Fall 2017

Director's Notes

We have had a busy autumn at the Center for Slavic and East European Studies. While this newsletter highlights some of our numerous activities and accomplishments on campus and in the Columbus…

K-12 Human Rights Seminar

The Center for Slavic and East European Studies organized the second Global Teacher Seminar, Human Rights in a Global Perspective: Mass Atrocities and State…

Faculty and Student Updates

Alisa Ballard (Slavic and East European Literatures and Cultures) presented the paper “’Thirdness’ as Performative Politics in Krzhizhanovksy’s That Third Guy, a Cleopatra Farce for the Stalinist Era…

Donor Acknowledgements

The Center for Slavic and East European Studies would like to thank the following individuals for their donations: Elizabeth Angerman Mary Beverly and Gary Schneider Denise Bronson Nena Couch…

Teaching K-12 Students About Eastern Europe and Russia

The Center for Slavic and East European Studies and the Columbus North International School (CNIS) have teamed up for the second year to offer high school…

Polish Studies Initiative Updates

Depictions of Clothing in Polish Manuscript On Oct. 19, John Friedman, professor emeritus of English and Medieval studies from the University of Illinois…

Slovene Research Initiative Updates

Researching Meltwater in Slovenia During the summer of 2017, W. Berry Lyons, professor, School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State, travelled to Slovenia for…

Autumn 2017 Events

Reading and Talk with Anne O. Fisher The Slavic Center and the University Libraries co-sponsored a session with professional translator Dr. Anne Fisher on…

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

This year, 2017, marked 100 years since both the February and October Revolutions — two events that had indelible influences on the succeeding century and…

FLAS Fellow Profiles

CSEES would like to congratulate the following students on winning FLAS Fellowships for the 2017-2018 academic year. Fellowships are made possible through a…