Film Screening of Besa

University Honors Program / Peace & Conflict Studies in the Humanities & Western Civilization Program World War I Film Series

February 12, 5:00 pm, Spencer Museum Auditorium

Set at the start of WWI in Serbia, Besa follows the emergence of an unlikely relationship between Lea, a young Christian Slovenian woman, and Azem, an Albanian Muslim man who has given his besa—his solemn promise—to protect her. Followed by a KU faculty panel discussion:

Stephen Dickey, Slavic Languages & Literatures; Marike Janzen, Humanities & Western Civilization/ Peace & Conflict Studies; Marta Pirnat-Greenberg, Slavic Languages & Literatures

This event was co-sponsored by the KU Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. This program is part of the University of Kansas Centennial Commemoration of World War I, coordinated by the European Studies Program.

The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) has been a national leader for the study of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe since 1959. The center is an active member of the KU WWI Centennial Commemoration coordinated by the European Studies Program.