“Moral Future: Halal Businesses in Central Asia” with Aisalkyn Botoeva of the George Washington University The July 30 CESSI lecture is now available to stream here. LECTURE DESCRIPTION: How do people in Central Asia understand …
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Remembering Professor Bailey, respected UW-Madison scholar of Russian literature and folklore
(Madison) James Orville Bailey, Jr. died at the age of 90 on July 20, 2020, in Madison, Wisconsin. He was born on September 28, 1929, in La Junta, Colorado, but grew up in California where …
CALLING ALL ALUMNI: Help CREECA strengthen its alumni network in less than 5 minutes!
CREECA invites all alumni to participate in a new communications initiative to highlight the accomplishments of alumni in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS). We hope to include stories from a wide spectrum …
NEW CESSI Lecture: “An Uzbek Patron and the Limits of Eurasian Power”
“An Uzbek Patron and the Limits of Eurasian Power” Featured Speaker: Morgan Y. Liu, The Ohio State University The June 25 CESSI lecture is now available to stream here. DESCRIPTION: Can the rich and powerful …
IRIS Virtual Movie Club: Soviet Nuclear Legacy in Kazakhstan (June 24 @ 4pm CDT)
Educators are invited to participate in the 3rd meeting of the IRIS virtual movie club. There is no charge for this, but RSVP is required. Prior to the on-line discussion on Wednesday, June 24, at …
Summer Book Recommendations from CREECA Outreach Coordinator
Bygone Days: O’tkan Kunlar by Abdullah Qodiriy (tr. Mark Reese) Abdullah Qodiriy’s 1925 novel, translated by Mark Reese, is an excellent doorway into Central Asian literature for English-language readers. Qodiriy was a 20th-century author, playwright, …
Final Fulbright Information Sessions of the Semester (5/13)
The 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition opened on March 31, 2020 and we have two more online information sessions scheduled for the weeks ahead: for April 27 & May 13. The Fulbright U.S. Student …
New grant for Russian and Soviet library materials at UW Madison
Details on the new grant can be found here. Details on the new collection can be found here.
Congratulations to Anatoly Khazanov, The Edward Allworth Lifetime Service to the Profession Award Winner 2019
Anatoly M. Khazanov, the Ernest Gellner Professor of Anthropology (Emeritus) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded this year’s Edward Allworth Lifetime Service to the Profession Award from the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). …
CREECA Receives State Department Funding to Support CESSI
CREECA has received a Title VIII grant from the U.S. Department of State for the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI). Thanks to continued Title VIII funding, at least 10 eligible students will receive fellowships …