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"Cultural center EMIGRANTKA" is a non-governmental organization, established to achieve goals in the field of creative, artistic, and entertainment activities. This includes educating citizens in the sphere of culture, popularizing individual and group cultural activities, and enabling people to express their creative potential in the fields of performing arts, music, drama, film, visual arts, and applied arts, as well as in social-humanistic sciences. Through the organization and promotion of cultural activities, efforts are made to connect artists with the local community, especially focusing on the involvement, adaptation, and familiarization of immigrants with the domestic cultural and artistic heritage. The cultural center is situated in a modern building in the very heart of historical Belgrade, symbolizing through its position the synthesis of the old and the new.

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"Emigrantka" primarily organizes, either independently or in collaboration with other organizations, professional conferences, lectures, presentations, seminars, workshops, and other forms of education in the fields of creativity, language, and culture. It also participates in organizing public readings, performing arts events, film screenings, exhibitions, and the promotion of contemporary literary creation alongside discussion clubs on the subject of studying and preserving both Serbian cultural heritage and the heritage of other countries and cultures. The main goal of the association's work is cultural exchange, enriching the cultural offerings and content at the local level, as well as connecting foreign artists with the local audience.

Address: Čelopečka 10, Beograd

CLASSES
Serbian
Speaking group
English

Serbian classes

The class is led by native Serbian speakers with philological education. Most of the time the class is held on-site and in groups, but online and individual classes are also available. One lesson is 60 minutes, there are two lessons every week, you will also get a digital copy of all materials. Each lesson includes homework. In general the program aims to improve speaking capabilities while also thoroughly covering basic grammar. Group size is usually 5-6 people.
One group lesson is 10 euro per person (if you buy the monthly ticket), an individual lesson is 25. The price includes access to a themed speaking club, which happens on premises every two weeks.

EVENTS

In our center we organize theatrical readings (a more performative format than a regular reading, but smaller in scale than a full-length performance, i.e. a reading-performance with an actor’s interpretation and certain stage decisions), exhibitions, lessons, master classes, seminars, film screenings and discussion clubs in different languages. Here you can see the dates of upcoming events and read about past ones.

Serbian - Summer Intensive Course

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12.6.2024 - 18.6.2024
7 consecutive days of face-to-face Serbian language classes available groups: * for children 6-9 years old (60 min lesson) * for children 11-13 years old (60 min.) * for teenagers 14-17 years old (60 min.) * for adults (60 min.) Homework in the form of a research task and an artistic task every day.

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For the little ones: every day we will have one song and/or poem in Serbian, watch a cartoon and translate it, guess riddles, learn words through games, get acquainted with Serbian fairy tales and learn about ancient civilizations in the Balkans;

For children 11-13: language lessons along with exploration Serbian culture. Topics include "The Middle Ages and Nemanjić dynasty", some works of compulsory school literature and excerpts from the popular Serbian author Jasminka Petrovic's children's book about a child who doesn't want to go to school.

For teenagers: discussion club with joint reading and analysis of one work, board games in Serbian and tasks that will need to be done in pairs or solved together.

For adults: conversation practice + cultural studies; five days of intense speech, preparation of statements on predetermined topics. You will create presentations and practice improvisation. Together we will study Serbian artists, writers, bands and discuss a TV series.

If you are starting from scratch, you will need to indicate that as these groups will be separate from those that already have a basic grasp of the language.

Class is led by Miljana Cosic - a theater director (GITIS, Moscow, master's and postgraduate studies; FDU, Belgrade undergraduate) and philologist (Philfak, Belgrade, Serbian language), teacher of Serbian. Experience working with children and adolescents since 2017. Russian-speaking Serbian, founder of the Emigrantka Cultural Center https://t.me/kcemigrantka

The price is 80 euro (70 euro if paid in advance)
During the Serbian intensive, there will be other relevant workshops, and you can combine them (for example, while your child is studying Serbian, you can do a workshop) and get a discount.


 

K. Kostyunina - speech therapy and defectology lecture

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22.6.2024 15:30
Ksenia Kostyunina is a speech therapist and defectologist who has been helping children with autism, dysgraphia and dyslexia for the past 6 years. She has extensive experience working in a rehabilitation center, passed training on methods of working with children with disabilities in Berlin University. In her work she combines the Russian approach with the German one.


Workshop for kids and parents"Serbian fairy tale 2""

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15.6.2024 10:00
Practice acting, teamwork and engage in linguistic games together with your child. Workshop consists of activities such as "introducing the hero", "magical item", "supporting character" and others, each of which is tied to one of the key faiy tale functions per Vl. Propp.

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Each game pushes either to learn and get familiar with new vocabulary, or to practice key phrases in Serbian. In this manner, both basic words and grammar can be learned. You also get an opportunity to spend some quality time with your child in a structured manner, while interacting with other kids and parents, and also practice Serbian and train your imagination.


Psychology lecture

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15.6.2024 12:00
Sofia Belyakova is a certified expert in gestalt psychology, a therapist recommended by the Ural Institute of Gestalt and Contemporary Psychology. She has been working with children and adolescents for over 5 years. She has authored and led support groups for adults and training programs for children. Sofia is also organising the Belgrade parents' club.


