As the estimates of refugees and displaced persons in Ukraine continue to grow, humanitarian organizations have increasingly needed more supplies to respond to the crisis. Across Western Ukraine, strangers have welcomed fellow Ukrainians fleeing violence …
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Claudia Torres Giraldo—A multilingual journey toward professional Russian proficiency and Latinx identity in Russia and Central Asia
Just as UW-Madison senior Claudia Torres Giraldo was wrapping up a year of Russian-language study in Kyrgyzstan this spring to head to Kazakhstan for a Russian-language internship, she received the Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award …
Madison community rallies in solidarity to condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine
CREECA affiliates–from students to Wisconsin Russia Project postdoctoral scholars to university faculty and staff–have been gathering to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine and show support for the people of Ukraine. A student-led protest took …
UW faculty offer expertise on Putin’s war on Ukraine in media and outreach
Leading up to and amid Putin’s war on Ukraine, UW faculty members have been lending their expertise on Russia, Ukraine, and other post-Soviet states to various news outlets, including Paul Castañeda Dower (Agricultural and Applied …
From quarantine to the live performance: Enjoy the UW Russian Folk Orchestra’s 2021 holiday concert
Flashback to December 2020, just before COVID-19 vaccinations became widespread: an encore presentation of the 2019 holiday concert of the UW Russian Folk Orchestra (RFO) was broadcast on social media channels in place of the …
Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin project features new interviews with Russianists from campus and wider community
An exciting new project, Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin, features over 100 podcast interviews with students, educators, and community members throughout Wisconsin, including Russianists from around the UW-Madison campus and the wider community. The collection …
CREECA welcomes 2021-22 Wisconsin Russia Project postdoctoral scholars
In fall 2020, the Wisconsin Russia Project received a 24-month grant renewal of $700,000 from Carnegie Corporation of New York to promote social science research and training on contemporary Russia. UW-Madison was one of three U.S. universities awarded this competitive grant as part …
Expand your library this winter with new books from UW-Madison REECAS alumni
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter break, which means members of the CREECA community will likely catch up on their reading and may be shopping for discerning readers in their lives. Fortunately, CREECA …
Welcome to CREECA, welcome to campus: Meet the next generation of REECAS specialists from UW
The CREECA student body looks different than it did when Ingraham Hall was abandoned in March 2020. As MA students in REECAS transition from one phase of professional life to another, the next generation of …
Grants—new and renewed—bolster CREECA’s language learning programs for summer 2022
The Pushkin Summer Institute (PSI) has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation (USRF) to support its intensive, residential program for summer 2022 that will welcome its first in-person cohort since 2019. …