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Professor John Randolph and Professor Lilya Kaganovsky had contributed essays to Russian Performances: Word, Object, Action that won the AATSEEL Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume for 2020
2021-02-27 - REEEC Director John Randolph (Associate Professor of History) and REEEC faculty affiliate Lilya Kaganovsky (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative and World Literature) had contributed with their thought-provoking articles on Russian cultural performativity to the edited collection ...
Professor Richard Tempest Interviewed by the University of Illinois News Bureau About Alexei Navalny's Arrest and Prison Sentence, and the Protests Across Russia
2021-02-12 - REEEC faculty affiliate Richard Tempest (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures) was recently interviewed by the University of Illinois News Bureau about Alexei Navalny's arrest and prison sentence, and the huge protests across Russia. To read the original article, please see...
Are European Human Rights and Rule of Law in Crisis?: Roundtable and Discussion
2021-01-15 - By Tabitha Cochran (MA Student, REEES and LIS) On October 27th, REEEC hosted a virtual roundtable, co-sponsored by the European Union Center, entitled “Are European Human Rights and Rule of Law in Crisis?” This event was organized to kick off the Legal Studies facet of the REEEC Critical Methods Series (CMS) and had over 40 participants. Four panelists from the University of...
New Directions Lecture with Diana Kurkovsky West: "From 'Big Data' Socialism to Digital Utopianism: Lessons from the Soviet Past for the Post-Covid-19 Future"
2021-01-14 - By Jamie Hendrickson (MA Student, REEES) As a part of the REEEC Critical Methods Series in Area Studies Informatics, on October 15 Diana Kurkovsky West gave an online lecture entitled: “From ‘Big Data’ Socialism to Digital Utopianism: Lessons from the Soviet past for the post-Covid-19 future.” West, currently a visiting lecturer of history at Auburn University, focuses her...
Professor Valeria Sobol Has Been Selected as LAS Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar for 2021-2022
2021-01-14 - REEEC faculty affiliate Valeria Sobol (Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures) has been selected as LAS Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar for the academic year 2021-2022. Each year, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences awards those faculty that have shown exemplary scholarship and teaching amongst those being promoted to Professor. Among...
Professor Harriet Murav Received an Honorable Mention from the MLA Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies for Her Book "David Bergelson’s Strange New World: Untimeliness and Futurity"
2021-01-13 - REEEC faculty affiliate Harriet Murav (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative and World Literature) has received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association (MLA) Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies for her book David Bergelson’s Strange New World: Untimeliness and Futurity, published by Indiana University Press. The prize...
Area Studies Showcase Lecture Series: David Cooper, "Anatomy of a Successful Forgery: The Czech Manuscripts”
2020-12-15 - By Quinn O'Dowd (PhD Student, Sociology) On Tuesday, September 29th, Professor David Cooper (Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois) gave a lecture entitled “Anatomy of a Successful Forgery: The Czech Manuscripts” as part of the Area Studies Showcase Lecture Series: Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. This virtual lecture...
New Directions Lecture with Emily Wang and Korey Garibaldi: “Interrogating the Declining Significance of Pushkin's Blackness: Henry James, Ivan Turgenev, and Literary Nationalism”
2020-12-15 - By Justin Balcor (PhD Student, Musicology) On Thursday, September 17, as part of the 2020-2021 REEEC New Directions Lecture series, Dr. Korey Garibaldi and Dr. Emily Wang, both from the University of Notre Dame, presented a fascinating joint-lecture entitled “Interrogating the Declining Significance of Pushkin's Blackness: Henry James, Ivan Turgenev, and Literary Nationalism...
Update on the Summer Research Laboratory at Illinois
2020-11-16 - For over forty years, the University of Illinois has hosted our annual Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia (SRL). This program is supported in part by a generous grant from the U.S. Department of State through its Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). With renewed support from Title...
Spring 2021 Courses with Russia, East Europe, and Eurasian Content
2020-11-13 - Please find a list of Spring 2021 courses with content on the REEES region. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and you may find additional courses in course explorer. Spring 2021 Select Courses in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Note: The courses listed below are not an...
FLAS Information Session for Graduate Students
2020-11-06 - Upcoming information session for students interested in applying for Summer 2021 and AY 2021-2022 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships on Dec. 2, 4:00-5:00 p.m. CST *Virtual Session II for Graduate Students will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Please register...
Noontime Scholars Lecture with Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass: “Why Weak States Balance: National Mobilization and Georgia’s Post-Cold War Security Strategy”
2020-04-10 - On March 10, as part of the Noontime Scholars Lecture series, Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass presented a talk on balance of power theory entitled “Why Weak States Balance: National Mobilization and Georgia’s Post-Cold War Security Strategy.” A Ph.D. candidate in political science from the University of Kentucky, specializing in international relations and comparative politics, Tsintsadze-Maass’s...
Publicly Available Online Curriculum from REEEC
2020-04-10 - Looking for activities for children who are home from school? Learn about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia! REEEC has publicly available curriculum on our region for students ranging from pre-school age to high school: curricula and lesson plans. To access each curriculum, please fill out a simple webform for our grant reporting records. Once you submit the form,...
Community Outreach: Russian Language and Culture Lessons at Leal Elementary
2020-04-07 - By Serenity Stanton Orengo This Spring, I had the opportunity to do twice-weekly Russian language and culture lessons at Leal Elementary School in Urbana as part of their after-school program. Each Tuesday and Thursday, I worked with a group of 10-12 students ranging in age from kindergarten through fifth grade. Because some of the students were very young and still learning to...