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The entries are in and it is time to vote! We received many beautiful photos from across Eastern Europe and Eurasia and now you the public get to pick your favorites. Vote for your top three…
This past summer, undergraduate students Rebecca Marzloff, Kristian Nelsen, and Marianna Packer received Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) scholarships to participate in the U.S., Europe, and the…
Looking for a new book? The Center of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies’ faculty and staff have recommended the best books they read over the summer. From graphic novels to memoirs, there…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is now accepting applications for the interdisciplinary MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, a terminal MA program…
On August 25th, the first day of classes, CSEEES wrapped up its Buckeye Funder campaign to raise $6,000 to support students through the CSEEES Excellence Award in the absence of Foreign Language…
Calling all photographers! CSEEES is excited to announce our annual photo contest! Students, faculty, staff, visiting scholars, alumni and members of the public are invited to submit their…
On Friday, August 21 CSEEES welcomed two new students to its MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, as well as returning students Elena Burger, Quinn Cline-Cook, Owen McNeely, Tomas…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at The Ohio State University is proud of our students who received their degrees during the summer 2026 semester:
Master's:…
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) at The Ohio State University is excited to announce the winner of our first academic year scholarship competition. PSI was established in 2012 under the…
CSEEES would like to congratulate M.A. student Sascha Rohde, who recently and successfully defended his thesis entitled "Königsberg Nash: Resettlement and the Creation of Post-War…
CSEEES Director Angela Brintlinger, Assistant Director Emma Pratt and affiliates Andrei Cretu, Helen Myers and Larysa Stepanova have published an article in a special edition of the Russian…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) has a long history of excellence in the field, producing graduates with foreign language skills and cultural knowledge to succeed…
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has reigned as the strongest military power in the international system, spending more on its military than the next 10 countries combined. However…
CSEEES would like to congratulate dual Master of Arts in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies and Master of Public Affairs student Liam Martin, who recently and successfully defended his…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is delighted to share the news that a number of our affiliate faculty members and campus partners have been recognized for their…
The Midwest Slavic Association is pleased to announce the results of its annual essay competition for 2026. Students were able to submit papers in different formats, from conference papers, to…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is delighted to announce that four of our returning students have earned the newly-established CSEEES Excellence Award, created this year…
The 2025-26 academic year marked the 60th anniversary of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES). This year, CSEEES continued to spread knowledge of the region, support…
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is pleased to announce the opening of its first scholarship competition for the academic year. The…
In late March, famous Belarusian playwright Andrei Kureichik came to Ohio State. During his time here, he gave two workshops to students taking the New Works Lab and Playwriting courses…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian studies (CSEEES) is pleased to congratulate former FLAS Fellow Kale Fuller on his selection for a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award to…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at The Ohio State University is proud of our affiliated students who received their degrees at Spring Commencement on May 10, 2026:
…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is delighted to announce that two of our affiliate faculty members have received the 2026 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. This is…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is proud to share that a number of our affiliate faculty members were featured in the inaugural "Written in Scarlet and Gray"…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, in partnership with the Ohio State Area Studies Centers, recently concluded its ninth year of the K-14 Global Fellowship Program. Since…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is pleased to share that Dr. Sunnie Rucker‑Chang has received a Departmental Research Grant from the ASC Honors Committee to…
CSEEES affiliate faculty member Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History), has been named one of Ohio State’s inaugural Faculty‑to‑Faculty Mentorship Award recipients. The new university‑wide…
CSEEES is pleased to announce that we have been selected for a Graduate Professional Development Grant from the Global Arts + Humanities Cross-Disciplinary Research Exchange for autumn semester…
Ukraine has historically not held a lot of support for the LGBTQ+ community. One 2016 study by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that approximately 60% of Ukrainians…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at Ohio State has introduced a new classroom resource designed to help K-14 educators bring global learning to life. The Passport…
CSEEES would like to congratulate MA student Sarah Hohman who recently and successfully defended her thesis that focuses on the portrayal of peasants in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century…
As the CSEEES Spring 2026 intern, one of my primary responsibilities was leading the coordination and execution of a cross-organizational film screening featuring 2000 Meters to Andriivka…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at Ohio State invites you to donate to support our students and programs on the Ohio State Day of Giving, April 14, 2026. Now…
CSEEES would like to congratulate MA student Devon Rancourt who recently and successfully defended her thesis that focuses on Bulgarian language textbooks for foreign learners published between…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at The Ohio State University is currently accepting submissions for the 2026 Midwest Slavic Association Student Essay Prize…
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Collins (Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures) on being named an inaugural College of Arts and Sciences Student Wellbeing Advocate.
The Global Arts + Humanities has announced the 2026-27 Society of Fellows. Of this year's fourteen fellows, three are CSEEES affiliates. Naomi Brenner (Department of Near Eastern Languages and…
The Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is delighted to congratulate our director, Dr. Angela Brintlinger, on being named an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor,…
CSEEES would like to congratulate MA student Margot Hare who recently and successfully defended her thesis on the role of the Holodomor in shaping Ukrainian national identity since 2005.
