Russian and East European Institute 
Monday, November 2nd
Indiana Democracy Consortium: Valerie Bunce, "Transnational Networks, Diffusion Dynamics, and Democratizing Elections in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia"
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM, Woodburn 218
West European Studies Panel Discussion: "Inclusion, Isolation and National Identity in a Globalized World"
2:00 PM, IMU - Dogwood Room
The first panel, "The Politics of European Inclusion and Exclusion in Scandinavia," will begin at 2:00pm. Panelists for this session will include Dr. Toivo Raun (Central Eurasian Studies, IUB), Dr. Per Nordahl (International Studies, IUB), Dr. Timothy Hellwig (Political Science, IUB) and Dr. Ulf Bjork (Journalism, IUPUI).
The second session will start at 4:00pm in the Dogwood Room and will be looking at "European Inclusion and Exclusion Through Poetry." Rika Lesser, poet and translator, will talk about translating Göran Sonnevi’s work. Her translation of his "Mozart’s Third Brain" in English came out in September. She is also the winner of the Poetry Translation Prize of the Swedish Academy and twice awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Translation Prize. She will be followed by Dr. Kevin Karlin, who will speak on "Do I have a share of the repulsive?: inclusion, exclusion, identity, and self in Mozart's Third Brain."
This event is sponsored by West European Studies, the Department of Germanic Studies, and the Creative Writing Program. There will be a light reception between panels.
Uzbek Language Coffee Hour
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall Room 106
Uyghur Language Coffee Hour
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Tuesday, November 3rd
Russian Tea
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
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Wednesday, November 4th
November 9th, or Does Europe Have a Birthday?: Roundtable on the Idea of Europe on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Opening of the Berlin Wall
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
Participants: Padraic Kenney (History), Bill Rasch (Germanic), Ben Robinson (Germanic), and Sandy Shapshay (Philosophy), and Michel Chaouli (Germanic)
This roundtable will start from three short (and highly contested) philosophical texts: an excerpt from Edmund Husserl’s The Crisis of European Sciences (which roots an ideal of humanity in the European philosophical tradition); Habermas and Derrida’s cosigned appeal for a Kantian globalism rooted in Europe’s core countries; and Peter Sloterdijk’s call for Europe to resume leadership of modernity’s mission. With these texts suggesting an idea of Europe in its broadest outlines, the roundtable will take the occasion of the symbolic date of November 9th to reflect on Europe’s genesis, future and potential meaning. If Europe is an idea, is it one that we are bound to cherish? Or one that we might fear? Or is Europe simply one particular area out of many that commands at most the respect that is paid to any province of humanity? The floor will be open after the presentations for discussion and debate.
For further information please contact: Benjamin Robinson or Michel Chaouli.
Romanian Language Coffee Hour
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, IMU Starbucks
Estonian Language Table
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Runcible Spoon
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Thursday, November 5th
Thursday, November 5: Kazakh Film Series: Oh My! or My Dear Children
7:00 PM, Wylie Hall 005
Hungarian Language Table
5:00 PM, Pourhouse Café, 314 E. Kirkwood
Polish Language Table
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
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Friday, November 6th
Russian Language Table
4:30 PM, Bear's Place
South Slavic Languages Table
6:00 PM, Bear's Place
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Monday, November 9th
REEI Lunchtime Workshop Series: Deanna Wooley, PhD Candidate, History, Walls or Barricades? Violence and Radicalism in the "Velvet Revolution"
12:15 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
This analysis challenges the static view of non-violent revolution by considering it not as a value in and of itself, but mainly as a strategy for radicalism or moderation in political change. Instead of focusing on origins and outcomes, therefore, this presentation examines the dialogic construction of non/violence and radicalism during the revolutionary period itself. By investigating the conceptual boundaries of revolution, the analysis aims to deepen our comprehension of the multi-faceted nature of non-violence in the "Velvet Revolution", and to better understand the visions of life after communism that were constructed in this period.
Uzbek Language Coffee Hour
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall Room 106
Uyghur Language Coffee Hour
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Tuesday, November 10th
Russian Tea
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
Kyrgyz Language Coffee Hour
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Wednesday, November 11th
Romanian Language Coffee Hour
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, IMU Starbucks
Estonian Language Table
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Runcible Spoon
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Thursday, November 12th
Hungarian Language Table
5:00 PM, Pourhouse Café, 314 E. Kirkwood
Polish Language Table
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
Czech Club
7:00 PM. Yogi's
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Friday, November 13th
Russian Language Table
4:30 PM, Bear's Place
South Slavic Languages Table
6:00 PM, Bear's Place
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Monday, November 16th
Uzbek Language Coffee Hour
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall Room 106
Uyghur Language Coffee Hour
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Tuesday, November 17th
Russian Tea
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
Kyrgyz Language Coffee Hour
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
Czech Film Series: The Belly Button Game
7:00 PM, Lindley Hall 102
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Wednesday, November 18th
Romanian Language Coffee Hour
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, IMU Starbucks
Estonian Language Table
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Runcible Spoon
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Thursday, November 19th
Hungarian Language Table
5:00 PM, Pourhouse Café, 314 E. Kirkwood
Polish Language Table
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
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Friday, November 20th
Russian Language Table
4:30 PM, Bear's Place
South Slavic Languages Table
6:00 PM, Bear's Place
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Monday, November 23rd
Uzbek Language Coffee Hour
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall Room 106
Uyghur Language Coffee Hour
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Tuesday, November 24th
Russian Tea
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
Kyrgyz Language Coffee Hour
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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Monday, November 30th
Uzbek Language Coffee Hour
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall Room 106
Uyghur Language Coffee Hour
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
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