The Yaro Skalnik Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center Endowment Fund was established in 2022 through a generous gift by Professor Carol Leff (Emerita, Department of Political Science), in honor of her father. It provides small research grants to undergraduate and graduate students, seeking to develop or present their original research in the field of Russian, East European, and Eurasian...
Spring 2024 Select Courses in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REEEC Events CalendarLearn more about our upcoming events on campus.
Call for Applications: Open Research Laboratory on Russian, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia (Priority Application Deadline: November 26, 2023)
REEEC Winter ReceptionPlease join us at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, December 5th for the REEEC Winter Reception, featuring live music by Balkanalia. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome! For more information, click 'Learn More.'
Noontime Scholars Lecture: Marija FedjaninaPlease join us for a Noontime Scholars Lecture on November 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM CST. Marija Fedjanina will be presenting her lecture titled, "Holy Trickster in Foolish Times: 'Alternative' Masculinity of the Late Soviet Union and the Transition Era." For more information, click 'Learn More.'
Our Master's Degree ProgramsOur two-year M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is designed for students planning academic careers as well as for those who would like to pursue careers in government, NGOs, business, the media, international law, private foundations, or cultural exchange. We also offer a joint M.A./M.S. degree with the School of Information Sciences.
By Ivan Cherniakov (PhD Student, Art History) Griffin Creech is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, and the 2023 recipient of the Fisher Fellow Award. The Fisher Fellow Award offers support to junior scholars to attend the Summer Research Lab (SRL) at the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois in the spirit...
By Laurel Tollison As an MA student in Russian, East European, and Eurasian, I had the opportunity to assist in several different outreach events as REEEC’s outreach graduate assistant. One of our regular programs included monthly visits to the Orchard Downs Community Center to bring multicultural outreach programming to their after-school enrichment program for elementary...
Student Spotlight: REEEC M.A. Student Profile: Eden Zorne
Eden is a first-year REEES MA student originally from Northern California. She earned her B.A. from the University of Toronto (Canada), and majored in European Affairs and Slavic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Russian. She has been studying Russian since high school, and began...
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- By Ivan Cherniakov (PhD Student, Art History) How does citizenship function in an empire? How do different citizenship regimes shape populations in their borderlands? These were the questions that Griffin Creech—the recipient of the 2023...
- Arts, Heritage, and Belonging: Armenian Transcultural Entanglements June 14 - 15, 2023 | 2023 Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Co-organizers: Donna A. Buchanan (Professor, Music, Anthropology, Slavic Languages & Literatures); ...
- The Games Studies and Design project “Playful by Design: Expanding the Transformative Potentials of Games@Illinois” has been selected as one of 11 proposals to be supported through the...
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HIS 352For centuries, Europeans and other western observers have had an enduring fascination with Central Asia. From romantic invocations of the Silk Road and isolated nomads to medieval barbarisms of the Taliban, Western media and popular culture often portray Central Asia as a region out of step with...
REES 200Eurasia, geographically between the “East” and the “West,” encompasses 11 time zones and over 100 different ethnic groups. Its multicultural complexity and political diversity over recent centuries have made it a rich source for the study of political, economic, and social change. This...
REES 496Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, the countries of the South Caucasus, are perhaps best known historically as a geographical (and geological) fault zone “between East and West” that is set against stunning mountain backdrops, imposing stone architecture, and traditions of hospitality. Today, the...