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) at The Ohio State University is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Grant and Scholarship Competitions. PSI was established in 2012 under the umbrella…
In autumn 2025, CSEEES undertook a survey of all known Master’s degree and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship alumni to help guide our programs and assist with future grant applications…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) and the Midwest Slavic Association (MWSA) were pleased to host the 2026 Midwest Slavic Conference, held on The Ohio State…
CSEEES is thrilled to announce that two of our students, Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) student Adrijana Miladinovic (Sociology) and CSEEES student affiliate Mykyta Tyshchenko …
The Slovene Research Initiative (SRI) at The Ohio State University is excited to announce the winners of the SRI Visiting Scholar Exchange Program. SRI is a collaborative program focused on…
What motivated you to participate in the Fulbright program at Ohio State?
I wanted the opportunity to conduct research in a place that was unfamiliar to me, and the United…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is pleased to recognize affiliate faculty member Dr. Jennifer Suchland (Department of Slavic and East European Languages and…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is pleased to recognize Dr. Alexander Burry (Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures) on his selection for…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is opening a call for proposals for online curricular modules about a topic related to Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. Proposals…
We are pleased to recognize affiliate faculty member Dr. Sunnie Rucker‑Chang on the publication of her co‑edited special issue of The Slavic Review, titled “On Black Life and Blackness in…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is pleased to announce that Outreach Coordinator Alicia Baca has been elected to serve as the Council of Regional Affiliates…
We are excited to share that starting this month CSEEES' email communications, including CSEEES the Day, the monthly Job List, and the CSEEES in the Classroom newsletter for K-14 teachers, have…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at The Ohio State University partnered with an Ohio State graduate student to create an online module introducing K-14 educators…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Aleksandra Urzędowska as the Slavic Fulbright Scholar for the spring 2026 semester. Dr. Urzędowska is an…
The Slovene Research Initiative (SRI) of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies requests proposals to conduct research in Ljubljana, Slovenia in late spring, summer or autumn…
While there’s been a surfeit of information written about the European Union, including its activities, history, and structure, there has been a distinct lack of writing about the Eurasian…
In the opening of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a young Indy explored rock formations and a cave in Utah during a Boy Scout expedition. Throughout his journey in the cave and…
We want to inform our subscribers about an ongoing issue affecting the delivery of our weekly newsletter. Recently, we’ve discovered that emails sent through Mailchimp to Gmail and Yahoo accounts…
We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of our 2025 PSI fundraiser! Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we raised $5,025 from 53 donors—surpassing our goal of 45…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) would like to congratulate GIS student Victoria (Tori) Paige on receiving the 2025-2026 Presidential Fellowship at Ohio State. The…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) recently welcomed Dr. Ivan Kurilla, a historian of Russian-American relations and visiting scholar in Ohio State’s Department…
Ohio State’s Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is delighted to announce the new CSEEES Excellence Award.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, any returning student…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) recently welcomed Dr. Ivan Kurilla, a historian of Russian-American relations and visiting scholar in Ohio State’s Department…
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is pleased to announce that the application window for the summer 2026 PSI grant and scholarship…
by Jay Hadfield, Graduate Teaching Associate in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, former Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow
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…
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…
In the Mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia
Summary:
Want to go on a mountainous adventure back in time? This may be the perfect book for you! In the Mountains…
Last summer I took intensive Serbian language classes in Belgrade, Serbia through the American Councils Balkan Language Initiative (BLI) Program with the help of a FLAS fellowship and a Title VIII…
The polls are closed and the votes are in! We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 CSEEES Photo Contest:
1st Place: Vija Tessman (Ohio State U.) Floating…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at The Ohio State University partnered with Ohio State graduate students to create an online module to introduce K-14 educators…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) has opened a Call for Applications for subvention grants for affiliated tenure-track faculty members. A total of $1,000 is…
Alongside opportunities for students to study abroad, there are also numerous options within the United States that enable students to learn a foreign language within an…
The entries are in and it is time to vote! We received 11 beautiful photos from across Eastern Europe and Eurasia and now you the public get to pick your favorites. Vote for your top three…
Julie Dussliere, MA in Slavic and East European Studies, Class of 1995
Where do you work and what is your current position?
Since the fall of 2024, I’ve…
By Ryan Scharff, Senior in Data Analytics and Slavic Studies (minor)
While never being my main area of study, language and linguistics have always been a secondary…
Established in 2012, PSI is a dynamic, interdisciplinary program housed within the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES). It thrives through collaboration with departments…
In this special edition of CSEEES' #MusicMonday series, Alicia Baca and Dr. Diana Sacilowski speak with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, frontman of the Polish band Trupa Trupa. Hailing from Gdańsk, the band…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is now accepting applications for the interdisciplinary MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, a terminal MA program…
On Friday, August 21 CSEEES welcomed four new students to its MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, as well as returning students Elena Burger, Quinn Cline-Cook, Margot Hare, Sarah…
CSEEES and the Office of International Affairs are conducting a survey of CSEEES alumni and former FLAS Fellows of CSEEES. These responses will help us improve our programs and make decisions…
When I began work on my master’s degree in August 2024, I had just returned from a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Moldova. As part of my coursework, I began studying Polish and…
On September 10, 2025 CSEEES and Area Studies Centers across the country received the official Notice of Non-Continuation of Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Education. This impacts the…
Last year, I spent ten weeks of my summer learning Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan through SRAS. It was quite an amazing experience for me. There, I largely learned the…
The Commission on Eastern European Affairs is an organization working within Ohio’s Department of Development. This body works to improve the lives of Eastern European residents within Ohio by…
Written by Amelia Webster, Senior in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Biology with a minor in Mycology on the pre-med track.
