Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

Upcoming Events

Four students standing in back row making O-H-I-O, five kneeling in front
Wed, November 12, 2025

Graduate Programs in Slavic/Russian at Ohio State

Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: Zoom
person playing bingo and stamping their card
Wed, November 12, 2025

Bingo Night with PSI

Event Start Time: 5:30 pm
Event Location: 160 Enarson Classroom Building
A karst spring in Slovenia in a verdant mountain landscape
Fri, November 14, 2025

Recent News

A group of students work together in Thompson Library

Russian Language Peer Mentorship Program

by Jay Hadfield, Graduate Teaching Associate in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, former Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow

At the beginning of the…

Mark Houser

November 2025 CSEEES Alumni Profile: Mark Houser

Mark Houser, MA in Slavic and East European Studies, Class of 1992

Where do you work and what is your current position?

I have my own business, Skyscraper Stories, as a professional speaker…

Two researchers present data in the Research Commons

Sociology Department Seeks Research Assistants with Balkan Expertise

The Department of Sociology seeks undergraduate research assistants with knowledge of the Balkans for the two projects below:

Study #1 is on the collective memory of the Bosnian War (1992-…

A book with a black and orange ram on a beige background sits on a wall in front of flowers

Reading in Russian: In the Mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia

Written by Cody Allen, CSEEES Autumn 2025 Intern

In the Mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia

Summary:  

Want to go on a mountainous adventure back in time? This may be the perfect book…

People Directory

Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Professor of History
Assistant Professor of Teaching