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REECAS News

Karen Evans-Romaine Recognized by AATSEEL

Posted on March 4, 2021

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: …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged REECAS News

From a Fulbright in Kazakhstan to Teach For America: Catching up with REECAS Alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15

Posted on March 2, 2021

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 …

Posted in March 2021 NewsletterTagged Alumni Spotlights, Featured Stories, REECAS News

CREECA’s Francine Hirsch wins award for Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg, shares insights into research process at book launch

Posted on February 24, 2021

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 …

Posted in March 2021 NewsletterTagged Featured Stories, REECAS News

Harvard-based Russia Project Offering Teaching and Research Tools

Posted on February 23, 2021

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 …

Posted in OpportunitiesTagged REECAS News

Microfilm copies of Central Asian newspapers available to borrow

Posted on February 22, 2021

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged REECAS News

CREECA Faculty Win 2021 Distinguished Teaching Awards

Posted on January 21, 2021

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged REECAS News

Amanda Gatewood (Population Health Institute) is the newest CREECA associate!

Posted on January 15, 2021

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 …

Posted in March 2021 NewsletterTagged REECAS News

Wisconsin Russia Project receives grant renewal from Carnegie Corporation

Posted on December 16, 2020

The Wisconsin Russia Project received a 24-month grant renewal of $700,000 this fall from Carnegie Corporation of New York. UW-Madison was one of three U.S. universities awarded this competitive grant as part of Carnegie Corporation’s …

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged REECAS News

CREECA’s Yoshiko Herrera takes the virtual stage this fall to discuss race and jazz in Russia, U.S.-Russian relations

Posted on December 14, 2020

While 2020 has been the year of social distancing, mask-wearing, and remote meetings, the necessity of moving lectures and seminars online has also opened up opportunities to reach new audiences. One of several CREECA faculty …

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged Featured Stories, REECAS News

Not your ‘Borat’ joke: UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia charts a path to cultural understanding in the face of troublesome Hollywood stereotypes

Posted on November 16, 2020

Gulnara Glowacki, a UW-Madison senior lecturer in Kazakh Language and Culture, was recently featured in a College of Letters & Science news piece about teaching Kazakh language, literature, and culture. Read the full article here.

Posted in December 2020 NewsletterTagged REECAS News
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