Our friend and alumna Caroline Baker died on October 28, 2017. Caroline was a student in the master’s program in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) from 2004-2006. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, …
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UW–Madison ranked No. 1 for Peace Corps for second year
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has once again been ranked first among large schools on the Peace Corps 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list! This is the fourth year that UW–Madison has ranked among the …
New Travel Advisory from State Department: Russia and Turkey Affected
The U.S. Department of State has recently made changes to its travel advisory system which include revised travel advisory levels and a streamlined travel warning system. As the university bases its own international travel policy …
“Peace, Land, and Bread”
On November 20, the Campus Workers Collective at UW-Madison held an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. University staff and members of the community enjoyed listening to Professor Emeritus Frank Emspak and …
CREECA Receives Title VIII Grant for CESSI
For the second year in a row, CREECA has received Title VIII funding from the U.S. Department of State for the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI). The Title VIII Program, administered by the Bureau …
Russian Flagship & CREECA Launch New Kazakh Tutorial
The Russian Flagship Program, with the support of CREECA is pleased to announce a special opportunity for advanced students of Russian (at the third year of Russia or above) to participate in a yearlong tutorial …
UW-Madison Awarded Two Major Grants to Support Russian and Eurasian Studies
Carnegie Corporation of New York has selected UW-Madison, Columbia University, and Indiana University to each receive a $1 million grant. Designed to strengthen the study of Russia at U.S. universities, the grants follow an ASEEES …
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Pushkin Summer Institute Receives Grant
MADISON — The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received $90,000 to support a pre-college program designed to introduce high school students from low-income and minority communities to Russian language and culture. The 2016 STARTALK award to UW–Madison’s …
Brenner Receives 2015 ASEEES Book Prize
MADISON — Rachel Brenner, the Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies in the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies and a CREECA affiliate, has been awarded a 2015 USC Book Prize in Literary and Cultural …