Are you a U.S.-based educator interested in deepening your understanding of the history, culture, and current events of Russia and Eurasia? Applications are now open for the 2025-2026 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship, which will be devoted to the theme “Eurasian Environments.”
Over the 9-month fellowship, fellows will participate in 8 content webinars, hearing from scholars with expertise on topics such as water management, environmental change, and the impacts of colonialism and industrialization on landscapes and communities.
Fellows also will meet for an in-person workshop in fall 2025 at one of the four participating universities. Each fellow is expected to complete a final project–either curriculum development or a literature review on a question that develops during the course of the fellowship.
Click here to apply by April 15, 2025.
2025-2026 Fellowship Details:
This year-long study will take a multidisciplinary approach to exploring environmental challenges and transformations across Eurasia. The monthly webinars will help contextualize the theme, which will also be approached through novels, art, film, and other media.
Eligibility and Benefits:
- Open to both part-time and full-time educators at the high school and community college level.
- Educators from throughout the United States are encouraged to apply; only applications from U.S.-based educators will be considered.
- Learn from and chat with experts in Russian and Eurasian studies via monthly program webinars.
- Be part of an online learning community with fellow educators.
- Develop curriculum or do additional research on a topic of interest for eventual classroom application.
- Participate in an in-person workshop with scholars and fellows in fall 2025.
This fellowship is a collaboration between the Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the Ohio State University, the Center for Russia, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is funded through a Title VI/National Resource Center Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
For more information, contact CREECA Assistant Director Sara Lomasz Flesch at lomaszflesch@wisc.edu.
Pictured above: Lake Baikal in winter
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