register : soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Jochen Hellbeck (Rutgers University, United States) on his recent book World Enemy No. 1, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia and the Fate of the Jews. 🗓 2 March 2026, 17:30📍 Collegium Veteranorum (109-20), Sint-Michielsstraat 2-4 , Romerozaal 02.10, 3000 Leuven. Register: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If you missed Mr Nobody Against Putin during our Eastern European Film Weeks in Leuven last October, you can now watch on VRT Max. On the link below Peter Vermeersch, political scientist at KU Leuven, joins host Van Bogaert to introduce the documentary (in Dutch). www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist... at 2:44

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In the latest episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe, Vera Messing joins Peter Vermeersch to discuss the impact of Hungary’s controversial ‘community identity’ law, which restricts settlement and property acquisition. open.spotify.com/episode/4amj...

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Vera Messing on Hungary’s ‘Community Identity’ Law—and Its Impact on the Roma Minority

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🎙️ New episode! Studio Central and Eastern Europe Tatiana Klepikova joins Maryna Shevtsova to discuss the contested legacy of cult film director Sergej Paradjanov—claimed by many post-Soviet nations and celebrated for his bold aesthetics and queer undertones. open.spotify.com/episode/3Sup...

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Tatiana Klepikova on the Contested Legacy of Sergej Parajanov

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo An invitation to a discussion with writer and academic Vjosa Musliu. 2 December, 17:30, Hollands College, Leuven. Read more: fcee.substack.com/p/girlhood-a... Register: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e... #Kosovo #KULeuven #FCEE #Balkans

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🎙️ Jeroen van den Bosch on Encyclopedia Tyrannica — a research guide to totalitarianism. With Ria Laenen (KU Leuven), on authoritarianism, Central Asia, and academic blind spots. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/s... 📖 Free: www.ibidem.eu/out/media/vl... #StudioCEE #EncyclopediaTyrannica #Geopolitics

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Breaking news: a second edition of the Eastern European Film Weeks of KU Leuven will follow next fall! See you in 11 months at @Cinema ZED

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Two exceptional screenings in Leuven! fcee.substack.com/p/eastern-eu... : avant-premiere of the Ukrainian documentary Timestamp and a rare screening of The Hourglass Sanatorium, a seminal work of Polish surrealist cinema by the singular W. Has. Tickets: www.cinemazed.be/nl/nieuws/on...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Polsslag Comes to Antwerp: Book Presentation by Peter Vermeersch 📍UCSIA en Pax Christi-gebouw, Koningstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen 📅 Doors open at 19:00 More: www.paxchristi.be/agenda/boekv...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Join us tonight at 5 PM at Cinema ZED to watch a film based on the work of the freshly announced Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Eastern European Film Weeks: www.cinemazed.be/nl/film/werc... #nobel #hungary #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Don’t miss the public lecture by one of the most thought-provoking and influential historians of Polish–Jewish relations! Register here (soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e...) for the lecture of Jan Tomasz Gross. 📅 9 October 2025, 14:00–16:00 📍 De Valk, DV1 01.54, KU Leuven #Poland #History #KULeuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

One week to go! Our Eastern European Film Weeks start on 8 October with a selection of 8 films from across the region introduced by academic experts. Don’t miss the opening event, featuring Polish film director Zofia Kowalewska in person. Language: English Tickets www.cinemazed.be/nl/nieuws/on...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🔴 Season 3 of Studio Central and Eastern Europe is live! Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia can teach Ukraine? What can transitional justice in Latin America tell us about post-conflict processes in Europe? www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2v5ra-... #transitional_justice #Ukraine #Colombia #KULeuven

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Lessons in Peacebuilding: What Colombia Can Teach Ukraine

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

30 years since Srebrenica. How do we remember and rebuild? Join a roundtable at UAntwerp on June 30, 17:00–19:00, with survivors, scholars & artists. Open to all. Info: marnix.beyen@uantwerpen.be #Srebrenica30 #NeverAgain

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

How has Russia’s war in Ukraine reshaped Ukrainian studies in the West? 🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.

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Oksana Dudko on the War’s Impact on Ukrainian and East European Studies | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

In this episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe, Oksana Dudko discusses how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has broadened the field of Ukrainian studies in the West. In conversation with ...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Now online: The lecture by Prof. Dr. Taras Dobko, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, delivered at the Forum on Central and Eastern Europe in Leuven (3 June).: fcee.be #ukraine #HigherEducation #AcademicExcellence #UniversityLeadership #easterneurope #socialresilience #universityoflviv

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

You are warmly invited to this important lecture on #university #education in #urkaine: 📅 Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025 🕕 Time: 18:00 📍 Location: Kleine Aula 00.15, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven Registration is now open! Scan the QR code on the poster or use this link: lnkd.in/eHujaUGKhttp...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch. 22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren), Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n... Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net #Belarus #kuleuven

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On 📅 22 May 2025, 13:30 📍 Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven We warmly invite you to our symposium on the role of art in exile and protest in Belarus. Full program and registration: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n... #Belarus #Resistance #kuLeuven #FCEE

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A new episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe's podcast! Lifelong aficionado of #Eurovision and political scientist Maryna Shevtsova explores the political and emotional power of the song contest in a conversation with Peter Vermeersch. open.spotify.com/episode/5twW... #Podcast #CEE #Ukraine

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Camp Diplomacy: Maryna Shevtsova on the Politics and Power of Eurovision

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🎙️ Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out! Prof. Emilia Kledzik from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań explores how Polish poet Ficowski both illuminated and, at times, mythologized Roma culture. She speaks of literature as a battleground for cultural memory and state ideology.

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Emilia Kledzik on the Appropriation of Papusza’s Voice and the Stereotyping of Romani Poetry

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In the following weeks, Cinema ZED in Leuven is set to showcase two compelling films from Eastern Europe, each offering a peak in the societies and politics of the region. www.cinemazed.be/film/new-yea... www.cinemazed.be/film/explana...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If you've missed the great ceremony where KU Leuven’s Rector Luc Sels awarded the Honorary Medal to Belarusian-Belgian writer Alexandr Skorobogatov, here (fcee.be) you can find two remarkable speeches that explain the choice. #Kuleuven #Belarus #Skorobogatov #literature #award

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📅 22 May 2025, Leuven The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On | 13:00 Join artists, activists, and researchers reflecting on the power of art in resistance. Book Launch: Polsslag | 19:30 Peter Vermeersch discusses music as resistance. 📍 Campus Corso, Diestsestraat 253 Details soon! #Belarus

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

📷 Traces of War, Faces of Hope | The exhibition features images of Sarajevo in the 1990s under siege by photographer Mario Bocca. 🗓 2 April – 1 October 2025 📍 Brantijser, Antwerp 🎉 Opening event w/ the photographer: 2 April, 17:30 - Register: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan... #Photography #Sarajevo

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The latest episode of our podcast series is out! Ria Laenen and Lien Verpoest, both professors at KU Leuven, discuss international politics today and the shifts in the global order since World War II. Tune in for insights on history, power, and current affairs! youtu.be/gGRzdtJPdQM?... #Russia

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Ria Laenen Offers a Non-Eurocentric View on the Unraveling World Order and Europe’s Misjudgment o...

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Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Attend the special screening of Wielka Droga (The Great Way), a recently restored Polish film and a significant historical document. The screening will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Dorota Lekka from the Polish Film Archive. R.S.V.P.: soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/e... #polishfilm

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