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...
- 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...
- 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...
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...
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...- 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,...
- 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...