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Spring 2017

Spring 2017

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Director's Notes
Dear Colleagues and Friends: It is hard to believe that a full academic year has passed since I began my term as director of the Slavic Center—and it has been a highly rewarding experience. I am…
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2017 Midwest Slavic Conference
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies was proud to host the Midwest Slavic Conference for the fourteenth year in a row on the campus of Ohio State…
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Slovene Research Initiative Spring Activities
The Slovene Research Initiative (SRI) had a busy spring semester, conducting its annual faculty exchange call for applications, as well as holding its yearly lecture. SRI is excited to announce that…
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Spring Lecture Series
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies organized five lectures and a film screening during the spring semester. Please read Polish Studies…
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Polish Studies Initiative Updates
Film Screening of the Documentary The Return The Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) hosted filmmaker Adam Zucker in Columbus on January 18 for a screening of his most recent documentary, The Return.…
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Czech Shakespeare Exhibit and Symposium
February 10–May 21, 2017 The Columbus Museum of Art is hosting an exhibit highlighting works of Czech theatre artists and designers. “Shakespeare in Prague…
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Partnering with Granville High School
On Friday, February 3, CSEES hosted 60 Granville high school seniors to assist the students with their capstone research project. Each of the high school…
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When Borders are Sealed
By Kathryn Metz In February 2017, I had the opportunity to travel to Szeged, Hungary and participate in a job shadowing exchange program that involved participants from Spain, Italy…
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Ohio Russian Language Speaking Competitions
Across the state of Ohio, numerous colleges and universities teach the Russian language, and several secondary schools do as well. To help highlight these…
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Refugees and Migrants in Eastern European K12 Workshop
The annual Midwest Slavic Conference Teacher Training workshop was held on Saturday, April 8 in Mendenhall Laboratory and was open to pre-service and in-…
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FLAS Spotlight: Amelia Smith
Amelia Smith is a fourth-year French and Russian student at Ohio State who spent last summer studying abroad in Kyrgyzstan with the Foreign Language and…
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Spring MA Graduates
CSEES wishes to congratulate the following students for graduating in spring semester: Justin Ciucevich completed the MA in Slavic and East European…
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Faculty and Student Updates
Angela Brintlinger (Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures) published “Biography as an Oratorical Genre” in AvtobiografiЯ: Journal on Life Writing…