REEEC is delighted to announce the recipients of the special Spring semester undergraduate FLAS fellowship:
Camille Dolce (Political Science) – Russian
Melanie Martinovic (Cognitive Neuropsychology) – B/C/S
David Mock (Agricultural and Consumer Economics) – Russian
Edina Setka (Social Psychology) – B/C/S
A complete list of...
Noontime Scholars Lecture: Claire ShawJoin us for our next Noontime Scholars Lecture "Writing the History of the Soviet Body: Questions and Approaches," by Claire Shaw (Associate Professor of History, The University of Warwick) on Tuesday, February 14 at 12:00 PM in Lincoln Hall Room 1065. For more details, click 'Learn More.'
Summer Research Laboratory Call for ApplicationsPriority application deadline: March 3, 2022
The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) and the Slavic Reference Service (SRS) at the University of Illinois are happy to announce a new call for applications to the Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL provides research support for graduate and post-graduate level research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. We will provide support for both in-person and virtual associateships for scholars to conduct short-term research concerning all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
For more information, click 'learn more.'
Noontime Scholars Lecture: Franziska YostJoin us for a Noontime Scholars Lecture "Gay Erotica in the Post-Soviet Sexual Revolution, 1990-98," by Franziska Yost (Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Illinois) on Tuesday, February 21 at 12:00 PM in 306 Coble Hall. For more details, click 'Learn More.'
Spring 2023 Courses with Russia, East Europe, and Eurasian Content
New Directions Lecture: Jessica WernekePlease join us for a New Directions Lecture "Sovetskoe Foto and De-Westernizing Photography Theory," by Jessica Werneke (Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Iowa) on Friday, February 24 at 3:30 PM in 306 Coble Hall. Click 'learn more' for full details.
Russia's War on Ukraine: Educational and Humanitarian Resources
- The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) announces a special Spring 2023 semester FLAS competition for undergraduate students. Students enrolling in an intermediate or advanced language of the REEEC region and an area studies course during the Spring semester are eligible to apply for the Fellowship. Please see below for competition details, application link, and FAQ. ...
Two upcoming information sessions for students interested in applying for Summer 2023 and AY 2023-2024 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships: Virtual Session I will be Monday, November 28, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome. To register for ...
Student Spotlight: REEEC Graduating Student Profile: Cassie Ward (MA, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; MS, Library and Information Science)
Cassie Ward completed her degree programs this Spring 2022 semester, earning an M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her B.A.s in History and Psychology from Southern Illinois...
More Department News
- Spring 2023 Select Courses in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Note: The courses listed below are not an exhaustive list of courses being offered on the REEE region. Please see course explorer for additional classes. *Check with Advisor or...
- The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center would like to extend a warm welcome Dr. Anna Whittington, who has joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an assistant professor of history. Her research specializes in the history of citizenship and inequality across Soviet Eurasia....
- Richard Byington is a first-year graduate student in the joint Master of Arts in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies/Master of Science in Library and Information Science program and a 2022-2023 REEEC FLAS fellow, studying Russian. Before coming to the University of Illinois at Urbana-...
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HIST 260What is Russia? This survey course explores this question through the history of the peoples and territories of medieval Rus’, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation, from ninth century to the present. Key themes include how “Russia” has been understood and defined, both...
SOC 366What was state socialism and does it still affect what is happening in the former Soviet bloc? What does Russia’s attack on Ukraine have to do with the socialist past? What is it like to be a former party member in Germany? Why have Western feminists received with suspicion in the Czech Republic...
REES 201Interdisciplinary 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...
SLAV 417Historical grammar, origin, and development of the East Slavic/Russian literary language, survey of literary genres of Old Russian Literature. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; for undergraduates, completion of or placement beyond RUSS 301-RUSS 302; or, consent of instructor. Instructor: ...
