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She will also explain how the Kremlin propaganda about the Ukrainian democratic movement captures the essence of Russia\u2019s motivation to suppress Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and democracy. \n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Sophia Wilson is a Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the President of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies. Wilson received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington and held fellowships at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Indiana University Law School, and Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. She taught at the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute in 2017, 2019 and 2025. Wilson's publications on human rights practices in authoritarian regimes are based on extensive fieldwork she conducted in Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, including multiple interviews with judges, journalists and activists. Her book, Maidan: Ukraine's Democratic Revolution is an extensive analysis of the grassroots 2013\u20132014 Revolution of Dignity, which renegotiated the social contract and reaffirmed democracy in Ukraine. She is currently working on her new book, Fascism vs. Communism: Ukraine under Three Occupations. Dr. Wilson has provided analysis for U.S. government agencies, and commentary for broadcast and print media outlets on Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was recognized by the Ukrainian government \"for leadership in the study and research of Ukrainian Studies in the United States of America\" in August 2024, and awarded a Certificate of Recognition from the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies for her role in strengthening Ukraine's presence in the global academic community in 2025. \n\nThis lecture is part of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures' series \"Ukraine Unbound: Culture, Memory, Resistance\".\nThe talks will be held in a hybrid format, and they're hosted by Alex Averbuch, Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture.\nThis talk is co-sponsored by Razom for Ukraine \/ Ukraine on Campus.", "occurrence_notes":"This is a Hybrid Event", "guid":"151921-21912423@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/151921", "building_id":"1000172", "building_name":"Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)", "campus_maps_id":"71", "room":"Assembly Hall", "location_name":"Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Creees","Ukrainian","Ukraine","Talk","Slavic Studies","Slavic Featured","Slavic","Russian","Russia","Democracy","Crees"], "website":"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/slavic\/news-events\/all-events\/ukraine-unbound--culture--memory--resistance.html", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Slavic Languages & Literatures", "group_id":"3700", "website":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umslavic\/" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/09\/event_151921_original-1.jpg" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21912423 } , "153212-21915428": { "datetime_modified":"20261002T124949", "datetime_start":"20261022T183000", "datetime_end":"20261022T203000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-10-22", "date_end":"2026-10-22", "time_start":"18:30:00", "time_end":"20:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Best of FAMU", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Best of FAMU: Eight short films created at FAMU, Prague\u2019s film school", "event_subtitle":"Eight short films created at FAMU, Prague\u2019s film school", "event_type":"Film Screening", "event_type_id":"11", "description":"The program of short films offers a representative cross-section of works created at Prague\u2019s film school throughout its eighty-year history. The eight selected films vividly illustrate the diversity of student filmmaking, encompassing fiction, documentary, and animation, as well as both lesser-known works and internationally acclaimed titles (including a Student Academy Award winner). Together, they span a wide range of styles and genres, from pantomime slapstick and historical drama to mockumentary and animated fantasy. The selection includes early works by filmmakers such as Jan N\u011bmec and Jan Sv\u011br\u00e1k, who went on to become major figures in Czech cinema, alongside outstanding talents from younger generations, including Daria Kashcheeva, B\u00e1ra Anna Stejskalov\u00e1, and Marie-Magdalena Kochov\u00e1. \n\nList of films: \n\u2022 Encounter \n\u2022 The Loaf of Bread \n\u2022 Oil Gobblers \n\u2022 Closed Due to the Family Mourning \n\u2022 Pripyat Piano \n\u2022 Daughter \n\u2022 