The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) would like to congratulate former FLAS fellow Nick Seay (PhD candidate in the Department of History) who was the co-winner of the Graduate Student Paper Award at the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) 2023 Annual Conference at the University of Pittsburgh. Nick's paper title was "By Tractor and Plane: Pesticides and Chemical Fertilizers in the Valleys of Soviet Tajikistan." As one of this year's winners, Nick will be awarded $500 and offered the opportunity to publish his paper in the Central Asian Survey.

Congratulations on this honor, Nick!