This past summer, I had the…
At the end of August, CSEEES wrapped up its Buckeye Funder campaign to attract 60 donations in 60 days to celebrate 60 years of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at The Ohio State…
Luke Menzies, MA in Slavic and East European Studies, Class of 2005
1) Where do you work and what is your current position?
I am an associate professor in…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) partners with K–14 educators and their students to deliver outreach presentations. Occasionally, we have the chance to…
Calling all photographers! CSEEES is excited to announce that we are bringing back our annual photo contest! Students, faculty, staff, visiting scholars, alumni and members of the public are…
By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern
Interested in expanding your cinema palate? Here at CSEEES, we love to immerse ourselves in media across the globe. We…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) seeks a student assistant. This student will work alongside CSEEES staff to compile the monthly jobs list and create other…
Students, are you planning to attend the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) conference this fall (November 20-23) in Washington, D.C.? CSEEES can offer
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) would like to congratulate former FLAS fellow Christopher Leger and GIS student Victoria Paige for receiving dissertation grants…
By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern
Ukraine and Russia are countries with strict gender roles for women. Women are meant to be beautiful, a mother…
Larissa Abramiuk, MA in Slavic and East European Studies, Class of 1998
Where do you work and what is your current position?
I recently returned from…
After more than two decades of dedicated work, The Balkan Languages, co-authored by Drs. Victor Friedman (U. of Chicago) and Brian Joseph (Ohio State U.), has been officially published by…
Founded 60 years ago in 1965 by Professor Leon Twarog, the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) supports the study of Central Asia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe,…
By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern
As Pride Month comes to a close, CSEEES wants to ensure you make the most out of June. We cultivated a list of LGBTQ+…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is proud to share the first resource in our new Graduate Student’s Guide—resources made by graduate students for graduate…
The 2024-25 academic year was marked by a vibrant calendar of on campus events and outreach programs. CSEEES continued to spread knowledge of the region, award students with FLAS fellowships,…
May brought many Ohio State faculty members a reason to celebrate as the Board of Trustees approved promotion and tenure recommendations for the Buckeyes listed below. Each has excelled in the…
The Midwest Slavic Association is pleased to announce the results of its annual essay competition for 2025. Students were able to submit papers in different formats, from conference papers, to…
By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern
OPEEP, or the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project, believes everyone has the right to an education. The program…
By Aurora Malave, CSEEES Summer 2025 Intern
Looking for a way to fill up all your extra free time this summer? Immerse yourself in a good book with these engaging…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is delighted to share the news that a number of our affiliate faculty members and campus partners have been recognized for their…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is excited to share that we have recently refashioned our culture boxes in order to make them more accessible to educators and students…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at The Ohio State University is proud of our affiliated students who received their degrees at Spring Commencement on May 4, 2025:
…
On Monday, April 14, 2025 the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures hosted a spring tea to honor students' achievements during the 2024-25 academic year. CSEEES is…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies congratulates its five Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship recipients for summer 2025.
Emma Clute…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, in partnership with the Ohio State Area Studies Centers, recently concluded its eighth year of organizing the K-14 Global Fellowship…
Ohio State’s Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) seeks to hire 2 graduate student employees to develop an online module entitled “A Graduate Student’s Guide to Academic…
The College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University has selected CSEEES Director Angela Brintlinger to receive the 2024-2025 Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award…
CSEEES would like to congratulate our MA students who recently and successfully defended their theses! Listed below are our students and their thesis titles.
Luke Bendick, …
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) and the Midwest Slavic Association (MWSA) were pleased to host the 2025 Midwest Slavic Conference which took place on The Ohio…
Yasha Shatalov, MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Class of 2023
Where do you work and what is your current position?
I am an Operations Manager…
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) at The Ohio State University is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Grant and Scholarship Competitions. PSI was established in 2012 under the umbrella…
Tricia Starks, PhD in History, Class of 2000 Summer 1993 FLAS Fellowship Recipient for Russian
Academic Year 1998-1999 FLAS Fellowship Recipient for…
The 14th annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian took place on Saturday, February 22 at Bowling Green State University. Sixteen students from four colleges and universities in Ohio…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) would like to congratulate affiliate faculty member and former Director Yana Hashamova who was recently awarded the American…
The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) is opening a call for proposals for online curricular modules about a topic related to Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. The…
The Slovene Research Initiative (SRI) at The Ohio State University is excited to announce the winners of the SRI Visiting Scholar Exchange Program. SRI is a collaborative program focused on…
Katie McAfee, Dual MA in Slavic and East European Studies and Public Affairs, Class of 2018
Where do you work and what is your current position?
Senior…