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  • Call for Applications: Virtual Summer Research Laboratory
    Call for Applications: Virtual Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia (Priority Application Deadline: March 3, 2021)
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  • VORL
    Spring 2021 Virtual Open Research Laboratory (January 25 - May 5, 2021): Associates List & VORL Events Calendar
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  • Holly Case Lecture
    REEEC New Directions Lecture: Holly Case, "The Noblesse Oblige of Megalomania: The Hungarian History of an Idea" on March 18 at 4:00 PM CST
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  • Race in Focus
    Race in Focus: Spring 2021 Sessions
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  • SRS GA Olga Makarova

    Slavic Reference Service GA Profile: Olga Makarova

    Albert Einstein once said: “The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” One of the things that most attracted me to UIUC in 2016 was its library. It was later that I would come to learn about its impressive Slavic collection and the outstanding Slavic Reference Service, and even later that I would graduate from the iSchool and learn by heart that the...
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  • BEST EDITED MULTI-AUTHOR SCHOLARLY VOLUME

    Professor John Randolph and Professor Lilya Kaganovsky had contributed essays to Russian Performances: Word, Object, Action that won the AATSEEL Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume for 2020.

    REEEC Director John Randolph (Associate Professor of History) and REEEC faculty affiliate Lilya Kaganovsky (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative and World Literature) had contributed with their thought-provoking articles on Russian cultural performativity to the edited collection ...
    Read full story Professor John Randolph and Professor Lilya Kaganovsky had contributed essays to Russian Performances: Word, Object, Action that won the AATSEEL Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume for 2020.
  • Richard Tempest

    Professor Richard Tempest Interviewed by the University of Illinois News Bureau About Alexei Navalny's Arrest and Prison Sentence, and the Protests Across Russia

    REEEC faculty affiliate Richard Tempest (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures) was recently interviewed by the University of Illinois News Bureau about Alexei Navalny's arrest and prison sentence, and the huge protests across Russia. To read the original article, please see...
    Read full story Professor Richard Tempest Interviewed by the University of Illinois News Bureau About Alexei Navalny's Arrest and Prison Sentence, and the Protests Across Russia
 
  • Eda Derhemi

    Faculty Spotlight: REEEC Faculty Affiliate Eda Derhemi (Teaching Associate Professor of French and Italian) Recognized for Translating Albanian Novel into Italian

    REEEC faculty affiliate Eda Derhemi (Teaching Associate Professor of French and Italian) and Francesco Ferrari (PhD candidate in French and Italian) were recognized for translating the Albanian novel “Miele sul Coltello" into Italian. They both won the competition for the Fund of the Translation...
    Read full story REEEC Faculty Affiliate Eda Derhemi (Teaching Associate Professor of French and Italian) Recognized for Translating Albanian Novel into Italian

More Department News

  • Are European Human Rights and Rule of Law in Crisis?: Roundtable and Discussion
    By Tabitha Cochran (MA Student, REEES and LIS) On October 27th, REEEC hosted a virtual roundtable, co-sponsored by the European Union Center, entitled “Are European Human Rights and Rule of Law in Crisis?” This event was organized to kick off the Legal Studies facet of the REEEC...
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  • New Directions Lecture with Diana Kurkovsky West: "From 'Big Data' Socialism to Digital Utopianism: Lessons from the Soviet Past for the Post-Covid-19 Future"
    By Jamie Hendrickson (MA Student, REEES) As a part of the REEEC Critical Methods Series in Area Studies Informatics, on October 15 Diana Kurkovsky West gave an online lecture entitled: “From ‘Big Data’ Socialism to Digital Utopianism: Lessons from the Soviet past for the post-...
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  • Professor Valeria Sobol Has Been Selected as LAS Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar for 2021-2022
    REEEC faculty affiliate Valeria Sobol (Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures) has been selected as LAS Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar for the academic year 2021-2022. Each year, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences awards those faculty that have shown ...
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  • SLAV 505
    SLAV 505

    Old Church Slavonic

    This class is designed to give you a foundation in the development of Russian from its genesis in Proto-Slavic up to the modern-day language. The focus of the developmental period will be the 9th to 11th centuries, though the course touches on aspects of Slavic grammar and stylistics that occurred...
    Course Description for SLAV 505
  • RUSS 122
    RUSS 122

    Russia and Black America

    A survey of the interactions between key African American figures and Russian culture, in a historical and socio-political context. The course explores the Russian-sourced cultural transfers that influenced the Black American experience; and examines its impact on people and events in the Russian...
    Course Description for RUSS 122
  • REES 201
    REES 201

    Introduction to Eastern Europe

    Interdisciplinary survey of Eastern Europe focusing mostly on the 20th century to the present, exploring issues of nationalism, socialism, post socialism and EU accession. Focuses on Central Europe and the Balkans, but also references the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Students will...
    Course Description for REES 201
  • IS 461
    IS 461

    Russian, East European, and Eurasian Bibliography and Research Methods

    This course is intended to provide all necessary tools for the conduct of effective research in the field of Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies for both scholars and librarians.  Relying on the rich bibliographic tradition of Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, the...
    Course Description for IS 461

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