“Going abroad is an amazing opportunity,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison student Scout Inman. “I think it’s something that impacts you for the rest of your life.” Inman, a senior in the UW-Madison School of Journalism …
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Forging Connections from Bayfield to Baikal
“As we left the home of our host that evening, the scene was saturated with long hugs and moist eyes – a definite indication this project successfully linked students from these two cultures.” In his …
A Conversation with Jose Vergara
Jose Vergara is a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at UW-Madison. CREECA sat down with Jose in January 2016 and learned something about his experience studying Russian and Czech, his …
CREECA Faculty in the News
Members of the CREECA faculty are often called upon to comment on breaking news, ongoing developments, and trends in their areas of expertise, and their research is regularly cited in news coverage. 2015 was a …
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 …
UW Outreach Celebrates the Global Heritages of Wisconsin
On June 27, 2015 the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) hosted Exploring Global Stories Locally: Migration Histories, Children’s Literature, and Wisconsin Experiences in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) College of Education and …
Learning Russian, Forging Attachments in Daugavpils, Latvia
Reflecting on a summer studying Russian, living with a Russian-speaking host family, and hanging out with Russian-speaking peers, one student admitted, “This is the program that budded my love of the Russian language! Russian was …
We Are Her
On a rainy Friday in autumn, a woman stands at the base of Bascom Hill, yelling at pedestrians as they cross Park Street, “Чего вы смотрите тогда? Нечего смотреть вам!” Bewildered students pause briefly to …
Notes from the Altai Republic
During summer 2015, Milan Simic spent four weeks in South Siberia, conducting research on the Altai language. Simic is a doctoral candidate in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia and …
Celebrating the Life and Work of Peter Bloch (1944-2015)
Peter C. Bloch, who died on May 27, 2015, is remembered by his friends and colleagues for his commitment to international research and consulting on land reform. Bloch was a UW-Madison Senior Research Scientist and …