Central Asia

17th Annual Graduate Student Conferece - Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA)

Friday, February 28, 2020 (All day) to Saturday, February 29, 2020 (All day)
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA)

"Borderlands"

17th Annual Graduate Student Conference

Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA)

University of Pittsburgh, February 28-29, 2020

Contact: 
info.goseca@gmail.com

The Light Thief (Svet-Ake)

Friday, February 15, 2013 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh

In this colorful modern-day parable of good and evil, a humble village electrician devotes his compassion and ingenuity to destitute
neighbors in a wind-swept valley of Kyrgyzstan. Played with wry humanity by writer-director Aktan Arym Kubat, the trusting Mr. Light
strikes a suspect bargain with a rich developer running for local office, as unemployment threatens the survival of the community.
Stoking a dream to supply wind-generated electricity to the whole valley, the modest visionary comes up against an increasingly dark

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