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Winter 2016

Winter 2016

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Director’s Notes—Autumn 2015
By Dr. Joseph Brandesky Dear Colleagues, Students, Alumni and Friends of Slavic Studies, This is my first opportunity to share some highlights from the many good works supported by CSEES. First and…
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New Director Appointed
By Eileen Kunkler In September, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies welcomed a new director, Joseph Brandesky, the Martha W. Farmer Endowed Professor in the Department of Theatre at Ohio…
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50th Anniversary of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies
By Maryann Walther-Keisel When our former graduate student Shannon McAfee wrote an article in autumn 2010 on the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) 45th anniversary, the…
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Local High School Students Visit Ohio State Russian Language Class
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Columbus North International School high school students visited The Ohio State University campus to attend a Russian language class. PhD…
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Presentations at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies National Convention
The following Ohio State faculty, staff and graduate students made presentations at the annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies National Convention in…
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Farewell to Outreach Coordinator Anthony Adame
Anthony Adame has served as the outreach coordinator for the Center for Slavic and East European Studies since January 2015. He graduated from the center’s MA program in May 2014 after working and…
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Study Abroad Spotlight: Taylor Reynolds
Taylor Reynolds is graduate student at the Center for Slavic and East European Studies. She received a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for summer 2015. This summer, I studied abroad in…
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CSEES MA Students Support Fit for Freedom 5K
By Hannah Stewart Nine students from CSEES recently volunteered at a charity event. On Oct. 25, the group traveled to Gahanna, Ohio, to help at the Fit for…
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Autumn Semester Graduates
By Maryann Walther-Keisel The Center for Slavic and East European Studies is proud to announce that the following two students are graduating autumn…
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Film Library Additions
By Maryann Walther-Keisel The Center for Slavic and East European Studies has purchased the following films since April. Leviathan (2014, Russia),…
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Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Awards
By Maryann Walther-Keisel CSEES would like to congratulate the following students for winning FLAS Fellowships for summer 2015 and for the 2015-16 academic year. Summer 2015 Rebecca Bostock-…
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New MA Students
By Maryann Walther-Keisel The following five graduate students joined the MA program in Slavic and East European Studies this fall: Justin Ciucevich…
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Call for Papers: 2016 Midwest Slavic Conference
The Midwest Slavic Association and The Ohio State University Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) are pleased to announce that the 2016 Midwest Slavic Conference will be held April 8-…
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Fall Lectures with Lakeland Community College Focus on Contemporary Events
By Anthony Adame As part of its collaboration with Ohio community colleges, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies organized two lectures by Ohio…
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Partnerships with Community Colleges Lead to Curriculum Development
By Eileen Kunkler In partnership with Title VI Russian/East European and Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Centers at the University of California Berkeley; University of Indiana; University…
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Polish Studies Initiative to Lead Study Tour
By Eileen Kunkler In summer 2016, the Polish Studies Initiative (PSI) will launch  an exciting new endeavor: a study tour to Poland for…
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Slovene Research Initiative Completes Year Two of Exchange
The Slovene Research Initiative was established in fall 2013 to support faculty exchanges between Ohio State and the Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. In the fall of 2015,…
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Faculty Updates
Joe Brandesky co-presented the keynote address, “Welded Topiary-Iron Crown: Jaroslav Malina’s Sculptural Settings for Twelfth Night and Richard III,” at the Czech and Slovak Scenography for…
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History and Slavic Center Win NEH Grant
By Eileen Kunkler Scott Levi, associate professor, Department of History, and CSEES affiliate faculty, was awarded a $186,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to run a three-…
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Round Table Discussion on the Refugee Crisis in Central and Southeastern Europe
By Ayleen Keeton Since the spring of 2015, the world has watched as increasing numbers of refugees have journeyed from the Middle East to Europe in search…
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Autumn Lecture Series
By Anthony Adame During the autumn 2015 semester, the Center for Slavic and East European Studies organized or co-sponsored five lectures on campus and a round table, “Refugee Crisis in Central and…