Europe East and West: Film, History, and Mourning 2011-05-02 19:30: Film Screening: "The Danube Exodus" (dir. Peter Forgacs, 1998) (Speaker to be confirmed) 2011-05-05 17:00: Presentation on "The Danube Exodus" (Kristian Feigelson (University of Paris)) 2011-05-30 19:30: Film Screening: "The Lives of Others" (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) (Speaker to be confirmed) 2011-06-03 17:00: Presentation on "The Lives of Others" (Annie Ring, MML) 2011-10-24 19:30: Screening of "Everything Is Illuminated" (dir. Liev Schreiber, 2005) (Speaker to be confirmed) 2011-10-26 17:00: Presentation on "Everything is Illuminated" (Simon Lewis, MML) 2011-11-21 19:30: Screening of "Svolochi" ("Bastards", dir. Aleksandr Atanesyan, Russia 2006) (Speaker to be confirmed) 2011-11-23 17:00: Presentation on "Svolochi" / "Bastards" (David Gillespie (University of Bath)) 2012-02-06 20:00: Screening of "Okraina" (dir. Piotr Lutsik, 1998) (Dr. Alastair Renfrew, Durham University) 2012-02-08 17:00: Presentation on "Okraina" (Dr. Alastair Renfrew, Durham University) 2012-03-05 19:30: Screening of "Ararat" (dir. Atom Egoyan, 2002) (Maria Pasholok, University of Oxford) 2012-03-07 17:00: Presentation on "Ararat" (Maria Pasholok, University of Oxford) 2012-11-19 17:00: The city at war: Postcommunism, epic cinema and postcolonial recognition (Lars Kristensen, University of Central Lancashire)