CREEES Alumna Stephanie Elizondo Griest will be at Bookwoman July 1! ART ABOVE EVERYTHING (on sale June 10) ft. Romanian artists Florica Prevenda & Marilena Sanc, along w/ the architect of the House of the People, Anca Petrescu! stephanieelizondogriest.com @sgriest.bsky.social #travelmemoirs

Starting now! Our two-day inaugural Central Asia Policy Symposium, initiated by our wonderful grad student cohort (!) with focus on the 80 million people of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, & Turkmenistan. @utaustin.bsky.social @utcreees.bsky.social

Free Film Screening: Ludzie/People (Poland, 2024) Thursday, February 27 at 6 PM in BUR 108 When the war in Ukraine breaks out, five women representing various generations and attitudes engage in a desperate fight to save themselves and their loved ones.

Join us online for this month's #UTBalkanCircle this Friday (2/21) at noon CT. Martin Marinos will be discussing his book Free to Hate: How Media Enabled Right-wing Populism in Post-1989 Bulgaria. You can register at bit.ly/UTBalkanCircle. #academicsky