Written by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, PhD student in Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures. «Я» и «Другой»: Другой Я (Краткий обзор лекции В. Морозова «Внутренний Другой в российском политическом дискурсе: рационализация инаковости или мифотворчество?» REEI, 6 ноября 2018) Культурологи и философы еще несколько десятилетий назад в своих исследованиях обращали внимание на то, как глобализационные процессы влияют… Read more »
REEI Networks! Talk
REEI Networks! event with Michael Kimmage
Written by Clare Angeroth Franks, REEI MA student. Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at Catholic University of America, spoke with a group of students on April 2, 2018 to talk about how funding proposals can employ policy relevance. Dr. Kimmage also touched on the state of US-Russian diplomatic relations. The group was comprised of PhD and… Read more »
Celeste Wallander, President and CEO of the US-Russia Foundation: “Forging U.S.-Russia Partnerships”
Written by Kimberly Madsen, PhD student in SPEA Dr. Celeste Wallander met with students of the Russian Studies Workshop on March 27 to give advice on careers and address challenges in US-Russia relations. Given her impressive background as President and CEO of the U.S.-Russian Foundation, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia… Read more »
Professor Michael Burawoy: The Role of Russian and East European Area Studies Scholarship and Expertise in a Polarized World
Written by Madeline McCann, graduate student in REEI Several years ago, I was driven to Russian studies by my desire to escape the familiar. I felt sick of studying United States history—of regurgitating year after year the events and narratives that had been hammered into me since grade school. Strangely, it was an undergraduate course… Read more »