Three new CREECA associates, Krzysztof Borowski, Melissa Sheedy, and Liina-Ly Roos, have joined the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic (GNS+) this fall and have settled into new academic appointments at the start of this …
REECAS News
REECAS alumna Caroline Savage’s storied career as a Foreign Service Officer and advice to future graduates
Since REECAS alumna Caroline Savage joined the Foreign Service 16 years ago, she has done work in DC and overseas in four of the five specialties of the Foreign Service within the State Department: Consular, …
Grant awarded to UW–Madison to study language proficiency gains in virtual and in-person instruction
Among the many lessons highlighted by the current pandemic is the need to be able to understand and reimagine instruction, especially as many educators and students grapple with questions about the benefits and challenges of …
NSLI-Y students maintain motivation to advance Russian proficiency in the digital classroom, imagine Russian as part of a career
As North Carolina high school student Graham Shunk was wrapping up a virtual Russian course in August 2020, a journalist from the Russian-language television channel NTV-America reached out to invite him to give an interview–in …
CESSI celebrates Title VIII grant renewal and successful record-breaking, virtual summer
As summer 2020 started to wind down, CESSI (Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute) received the good news that it is once again the recipient of a Title VIII grant that will enable CREECA to award …
CREECA director Professor Ted Gerber publishes in Problems of Post-Communism
Follow this link for information on Professor Ted Geber’s latest publication “Who Cares? Russian Public Opinion during Medvedev’s Presidency on the Importance and Politicization of History” that appears in Problems of Post-Communism.
August Book Recommendations From CREECA Outreach Coordinator
August is “Women in Translation Month,” and reading Nobel Prize Winner Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a perfect way to mark the occasion. Antonia Lloyd-Jones has superbly translated …
UW-Madison Library Acquires New REECAS Resources!
Andy Spencer, UW-Madison Distinguished Bibliographer for Slavic, East European, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern Studies, reports that the recent Library Collections Enhancement Initiative (LCEI) grant has allowed for the acquisition of the following five Eastview …
Congratulations to REECAS Grads!
Hats off and a round of applause to the Class of 2020! The 2020 graduates in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) have been undergoing interdisciplinary areas studies training to become future leaders …
Wisconsin Russia Project Scholars Reflect on Time at UW-Madison
On April 27, pre–doctoral and postdoctoral scholars of the Wisconsin Russia Project (WRP) gathered virtually for the final “Salon” of the academic year. These regularly-occurring research forums are one of many platforms where scholars — …