Students socializing at a Dastarkhan-style meal organized by the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI). In its eighth year of summer language instruction at UW-Madison, CESSI hosted an all-time high of 15 students. Yuan Gao …
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Symposium Honors Bethea and Dolinin
Alumni, faculty, and current graduate students gathered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 13-14 for a symposium honoring two recently retired professors and internationally renowned scholars: David Bethea and Alexander Dolinin. The Department of …
CREECA Welcomes Kirill Ospovat
In fall 2018, Kirill Ospovat joined the UW-Madison Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic as an assistant professor. CREECA sat down with Ospovat to discuss his current work and future projects. Where were you before …
CREECA Welcomes Maksim Hanukai
In fall 2018, Maksim Hanukai became an assistant professor of Russian in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at UW-Madison. Hanukai received his BA from the University of California-San Diego, an MA in comparative …
Alumni Profile: John Riordan
Name: John Riordan Program Completed: MA in REECAS, 2003 Works as: USAID Development Advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command (Tampa, Florida); formerly Country Director, USAID Uzbekistan Program (Tashkent) 2014-2017, and Country Director, USAID Belarus Program …
Inaugural Young Scholars Conference Held in Madison
On July 27-28, 2018, more than fifty Russia experts from across Europe, Russia, and the United States gathered in Madison, Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Russia Project Young Scholars Conference. During the two-day conference, emerging social …
Wisconsin Russia Project Researchers Make Connections Across Campus
In 2016, the Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded UW-Madison a $1 million grant to fund the Wisconsin Russia Project (WRP), an initiative to strengthen Russian studies, to broaden the pool of Russia experts at …
Spring 2018 Alumni Profiles
We catch up with alumni Robert Cemovich and Tom Van Rooy about their accomplishments, careers, and how the CREECA experience shaped their direction in life. Name: Robert Cemovich Program Completed: Law degree and graduate certificate in Russian …
Dissent and Revolution: Bringing the Czechoslovak Experience to Teachers
In summer 2018, CREECA, in partnership with the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, will hold a three-day workshop for Wisconsin and Iowa educators titled 68.77.89: Czechoslovakia from Invasion to Revolution. CREECA’s Assistant Director …
Increasing Russian Language Offerings at UW-La Crosse
In the 2017-2018 academic year, UW-La Crosse is offering two new courses in Russian language with support from CREECA at UW-Madison. Natalia Roberts, a senior lecturer in Russian at UW-L, regularly teaches courses in first- …