The Center for Slavic and East European Studies is spearheading a new Slovene research initiative to support the advancement of research on Slovenia, Central Europe and Southeastern Europe. The initiative will also allow for the exchange of Ohio State faculty and visiting scholars. An endowment through the Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts made this initiative possible.

Director of the Center, Dr. Yana Hashamova, Oto Luther, director of the Research Center, and Raymond Miller, Carol Rogel and Tim Pogacar, of The Society for Slovene Studies, assisted in moving the idea for the program forward.

The exchange program will begin in May 2014 and there will be a full lineup of events during the 2014-2015 academic year.