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Thursday, May 1, 2008

51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.

Friday, May 2, 2008

World Affairs Council 62nd Annual Conference: "From London to Moscow: New Faces, Old Alliances."

Conference/Symposium: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 4, 2008 every day |  Asilomar


 , Monterey, CA

World Affairs Council


For more than 60 years, the World Affairs Council's Annual Conference has been the most prestigious international affairs gathering on the West Coast....   More >


The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.


Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA

Performing Arts - Theater: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 18 – May 16, 2008 every Friday | 8 p.m. |  Barryman


The Actors Ensemble of Berkeley


A sour old professor. His beautiful young wife. A doctor fooling himself that he loves the young wife. A caretaker who loves (surprise) the young wife. A daughter who loves the doctor. Mix in a pistol and the Russian countryside, and you have a play that...   More >


$10-12

Saturday, May 3, 2008

World Affairs Council 62nd Annual Conference: "From London to Moscow: New Faces, Old Alliances."

Conference/Symposium: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 4, 2008 every day |  Asilomar


 , Monterey, CA

World Affairs Council


For more than 60 years, the World Affairs Council's Annual Conference has been the most prestigious international affairs gathering on the West Coast....   More >


The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.


34th Annual Teacher Outreach Conference (2007 - 2008): Russian Emigration in Historical Perspective: Russians in California

Conference/Symposium: ISEEES Public Events & Conferences | May 3 | 8:30 a.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room


Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Institute of (ISEEES)


An annual conference for education professionals on timely topics relating to our Eastern Europe and Eurasia. These conferences are made possible by a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education....   More >

Sunday, May 4, 2008

World Affairs Council 62nd Annual Conference: "From London to Moscow: New Faces, Old Alliances."

Conference/Symposium: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 4, 2008 every day |  Asilomar


 , Monterey, CA

World Affairs Council


For more than 60 years, the World Affairs Council's Annual Conference has been the most prestigious international affairs gathering on the West Coast....   More >


The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.

Monday, May 5, 2008

The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.


Building Democratic Armies

Lecture: ISEEES Public Events & Conferences | May 6 | 4 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall


Zoltan Barany, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin

Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Institute of (ISEEES)


The tragic mistakes of the American occupation of Iraq underscore the importance of public safety before the business of democratic transition can begin, yet most writers on democratization either neglect it or take it for granted. Barany's new project a...   More >


Trials, Truth, and Amnesties: On the Compatibility of Forgiveness and Punishment in an Ethic of Political Reconciliation

Lecture | May 6 | 5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room


Daniel Philpott, Kroc Institute, Notre Dame

Religion, Politics and Globalization Program (RPGP))


What does justice consist of in the wake of its massive despoliation? Daniel Philpott proposes "political reconciliation" as an ethic that can tie together a range of restorative measures and justifications for dealing with the past....   More >


Scenes from Tezka Barbora

Performing Arts - Theater: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 6 | 6 p.m. | B-4 Dwinelle Hall


Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of


UC Berkeley's elementary Czech class will perform the first 3 scenes from Jiri Voskovec and Jan Werich's 1929 play Tezka Barbora....   More >

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.


Rethinking the Resource Curse--Lessons from the Soviet Successor States.: West Coast Forum on Politics and Islam

Lecture: ISEEES Public Events & Conferences | May 7 | 12 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall | Canceled


Pauline Jones Luong, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Brown University

Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Institute of (ISEEES)


Pauline Jones Luong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Brown University...   More >

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Singing Revolution

Film - Documentary: Off-Campus Events of Interest | May 2 – 8, 2008 every day |  Lumiere Landmark Theatres


1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109

James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty


Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1987 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of brutal Soviet occupation....   More >


51st San Francisco International Film Festival

Film - Series: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 24 – May 8, 2008 every day |  Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and/or PFA


San Francisco International Film Festival


SFIIF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas, presenting over 200 films from 41 countries and featuring 10 new films from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia....   More >


$12.50

Buy tickets online, or by calling (925) 866-9559.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA

Performing Arts - Theater: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 18 – May 16, 2008 every Friday | 8 p.m. |  Barryman


The Actors Ensemble of Berkeley


A sour old professor. His beautiful young wife. A doctor fooling himself that he loves the young wife. A caretaker who loves (surprise) the young wife. A daughter who loves the doctor. Mix in a pistol and the Russian countryside, and you have a play that...   More >


$10-12

Friday, May 16, 2008

Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA

Performing Arts - Theater: Off-Campus Events of Interest | April 18 – May 16, 2008 every Friday | 8 p.m. |  Barryman


The Actors Ensemble of Berkeley


A sour old professor. His beautiful young wife. A doctor fooling himself that he loves the young wife. A caretaker who loves (surprise) the young wife. A daughter who loves the doctor. Mix in a pistol and the Russian countryside, and you have a play that...   More >


$10-12