On May 1, 2021, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, hosted “The Voice Over: Poems and Essays – A Reading …
REECAS News
Cross-unit collaboration brings “Cyber Capabilities and Accelerating Global Change” – a workshop for K-14 Wisconsin educators
One year ago, CREECA had no choice but to postpone a K-14 educator workshop on cyber warfare and accelerated global change—a topic that has increased in significance as our reliance on networks and videoconferencing has …
CREECA Community Updates – March 2021
Community Updates Welcome to CREECA! Özlem Eren is the new Wisconsin Russia Project graduate assistant. As a PhD student in the Department of Art History, she studies Byzantine and Medieval Art, focusing on Medieval Russia. …
Karen Evans-Romaine Recognized by AATSEEL
Congratulations to CREECA’s Karen Evans-Romaine who received the award for Outstanding Contributions to the Profession from the Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL). The citation for the award from AATSEEL reads: …
From a Fulbright in Kazakhstan to Teach For America: Catching up with REECAS Alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15
UW-Madison REECAS MA alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15 shared the news with CREECA that he has accepted a new opportunity with Teach For America, his next professional move after completing a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Kazakhstan …
CREECA’s Francine Hirsch wins award for Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg, shares insights into research process at book launch
The American Society of International Law (ASIL) has awarded UW-Madison Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History Francine Hirsch the 2021 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship for her recently published book …
Harvard-based Russia Project Offering Teaching and Research Tools
Russia Matters is a new Harvard-based project made possible by the Carnegie Corporation. Their website, dedicated to U.S. policy toward Russia, U.S.-Russian relations, and Russian policies that impact vital U.S. national interests, is a go-to …
Microfilm copies of Central Asian newspapers available to borrow
The Slavic and East European Materials Project (SEEMP) has preserved a large set of newspapers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. These newspapers were collected by Dr. William Fierman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Central …
CREECA Faculty Win 2021 Distinguished Teaching Awards
CREECA faculty members Yoshiko Herrera and Sunny Yudkoff have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. A virtual recognition event will …
Amanda Gatewood (Population Health Institute) is the newest CREECA associate!
Amanda Gatewood (Population Health Institute) is the newest CREECA associate! Dr. Gatewood is a public health epidemiologist and academic staff in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health where she researches health equity, especially …