In Memoriam Sandra Arfa, Director of the UW-Madison English as a Second Language program, died on May 5, 2022. Sandy was a core member of the UW-Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University, lending her expertise to …
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Congratulations and Appreciation for Bob Kaiser at his Retirement
Bob Kaiser (Geography) retired from UW-Madison in spring 2022 after 26 years of service to the university. Professor Kaiser’s research has explored the intersection of cultural and political geographies, including nationalism, borderlands, and cyberwar. He …
UW students continue fundraising, awareness campaigns in response to war in Ukraine
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 …
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 …
Community Updates – February 2022
Students Özlem Eren, Wisconsin Russia Project graduate assistant and art history PhD student, has been elected as the SHERA (Society of Historians of Eastern European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture) Graduate Student Communications Fellow …
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 …
Event Recording of “The Voice Over: Poems and Essays – A Reading and Conversation” Now Available
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 …
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. …