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New CSEES News Series: Alumni Profiles
CSEES is excited to launch a new monthly news article series featuring alumni profiles. The Master of Arts in Slavic and East European Studies welcomed the first cohort of students in autumn…

Area Studies Centers Statement
Dear students, colleagues and friends,
As leaders of the Area Studies Centers at The Ohio State University, we are horrified by the violence and turmoil we see unfolding around us. We…

CSEES to Hold Modified Graduate Student Essay Prize Competition
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Midwest Slavic Conference was cancelled in April. As part of the Midwest Slavic Conference, the Midwest Slavic Association usually announces and…

OIA Area Studies Centers Award Second Annual Conference Grant to Political Science Faculty
Professors Inés Valdez and Benjamin McKean of the Department of Political Science have been selected as the recipients of a 2019-20 Office of International Affairs (OIA) Area Studies Centers…

CSEES to Run Secondary Graduate and Professional AY2020-21 FLAS Competition
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies at The Ohio State University is seeking applications for its 2020-21 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship competition under the U.S.…

Call for Proposals: Online curricular modules
CSEES is reopening the call for online curricular modules about topics related to Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. Up to two more modules can be funded in summer 2020; …

CSEES Alumnus Eric Connelly Writes Article on Importance of State and Local Governments
Eric Connelly, a 2018 graduate of CSEES' public policy dual degree program, recently co-authored the article "COVID-19 and the American States: Why State Government Matters" in the Oxford…

Notes from the Field Blog Series
In response to the international COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies has started a blog series Notes from the Field featuring insights from affiliates throughout the…

CSEES Graduate Spotlight: Hayden Hayes
What first piqued your interest in Eastern Europe?
I became interested in Eastern Europe during the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. At the time, I knew little about…