Cambridge University Central European Society - CUCES
Past Events
Talk on Ryszard Kapuscinski
Date: Monday 22 November 2004
Magdalena Horodecka from the University of Gdansk gave a talk on a famous Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski. He is an author of such renown works as The Empire – about Soviet Russia, and The Emperor on Ethiopian emperor Selasie.
Czeslaw Milosz: one of the greatest poets of our times
Date: Tuesday 9 November 2004
Venue: Bateman Room, Gonville and Caius.
Tuesday, 9th of November 7:30.
An informal poetry readings devoted to Czeslaw Milosz with a talk by Gyorgy Gomori. Termed as the most spiritualised event of the term. This time it's not about drinking vodka and other spirits, but about poetry.
Czeslaw Milosz was born on June 30, 1911, in…
Central European Squash
Date: Wednesday 20 October 2004
Venue: BATEMAN ROOM, GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE
18.15–19.45
Societies' Fair
Date: Tuesday 5 October 2004
Venue: Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall at Parkers Piece, stall J9
on TUESDAY, 5 Oct, 1–7pm and on WEDNESDAY, 6 Oct, 10am-4pm
End of the season picnic River, fire, wine and song
Date: Wednesday 16 June 2004
Venue: at in the picturesque surroundings of Grantchester Meadows, the first path to the river after Newnham.
7.30pm.
Tired of black tie, college gardens, registering for garden parties weeks in advance and sending in your cheques before the deadline expires? feeling the Central European spirit of spontaneity and improvisation? experiencing nostalgia for those evenings of wine and song around a fire…
Talk by Dr Robert Frost (King's College London) Cum plena facultate absentium representantibus: representation and political participation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795
Date: Wednesday 5 May 2004
Venue: Deighton Room, Trinity College
6:15 pm,
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the biggest state of early modern Europe. It was also the longest lasting union between two countries (UK needs to survive another nine years to beat this record). It was famous for its extraordinary political system, with an elected king, a…
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EU enlargement quiz
Date: Saturday 1 May 2004
Venue: Bateman Room, Gonville and Caius College
What do you know about Central and Eastern European countries joining the EU, 1 May 2004, 7:30 pm, Bateman Room, Caius
AGM
Date: Friday 12 March 2004
Venue: Deighton Room, Trinity College
Fri 12 Mar, 1pm
Baltic Sea Vodka Party
Date: Saturday 21 February 2004
Venue: tbc
Together with the Scandinavian, Slavonic, Russian, Byelorussian, Ucrainiand and Finnish Societies, 21 Feb 2004, 8–11 pm, Breakfast Room, Harvey Court (West Road), Gonville and Caius College
Literary evening From self-portrait to caricature: Central Europe from within and without
Date: Sunday 15 February 2004
Venue: Senior Parlour, Gonville and Caius College.
6:15 pm, Admission free. Open to all.
In 2003, our evening of poetry and prose in six languages Jewish contribution to Central European culture featured works by A.L.Wolfson and A.Reyzen; P.Celan; I.Babel and O.Mandelshtam; Radnoti M. and Kertesz I.; B.Lesmian, B.Schulz, and J.Tuwim. This…
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