In collaboration with the Blavatnik Archive, a new free, hands-on curriculum-writing fellowship invites K-14 educators to explore powerful visual propaganda from the twentieth century and transform what they learn into dynamic classroom curriculum. The theme …
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Professor Anna Tumarkin Receives 2026 Academic Staff Excellence Award
Congratulations to Professor Anna Tumarkin, Russian Language Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Slavic Languages at UW–Madison, on receiving one of this year’s 2026 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Anna Tumarkin For two …
Presentation Guide for 2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium
The 28th annual Undergraduate Symposium will be held on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at Union South and the Discovery Building. The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases undergraduate research, scholarly work, community-based projects, art, and creativity from …
Professors Łukasz Wodzyński and Brandon Bloch Receive Distinguished Teaching Awards
Congratulations to these two CREECA affiliate professors, Łukasz Wodzyński (Assistant professor, German, Nordic & Slavic+, College of Letters & Science) and Brandon Bloch (Assistant professor, History, College of Letters & Science), on receiving two of …
Soviet-Era Journals Now Available through LCEI
Thanks to funding from the Library Collections Enhancement Initiative (LCEI), online databases of three Soviet-era journals have been added to the collections of University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. An LCEI proposal by Irina Shevelenko (CREECA director and Professor …
Read “War Crimes: What Are They? How Can They Be Prosecuted?” by Dr. Francine Hirsch
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 …
Donation Drive for Ukraine
Former CREECA PA Emily Gams (former Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine) is organizing a donation drive to support people in Ukraine. The CREECA office will serve as one of several donation drop-off locations. Please read …
Announcing Madison Polish Film Festival 2021
After an online edition in 2020, the Madison Polish Film Festival returns to its traditional, in-person format with an eclectic selection of the latest in Polish cinematography. This year, the festival will take place on …
Access to Nobel Prize-Winning Russian Journalism
In early October, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 was awarded in part to Novaia gazeta Editor-in-Chief Dmitry Muratov and fellow journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/ UW-Madison library patrons can access Novaia gazeta …
Event Recording of “The Voice Over: Poems and Essays – A Reading and Conversation” Now Available
On May 1, 2021, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, hosted “The Voice Over: Poems and Essays – A Reading …