French conversation club

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15.6.2024 19:00
Is led by Mihajlo Sredoevich, a bilingual French teacher, who is a third generation Serbian emigrant in Belgium. He lived in Brussels for 29 years, got a degree there and then moved to Belgrade. During the club gatherings we talk about everyday topics in an engaging and comfortable atmosphere.


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Serbian conversation club

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9.6.2024 16:00
The club gathers every 2 weeks in a more relaxed atmosphere than regular classes, with snacks and Serbian guests.
The duration is usually 3 hours, we try to only speak Serbian during the session. (beginners need not worry, they are still welcome - even with only the words they currently know it is still good practice as long as they are engaged and having a good time)
Each session has a specific topic, you will get some questions in advance so you can prepare.
For all students (and their parents) the club is fully free, for new people - first visit free, then same rate as one regular class in a group.

 

Workshop for kids "Serbian fairy tale"

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25.5.2024 10:00
Workshop for children during which we read a Serbian fairy tale, get acquainted with typical characters such as zmai, ajjaja and karakonjula, look at illustrations in the beautiful Serbian book “Prognana bija” by M. Bodirogić, learn new words in Serbian, and invent and implement our own fairy tale plot in a magical forest using the functions of Vl. Propp.

 

Spanish conversation club

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18.5.2024 18:00
Spanish conversation club is an opportunity to practice speaking with a native speaker! The club is organized by Mayra - a Mexican who will help you have a conversation on everyday topics in the company of other speakers, with drinks, snacks and in the friendly atmosphere of our center. The topic of the next club: “Living in Belgrade - advantages and disadvantages.” For any additional questions, you can write to us at our email address.

 

Serbian conversation club

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19.5.2024 16:00
The club gathers every 2 weeks in a more relaxed atmosphere than regular classes, with snacks and Serbian guests.
The duration is usually 3 hours, we try to only speak Serbian during the session. (beginners need not worry, they are still welcome - even with only the words they currently know it is still good practice as long as they are engaged and having a good time)
Each session has a specific topic, you will get some questions in advance so you can prepare.
For all students (and their parents) the club is fully free, for new people - first visit free, then same rate as one regular class in a group.

 

Lecture by Professor Enisa Uspenski

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12.5.2024 16:00
Enisa Uspenski is a respected Serbian translator from Russian and professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She is the author of numerous articles and translator of works by A. S. Pushkin, D. Kharms, P. Florensky, N. Berdyaev... A narrower area of her research activity is Russian studies with special emphasis on emigrant studies, Dostoevsky, Russian drama, theater, cinema and poetry.

 

"Exchange" seminar

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11.5.2024 18:00
The seminar for teachers of Serbian as a foreign language called “Exchange” is a unique event, which stands out, first of all, for its concept: participation in the seminar is free, since the main idea is the so-called skill swap: each participant shares with colleagues a specific grammar problem that he encounters in his teaching practice, and in return offers one of his “cases”, i.e. a case study in which he successfully solved another problem.

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Instead of a financial exchange, participation is “paid” through the exchange of advice to foster collegiality and connection with other professionals in the same field. Both philologists and those who have not completed their academic education but have teaching experience can take part in the seminar. To participate, send an application with the subject “Registration for the seminar” by email here:miljana.cosic@kcemigrantka.com

 

Reading of the play "Christmas" by E. Berkovich

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10.1.2024 A theatrical reading of Zhenya Berkovich’s play “Christmas” took place. By placing biblical stories in a modern context, the author plays with the genre, text, rhythm and meaning of the biblical narrative.

 

L. Kuryachky poetry exhibition

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17.12.2023 An exhibition dedicated to the poetry of Luka Kuryachky took place. Luka was our playwright and philologist, a lover of Japan, a poet and much more. The exhibition focuses on his poem “Between Two Cities” (about relations with Poland) and the connections he had with St. Petersburg, where he once lived and worked as a language teacher.

 

A reading of L. Kuryachky's "Bugistan" play

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17.12.2023 A theatrical reading of the play “Bugistan” by the young Serbian playwright Luka Kuryachki took place. The play "Bugistan - Cancer Surgery in Three Acts" talks about the experience that the playwright himself went through: surgery to remove a brain tumor. By creating a separate language based on real aphasia, the author takes us through an entire fictional world - Bugistan, in which we reflect and question ourselves.

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Actors participating in the performance: Anton Smorodin (Kaluga Theater), Kristina Kozub (M.S. Shchepkin Institute), Kiril Kozub (Vutkyuk Theater), Olga Kuvardina (St. Petersburg Academy), Marina Baboshina (Krasnoyarsk TJUZ), Evgeny Marder (Krasnoyarsk TJUZ), Aleksey Dvoeglazov ( Aleksandrinski Theatre), Ljubica Damčević - violinist and performer of the Dah Theatre

GET IN TOUCH
Contacts

telegram: @kcemigrantka

e-mail: miljana.cosic@kcemigrantka.com

facebook: KC-Emigrantka

instagram: kcemigrantka

Location

We are located in cenral Belgrade, address - Čelopečka 10

ground floor, call #1 via intercom button, once inside look for the door with our logo to the left of the elevator up ahead