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This page of the Portal on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe (PECOB) shows all upcoming events related to Central Eastern and Balkan Europe. Specifically, PECOB provides information on the program, participants and location of festivals, debates, book presentations and all events that take place in Central Eastern and Balkan Europe or deal with this region. PECOB's Events may be of interest to academics, university students and the wider public.
Events currently advertised on PECOB include an international forum on persecutions carried out in Transnistria during the Second World War and a Festival that will take place in Bolzano with a rich program on Russian language, culture and society. In addition, the page shows information on a film festival on Southeast Europe, a literary festival and the Human Rights Nights festival, organized in collaboration with the Institute for Central Eastern and Balkan Europe (IECOB).
The British-Russian Society in the Midlands organizes a discussion on current political developments in Russia that will take place in Birmingham on April 27, 2012.
This festival/symposium commemorates the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of communism within Europe.
Simon Morrison, Professor of Music at Princeton University, will give a talk on the arrest and imprisonment of Lina Prokofiev.
The Russian and Eurasian Security Research Group organizes a meeting on Russian media coverage of the Arab Spring.
SLOVO, the Russian Literature Festival will take place in London on April 16-20. It will host prominent contemporary Russian writers such as Boris Akunin, Zakhar Prilepin, Alexander Kabakov, Irina Muravyova and Alex Dubas.
Organized by the University of Bologna, and the Municipality of Bologna, in collaboration with the Municipality of Forlì, The Polo Scientifico-Didattico di Forlì, and the Institute for Central Eastern and Balkan Europe, the Human Rights Nights festival will take place in Forlì on April 11-13, 2012. The program of the festival includes screenings of movies, conferences and discussions on issues related to the violation and protection of human rights across the world.
The Austin Film Society is holding a 7- week long retrospective of "Films from the South East European Film Festival", starting April 10 through May 22, 2012.
This series, organized by the Centre for the Study of Central Europe, UCL SSEES, and the UCL European Institute marks the 70th anniversary of Heydrich’s assassination.