By Justin Balcor (PhD Student, Musicology)
On November 11, 2021, as part of the REEEC New Directions Lecture Series, members of the REEEC community gathered online to hear a talk given by Professor Krista Goff of the University of Miami on oral history methodologies in the Caucasus entitled, “The Possibilities and Challenges of Oral History Methodology in the History of the...
REEEC Director John Randolph was Interviewed in BBC Article, "What will today's data tell future historians?"
Spring 2022 Courses with Russia, East Europe, and Eurasian Content
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REEEC FLAS Fellow: Brian Yang
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Sunnie Rucker-Chang, “The Chinese in Serbia as ‘Perpetual Foreigners’”
By Peter Wright (Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures) Over the past decade, the field of Slavic and East European studies has undergone a transformation. Marked by the addition of ‘Eurasian’ to our many area studies centers and professional organizations, the field now strives to reflect the global reach and diversity of the region and its histories. At the...
Michael Finke, Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the former Department Head, has published a new book which analyzes Chekhov’s major stories, plays, and nonfiction in the context of his life, entitled Freedom from Violence and Lies: Anton Chekhov's Life and Writings. For more information and to buy his book, please click...
Student Spotlight: REEEC Graduating Student Profile: Lisa Bobbitt (BA, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
Lisa Bobbitt completed her degree program this Fall 2021 semester, earning a B.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies with a minor in sociology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During Lisa’s senior year at Illinois, she completed a research paper that explored the...
More Department News
- Professor Valleri Robinson recently wrote an article for Public Seminar, " Belarus Needs Our Help: The United States must stand boldly against the Lukashenka regime and its abuse of human rights". Professor Robinson is a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project. A repost of the article is below,...
- Dr. Rachel Stauffer (Visiting Project Coordinator, REEEC) recently published an article, entitled "'Russian is hard, Spanish is easy': Reflections on Antiracism and a Common Ideology in the Field", in the Fall 2021 issue of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) newsletter:...
- Eugene Avrutin, professor of history with an affiliate appointment in the Program in Jewish Culture & Society, has been named the Tobor Family Professor in Jewish History. The Tobor Professorship was created in 2005 to support excellence in the study of Jewish European history. Avrutin is a...
Calendar
REES 201 - Spring 2022REES 201 is designed to be an introductory, interdisciplinary course for students interested in the regions of Eastern, Central, and Southeastern Europe. The course will focus on central issues in Eastern Europe in the modern era, offering a beginning view of the region’s history, politics, culture...
SLAV 525, Section G - Spring 2022Since its discovery in the late eighteenth century, the Slovo o polku Igoreve (the Igor Tale) has occupied a central but isolated place in Russian literary history. Received as a secular national epic, Slovo stood out as unique in the canon of medieval Russian literature and as...
ARTH 443 - Spring 2022What happens to art’s forms and institutions in a socialist society? What kind of patron is the working class, the public, or the state? Can art be revolutionary? If so, what does it look like, and where does it exert its power? In this course, we will look at the ways that artists strove to answer...
SLAV 525 - Fall 2021This course will begin with the Golden Age of Soviet cinema: the period 1924-1929 during which Soviet filmmakers produced some of the greatest films in the history of cinema. Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Dziga Vertov, Esfir Shub, and Oleksandr Dovzhenko became known the world over for...
TURK 270/ANTH 272/GLBL 272/SAME 272 - Fall 2021As a country located at the crossroads of Asia, Europe and Africa, Turkey has always been under the spotlight. In this course, we will study the dynamic relationship between language and culture in Ottoman and modern Turkey through a timely analysis of its transition from a long-lasting empire to a...
BCS 115 - Fall 2021Exploration of South Slavic cultures in the historically rich and complex region sometimes referred to as "the Balkans," focusing particularly on those groups found within the successor states of the former Yugoslavia. Critical look at the traditional view of the region as the crossroads or the...
SLAV 505 - Spring 2021This 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...
RUSS 122 - Spring 2021A 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...
REES 201 - Spring 2021Interdisciplinary 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...
IS 461 - Spring 2021This 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...
