In the months since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, we’ve seen mounting evidence of Russian war crimes including the rape, torture, and murder of civilians, the bombing of …
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Allen Centennial’s 2022 Harvest Festival: Bountiful and Diverse Celebration
by Ryan J Dostal On October 8th, Allen Centennial’s Harvest Festival celebrated their Wyman Kitchen garden project, which featured Afro-Diasporic, Indigenous, and Hmong crops and gardening styles, with plenty of music, song, and dance. Specific …
Congratulations to AWSS 2022 Heldt Prize Winners! Listen to Their CREECA Lectures Here!
Congratulations to Katalin Fábián, Janet Elise Johnson, and Mara Lazda for winning the 2022 AWSS Heldt prize for Best Book in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Women’s and Gender Studies for their book, Routledge Handbook of …
Join the UW Russian Folk Orchestra!
The UW Russian Folk Orchestra (RFO), now in its 25th year, is an official UW-sponsored ensemble performing Russian and other Slavic and East-European music on authentic instruments such as balalaikas, domras, and bayans. The RFO …
Read the New Introduction to Fran Hirsch’s “Nuremberg and Russia’s War Against Ukraine”
Dr. Fran Hirsch reflects on the article she wrote in March 2022 about the importance of Nuremberg and Russia’s continued war on Ukraine, which has since been cited by international lawyers in a model criminal …
New Approach to Foreign Service Officer Hiring Process
The U.S. Department of State continues to modernize its hiring process to create a more inclusive workforce that hires the best talent and represents America’s rich diversity. Beginning with the June 2022 test, which is …
Ukrainian Bazaar Fundraiser
Attend the Ukrainian Bazaar on Friday, April 15 in the first floor lobby of Van Hise Hall from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to support UW-Madison graduate students in their efforts to ship 30 boxes …
Registration for World Cinema Day 2022
Announcement for Middle and High School Educators: Registration for World Cinema Day 2022 is now open! World Cinema Day brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a special free screening of …
Harvard-based Russia Project Offering Teaching and Research Tools
Russia Matters is a new Harvard-based project made possible by the Carnegie Corporation. Their website, dedicated to U.S. policy toward Russia, U.S.-Russian relations, and Russian policies that impact vital U.S. national interests, is a go-to …
“New Area Studies”: A New Peer-reviewed Journal to Check Out and Consider for Publishing
New Area Studies is a new journal with lots of fresh approaches to area studies. It is a peer-reviewed, open-source journal housed at the University of East Anglia. Articles connect the local, regional, and global …