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- REEEC was happy to host the Illinois ACTR Olympiada of Spoken Russian on March 13, 2023. The Olympiada brought over thirty high school Russian language students from The Noble Academy, Pritzker College Prep, Glenbrook North High School, and By the Onion Sea to our campus for the day to participate in various language evaluations and to learn about our programs at the U of I.
Thank you to Erik...
- 2023-04-06 - Richard Esbenshade, a REEEC Research Associate, is the host of the Wednesday World Beat program on WEFT 90.1 FM. As the host of this program on the Central Illinois community radio station, Esbenshade has been spending twenty minutes of his show each week to showcase Ukrainian music following the start of the war in Ukraine. On February 22, 2023, just ahead of the one-year anniversary...
- 2023-03-28 - Each Spring, REEEC invites submissions for the Yaro Skalnik Prize for the best undergraduate and graduate essays in Russian, East European, or Eurasian Studies at Illinois. Essays from all disciplines are eligible so long as they concern a relevant region. Each winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize. Graduate Student Award: $250 Undergraduate Student Award: $150 Submission...
2023-03-08 - The Midwest Slavic Association (MWSA) and The Ohio State University's Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) will host the 2023 Midwest Slavic Conference at Ohio State in Columbus, OH on March 24-26, 2023. The conference committee is hosting papers on all topics related to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian world, particularly those related...- 2023-01-24 - 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...
- 2022-12-06 - 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....
2022-11-15 - 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...
2022-10-21 - 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 FLAS Coordinator whether the course will fulfill area studies course requirements Area...
2022-10-17 - 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. Dr. Whittington holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan (2018), an MA from Stanford...
2022-09-26 - 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-Champaign, Richard received his B.A. in History from Ferris State University and his M.A. in Comparative...
2022-09-16 - The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center extends a warm welcome to visiting scholar Dr. Joanna Kula, who will be affiliated with REEEC as a visiting scholar for the 2022 Fall semester. Dr. Kula is a scholar of Russian literature working in the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Wroclaw (Poland). Her dissertation focused on the problem of a 'hero' in modern Russian prose...- 2022-08-25 - Fall 2022 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. Areas Studies Courses ANTH 488: Modern Europe Jessica Greenberg MW 12:...
2022-07-28 - Professor Maria Todorova has been recognized with the 2022 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award. This special award was announced in the latest issue of NewsNet as well as on the ...- 2022-06-15 - The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the School of Music hosted "For Ukraine: An Artistic Tribute" on Tuesday, April 26th, 2022. This event showcased several performances and exhibits across campus related to the arts, culture, and music of Ukraine. The...
2022-06-06 - On May 3, 2022, the American Research Institute of South Caucasus (ARISC) and REEEC hosted an event entitled, “The State of South Caucasus Language Instruction in the U.S.: A Virtual Workshop.” This virtual panel brought together instructors of Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian with researchers, educators, and administrators to discuss the state of South Caucasus language instruction in the U.S...