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Fall 2016
Fall 2016
In this issue
Change in Leadership of Slavic Center
Professor Jill Bystydzienski was appointed director of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES), effective Sept. 1, 2016. Bystydzienski came…
Director’s Notes
In September 2016, I began my term as director of the CSEES. I had served for many years on the CSEES Advisory Council, participated in a variety of…
Polish Studies Initiative News
The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for scholarships and grants for study abroad and research in…
Slovene Research Initiative Updates
The center’s Slovene Research Initiative (SRI) successfully completed its third year of faculty exchanges between Ohio State and the Research Centre of the…
Faculty and Student Updates
Alissa Ballard presented the paper, “Performing Emotions, Spectating Emotions in the Theatre of Nikolai Evreinov,” at the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention…
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
CSEES congratulates the following students for winning FLAS Fellowships for the 2016-17 academic year: Eric Connelly, Center for Slavic and East European…
CSEES MA Student Internships
Jared Dye and Christopher Guerrini, CSEES MA students pursuing dual degrees with the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, worked as interns for the State…
Fall 2016 Lectures
This academic year, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) requested speaker ideas from our affiliated faculty and colleagues. We received…
Outreach to Walnut Hills High School
On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) sponsored an outreach event at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio…
Teaching Russian Language and Culture Course at Local School
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES), the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (DSEELC) and Columbus North…
2017 Midwest Slavic Conference
The Midwest Slavic Association and the Center for Slavic and East European Studies are excited to announce that the 2017 Midwest Slavic Conference (MWSC) will be hosted at The Ohio State University,…
Bringing Central Asia into the K-12 Classroom
For three weeks in July, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES), in partnership with Ohio State’s Department of History, hosted 25 K-12…
In Memoriam: Charles Gribble
Charles Edward Gribble, professor emeritus, Slavic and East European languages and literatures, passed away on June 3, 2016 after a long illness. Charles “Chuck” had a distinguished career of…