Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center

REEEC at Illinois

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center is home to a wide variety of programs for members of the university community and the general public designed to expand understanding of and promote knowledge about Russia, and the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. REEEC receives major support for programming  and FLAS fellowships through the U.S. Department of Education through its Title VI program, for which REEEC serves as a designated National Resource Center.

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Sonia Kelly

M.A. REEES/M.S. LIS Student Profile: Sonia Kelly

Sonia Kelly is a first-year student in the dual M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies/M.S. in Library and Information Science program and a 2023-2024 REEEC FLAS fellow, studying Russian. She also works with e-resources in the Main Library's Acquisitions and Cataloguing Services. Before coming to UIUC, Sonia received her B.A. in History (TESOL minor) jointly from the College of William & Mary and the University of St Andrews (Scotland), studied Russian in Daugavpils, Latvia, and worked in Washington, D.C. at an international education nonprofit.

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  • 2023-09-01 - The Yaro Skalnik Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center Endowment Fund was established in 2022 through a generous gift by Professor Carol Leff (Emerita, Department of Political Science), in honor of her father.  It provides small research grants to undergraduate and graduate students, seeking to develop or present their original research in the field of Russian, East European, and...
  • 2023-07-28 - By Ivan Cherniakov (PhD Student, Art History) Griffin Creech is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, and the 2023 recipient of the Fisher Fellow Award. The Fisher Fellow Award offers support to junior scholars to attend the Summer Research Lab (SRL) at the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois in the spirit...
  • 2023-07-26 - By Laurel Tollison As an MA student in Russian, East European, and Eurasian, I had the opportunity to assist in several different outreach events as REEEC’s outreach graduate assistant. One of our regular programs included monthly visits to the Orchard Downs Community Center to bring multicultural outreach programming to their after-school enrichment program for elementary...

HIST 352

War and Peace in Central Asia

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REES 200

Introduction to Russia and Eurasia

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REES 496

The South Caucasus

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