Love Is Just a Death Away \n\u2022 3 MWh \n\n\nFilm Synopsis: \n\n\u2022 Encounter (Vladim\u00edr Svit\u00e1\u010dek, 1953, 5 min.) \nVladim\u00edr Svit\u00e1\u010dek, later renowned as a co-creator of the multimedia theatre Laterna Magika and the world\u2019s first interactive movie Kinoautomat, depicts a crowded Prague tram in this pantomime-inspired comic sketch, featuring outstanding performances by the young Milo\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd and Ji\u0159\u00ed Sov\u00e1k. The film also includes rare archival footage of the area surrounding Prague\u2019s Main Railway Station. \nDirector: Vladim\u00edr Svit\u00e1\u010dek \nScreenwriter: Vladim\u00edr Svit\u00e1\u010dek \nDirector of Photography: Jerzy Kotowski \nOriginal Score: Jaroslav Je\u017eek \nCast: Milo\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd, Ji\u0159\u00ed Sov\u00e1k, Jana Werichov\u00e1-Kvapilov\u00e1, K\u00e1\u0165a Kopeck\u00e1 etc. \n\n\u2022 The Loaf of Bread (Jan N\u011bmec, 1960, 11 min.) \nThis early student film by Jan N\u011bmec, one of the leading figures of the Czech New Wave, can be regarded as a thematic precursor to his masterpiece Diamonds of the Night. In the final days of the Second World War, a train carrying concentration camp prisoners stands at a railway station. 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In June 1989, the film received the Student Academy Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. \nDirector, Screenwriter: Jan Sv\u011br\u00e1k \nDirector of Photography: Ladislav \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n \nOriginal Score: Vendula Ka\u0161p\u00e1rkov\u00e1 \nCast: Lubom\u00edr Bene\u0161, Ji\u0159\u00ed N\u011bmec, Ivo Ka\u0161par, Jan Rokyta, Emil Nedbal etc. \n\n\u2022 Closed Due to the Family Mourning (Sa\u0161a Gedeon, 1991, 9 min.) \nThis short film by screenwriter and director Sa\u0161a Gedeon is based on Alberto Moravia\u2019s short story Fire. A bittersweet vignette, it portrays a single day in a small Italian barbershop on the eve of the Second World War. Rather than relying on an intricate plot, the film derives its power from its understated emotional tension and evocative atmosphere. Made during Gedeon\u2019s second year at FAMU, the film received an award at the FFICS \u2013 International Festival of Film School Students in Tokyo in 1992. The prize money enabled the director to make his feature-film debut Indian Summer. \nDirector, Screenwriter: Sa\u0161a Gedeon \nDirector of Photography: Milo\u0161 Kabyl \nCast: Barbora Hrz\u00e1nov\u00e1, David V\u00e1vra, Jakub \u0160palek, Renata Beccerov\u00e1 \n\n\u2022 Pripyat Piano (Eli\u0161ka C\u00edlkov\u00e1, 2019, 18 min.) \nMany of the original inhabitants of Pripyat have never come to terms with the Chernobyl disaster. Some of them began composing their own songs and poems and returning to their apartments within the forbidden radioactive zone. This documentary concert, reflecting on the presence of a unique space, calls for the return of humankind as both creator and performer. In the poems and songs recited by the former residents of Pripyat themselves, a powerful connection between people and home can still be heard to endure. The film has been screened at major documentary film festivals and has received numerous awards. \nDirector, Editor, Original Score, Sound Design: Eli\u0161ka C\u00edlkov\u00e1 \nDirector of Photography: Tom\u00e1\u0161 Frkal \n\n\u2022 Daughter (Daria Kashcheeva, 2019, 14 min.) This puppet animation by Daria Kashcheeva tells the story of a father and daughter who, despite mutual misunderstanding, eventually find their way back to each other. The film\u2019s emotional intensity and unsettling atmosphere are enhanced by an unusually dynamic camera \u2013 rare in animation \u2013 and by close-up shots of the puppets\u2019 faces, whose expressions feel remarkably lifelike. The film won the prestigious Student Academy Award (in the category of international animation) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. \nDirector, Screenwriter, Director of Photography: Daria Kashcheeva \nOriginal Score: Petr Vrba \nEditor: Alexander Kashcheev \n\n\u2022 Love Is Just a Death Away (B\u00e1ra Anna Stejskalov\u00e1, 2020, 10 min.) \nA dead dog, a landfill, and beautiful moths high in the sky \u2013 this is the world of Steve, a parasite desperately searching for a kindred soul. Yet every attempt at connection ends in disappointment. A small bird he saves from another dog dies. A rat that touches him dies. Cockroaches, under the guise of friendship, strip him down to the bone. Completely defenseless inside the skeleton of his former host, he nearly loses his life under the wheels of a machine that crushes waste. 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