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-...
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...- 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. ...
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...- 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...
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,...
2022-05-18 - On Tuesday, April 26th, 2022, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the School of Music hosted the event “For Ukraine: An Artistic Tribute.” This event showcased several performances and exhibits across campus related to the arts, culture, and music of Ukraine. Those present were...- 2022-05-07 - Open Research Lab and Summer Research Lab alumni publish articles, book chapters, and monographs that help to shape the field of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Take a look at these 2021 publications that have resulted from research conducted at the Research Labs: ...
2022-03-06 - REEES alumnus Terrell Jermaine Starr has been reporting on the war in Ukraine from Kyiv. Starr travelled to Ukraine to work on a tourism business and started covering the Russian invasion. He has appeared on...- 2022-03-04 - In response to Putin’s brutal invasion and in support of Ukraine, Slavic Review has initiated a series of very brief essays from scholars in the field, from a number of disciplinary, intellectual, and personal perspectives. What you will find is not just about Ukraine, and not limited to...
2022-03-01 - REEEC Director John Randolph (History) was interviewed in a recent USA Today article, "A new Cold War, or the start of World War III? How historians see the invasion of Ukraine". The article explores how Russia's war against Ukraine may be compared to other conflicts, such as the Cold War or World...
2022-02-28 - This past Sunday at 12 pm, the Ukrainian Student Association held a rally by the Alma Mater in support of Ukraine and against Russia’s military assault on its people and statehood. Members of the Urbana-Champaign and UIUC community joined, bringing signs and flags to show their support of the...
2022-02-25 - In response to Russia's war on Ukraine, REEEC has created a special resource page. It provides a list of local events, links to news and information sources, and ways to help support...
2021-12-30 - 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...
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Sunnie Rucker-Chang, “The Chinese in Serbia as ‘Perpetual Foreigners’”2021-12-21 - 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...