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December 2020 Newsletter

Wisconsin Russia Project receives grant renewal from Carnegie Corporation

Posted on December 16, 2020

The Wisconsin Russia Project received a 24-month grant renewal of $700,000 this fall from Carnegie Corporation of New York. UW-Madison was one of three U.S. universities awarded this competitive grant as part of Carnegie Corporation’s …

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged REECAS News

CREECA’s Yoshiko Herrera takes the virtual stage this fall to discuss race and jazz in Russia, U.S.-Russian relations

Posted on December 14, 2020

While 2020 has been the year of social distancing, mask-wearing, and remote meetings, the necessity of moving lectures and seminars online has also opened up opportunities to reach new audiences. One of several CREECA faculty …

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged Featured Stories, REECAS News

Winter Break Novel Recommendation: CREECA assistant director Sarah Linkert reviews The Mountain and the Wall by Alisa Ganieva, translated from Russian by Carol Apollonio

Posted on December 9, 2020

Looking to round out your reading list for winter break? CREECA has a “novel” recommendation just in time for the holiday season, and assistant director and outreach coordinator Sarah Linkert has reviewed The Mountain and …

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged Book Recommendations

Not your ‘Borat’ joke: UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia charts a path to cultural understanding in the face of troublesome Hollywood stereotypes

Posted on November 16, 2020

Gulnara Glowacki, a UW-Madison senior lecturer in Kazakh Language and Culture, was recently featured in a College of Letters & Science news piece about teaching Kazakh language, literature, and culture. Read the full article here.

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged REECAS News

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