Dr. Yana Hashamova, director of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies and chair of the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, has won the Heldt Prize for best article from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.  The article, "War Rape: (Re)defining Motherhood, Fatherhood, and Nationhood," was published in Embracing Arms: Cultural Representation of Slavic and Balkan Women in War, edited by Helena Goscilo and Yana Hashamova, and is connected to the Women and War conference that Dr. Hashamova and Dr. Goscilo organized in 2007 at Ohio State University.  Dr. Hashamova's article challenges the usual portrayal of survivors of war rape as powerless vistims.  Please visit the Association for Women in Slavic Studies' website to read more on the award and the comments of the awards committee.  Dr. Hashamova will be officially recognized at the upcoming conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.   

Join us in congratulating Dr. Hashamova on winning this presitgious award!