On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order that established the Peace Corps. That order has led to more than 240,000 Americans serving worldwide, including over 6,400 Wisconsinites, nearly 3,300 of …
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CREECA Remembers Rachel Feldhay Brenner
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, the Elaine Marks WARF Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died on Thursday, February 4 in Madison. She was 74. Born in Zabrze, Poland, Brenner moved to Israel with …
CREECA Faculty Win 2021 Distinguished Teaching Awards
CREECA faculty members Yoshiko Herrera and Sunny Yudkoff have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. A virtual recognition event will …
Grant awarded to UW–Madison to study language proficiency gains in virtual and in-person instruction
Among the many lessons highlighted by the current pandemic is the need to be able to understand and reimagine instruction, especially as many educators and students grapple with questions about the benefits and challenges of …
The Bridge: Connecting Past and Present Through Archival Research on Russia
The goal of The Bridge is to illuminate archival sources and disseminate information about collections that are available (in-person and online) for use by students and young experts in the field. Research based on original …
CREECA director Professor Ted Gerber publishes in Problems of Post-Communism
Follow this link for information on Professor Ted Geber’s latest publication “Who Cares? Russian Public Opinion during Medvedev’s Presidency on the Importance and Politicization of History” that appears in Problems of Post-Communism.
August Book Recommendations From CREECA Outreach Coordinator
August is “Women in Translation Month,” and reading Nobel Prize Winner Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a perfect way to mark the occasion. Antonia Lloyd-Jones has superbly translated …
Two REECAS Courses to Consider for Fall 2020
Looking to round out your fall class schedule? Interested in literature or other cultures? How about intrigue and drama? CHECK OUT: GNS 270: Theatre and Performance in German, Nordic, & Slavic LITTRANS 423: “Slavic Drama …
UW-Madison Library Acquires New REECAS Resources!
Andy Spencer, UW-Madison Distinguished Bibliographer for Slavic, East European, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern Studies, reports that the recent Library Collections Enhancement Initiative (LCEI) grant has allowed for the acquisition of the following five Eastview …
Online Madison World Music Festival continues tradition of bringing music from around the globe
“Online Madison World Music Festival continues tradition of bringing music from around the globe” Read the full press release here. The virtual festival will include a Mordovian dance workshop with OYME!