2026-10-20 - This past Thursday (October 15) I had the pleasure of attending Mara Hunter's talk: The Sea of Azov in Historical Perspective. To start I want to highlight the importance of Mara’s topic, I believe that she complicated the role of the Sea of Azov in geopolitics in a really smart and...
2026-10-12 - On October 5th, 2026, the EUC center hosted a talk by Maxim Krupskiy, who is an affiliate of REEEC, on “Ensuring Non-Interference, Maintaining Resilient Democracy: Contemporary Challenges in Legislation on Countering Covert Foreign Influence”. Krupskiy, who was an attorney in Russia for more...
2026-09-01 - As Acting Director of REEEC, I want to welcome you all back, or for the first time, as the case may be, to UIUC and the REEEC community for the new academic year. I hope that your summer was both relaxing and productive. I’m filling in for Director John Randolph, who is on sabbatical for the...
2026-08-24 - We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Wistrand has joined the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois as Associate Director.Dr. Jennifer Wistrand is a cultural anthropologist whose research, teaching, and professional interests span our region....
2026-04-30 - On April 24, 2026, REEEC M.A. student Jared Meunier presented a Noontime Scholars Lecture titled “Sharp Power and the Enjoyment of Crisis: The Mueller Report as Simulated Justice.”Meunier, a second-year M.A. student in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, examined how autocratic influence...
2026-03-31 - Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered at the Levis Faculty Center on March 27 to celebrate Nauryz, a traditional spring holiday symbolizing renewal, friendship, and new beginnings.The event was organized through a partnership among the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center...
2026-01-05 - On October 30, 2025, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center hosted a New Directions Lecture titled “Russia in World History: Updating the Long Telegram,” featuring historians Choi Chatterjee and Karen Petrone.Chatterjee is Professor Emerita of History at California State University, Los...
2025-10-29 - On September 28, 2025, REEEC, the Slavic Department, and the Ukrainian Studies Fund hosted a public engagement event in Chicago at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. This event raised over $50,000 in support of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.- 2025-10-20 - REEEC is pleased to welcome two visiting scholars this fall: Iliyana Dimitrova from the University of Veliko Tarnovo St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Bulgaria and Oleksandr Kovrov from the Dnipro University of Technology in Ukraine.
2025-09-17 - REEEC and Slavic announce a new initiative in Bulgarian Studies sponsored by the Republic of Bulgaria. This pilot program will sponsor courses in Bulgarian language, culture, and history at Illinois, as well as create new opportunities to study in Bulgaria for Illinois students and faculty.- 2025-09-15 - REEEC and Slavic have jointly formed the Illinois Ukrainian Studies Committee. This standing committee coordinates efforts across the university related to Ukraine. Its members include faculty, students, and staff from the College of LAS, Law, Music, Gies, and the Library.
2025-07-29 - As a result of World War II, the newly founded socialist Polish state faced unprecedented changes in economic, social, and political life. Against the backdrop of the need for reconstruction, forced industrialization, and the establishment of a new socialist statehood, the narrative of “social...- 2025-07-22 - Open Research Laboratory and Summer Research Laboratory alumni publish articles, book chapters, and monographs that help shape the field of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Find below the 2024 publications that have resulted from research conducted at the Research Labs. ...
- 2025-05-09 - REEEC at the University of Illinois congratulates REEES Major David Mock on receiving the 2025 Illinois International Undergraduate Achievement Award! This award is given each year by Illinois International...
- 2025-02-13 - In October 2024, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) hosted three Ukrainian scholars as part of the BridgeUSA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program (UAFP). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and...