In fall 2018, Kirill Ospovat joined the UW-Madison Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic as an assistant professor. CREECA sat down with Ospovat to discuss his current work and future projects. Where were you before …
News & Opportunities
CREECA Welcomes Maksim Hanukai
In fall 2018, Maksim Hanukai became an assistant professor of Russian in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at UW-Madison. Hanukai received his BA from the University of California-San Diego, an MA in comparative …
Alumni Profile: John Riordan
Name: John Riordan Program Completed: MA in REECAS, 2003 Works as: USAID Development Advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command (Tampa, Florida); formerly Country Director, USAID Uzbekistan Program (Tashkent) 2014-2017, and Country Director, USAID Belarus Program …
Inaugural Young Scholars Conference Held in Madison
On July 27-28, 2018, more than fifty Russia experts from across Europe, Russia, and the United States gathered in Madison, Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Russia Project Young Scholars Conference. During the two-day conference, emerging social …
UW-Madison Student Speaks about Internship in Slovakia
UW-Madison’s International Internship Program offered an internship opportunity at the Fulbright Commission’s office in Bratislava, Slovakia in summer 2018. Anna Dunn shares her experience in Slovakia here – https://news.wisc.edu/amazing-summer-internships-7-students-tell-what-they-did-what-they-learned-and-what-theyll-never-forget/ For more International Internship Programs visit their …
Wisconsin Language Roadmap Initiative Forms Working Groups
Following the January 26, 2018 Wisconsin Language Summit, four working groups of Wisconsin leaders from different sectors are working to draft priority recommendations for the Wisconsin Language Roadmap in the following key areas: Sustainable Language …
Wisconsin Russia Project Researchers Make Connections Across Campus
In 2016, the Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded UW-Madison a $1 million grant to fund the Wisconsin Russia Project (WRP), an initiative to strengthen Russian studies, to broaden the pool of Russia experts at …
Spring 2018 Alumni Profiles
We catch up with alumni Robert Cemovich and Tom Van Rooy about their accomplishments, careers, and how the CREECA experience shaped their direction in life. Name: Robert Cemovich Program Completed: Law degree and graduate certificate in Russian …
Shevelenko Receives Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Irina Shevelenko, professor of Slavic languages and literature, is one of fourteen UW-Madison faculty that have received the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, recognizing her excellence in teaching and contributions to her field. Please join us …
REEES Policy Research Roundtable
The Slavic Reference Service will be hosting an online REEES Policy Research Roundtable on Friday, April 27th at 10 AM CST. Policy researchers are a unique user community within the larger network of scholars in …