Past Events

Take a journey into the dark forests and icy rivers of seventeenth-century Siberia.

In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.

Nicole Eaton’s book reveals how Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union transformed a single city and the people who lived there.

Come see this controversial 2024 film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic satire of Stalinist-era Soviet dictatorship, followed by a conversation with the director. 

Building on session 2, we will use web-based tools to extract spatial data from our trusty ice maps.