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 …
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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 …
From Pyramiden with Love
The 2016 Wisconsin Triennial features a short film set in the Russian settlement of Pyramiden. Stephen Hilyard’s Катюша (Katyusha) combines footage from the abandoned settlement and footage shot in Wisconsin to tell the story of …
‘The Dragon’ Coming to Madison
A team of UW-Madison faculty and students is reviving Russian playwright Evgenii Shvarts’s 1943 play The Dragon. This staging, an English translation and adaptation of the Russian original, is the culmination of a longstanding vision …
The Wisconsin-Kazakhstan Bridge
In summer 2016, the University of Wisconsin-Madison once again hosted undergraduate students from Nazarbayev University (NU) in Astana, Kazakhstan as part of the ongoing partnership between the two universities. This year a program called WisKaz-BRIDGE …
Pushkin Summer Institute Launches Pushkin Scholars Program
The Pushkin Summer Institute (PSI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announces the inaugural “Pushkin Scholars” program for prospective UW-Madison first-year students who will be applying for admission in fall 2017. Eligibility is limited to alumni …
Zolotoj Plyos Return to Wisconsin for a Weekend of Russian Folk Music
In April 2016, Russian folk ensemble Zolotoj Plyos visited Wisconsin for a series of student-centered performances and workshops. The group held a free concert on April 3 at the Sett in Union South, performed at …
Jenny Otting Talks with CREECA about Ed Policy and Working in Kosovo
Jennifer Otting is a doctoral student in Education Policy Studies with a concentration in Comparative & International Education. CREECA sat down with Jenny to discuss her work examining education policy in “fragile states,” a topic …
Remembering Al Senn
Alfred Erich Senn (April 12, 1932-March 8, 2016) began teaching in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961. During the following decades, Professor Senn rose to prominence as a scholar of Lithuanian …
Introducing First-Year Students to Russian Studies through FIGs
When Quin Stack arrived at UW-Madison’s Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) the summer before his freshman year, he knew he wanted to enroll in a language course. He just didn’t know which language. After …