CREECA at UW-Madison

CREECA at UW-Madison The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center.

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) is a U. It was established in 1993 to unite the efforts of two longstanding University programs--Russian and East European Studies and Central Asian Studies. With core faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliated members at other campuses of the University of Wisconsin System as well as private colleges and univ

ersities in Wisconsin and Minnesota, CREECA consists of over 100 members who are nationally and internationally recognized experts in their fields. Since 1996, CREECA has been a member program of UW-Madison’s International Institute. Today CREECA offers graduate certificates, an interdisciplinary Master of Arts degree, and undergraduate certificates in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) to dozens of students on the UW campus. Furthermore, through Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, CREECA supports graduate students in departments across the humanities and social sciences, as well as professional students in law, medicine, and engineering. Our alumni bring their knowledge of these critical world regions to the fields of education, private industry, the military, non-governmental organizations, and local, state, and national government.

🥳 Here's to a wonderful summer of Kazakh language learning and teaching for all CESSI 2026 students and instructors!
06/16/2026

🥳 Here's to a wonderful summer of Kazakh language learning and teaching for all CESSI 2026 students and instructors!

The light is on — WISLI 2026 starts today! Welcome to our students, instructors, and language lovers joining us this summer. Your language-learning journey begins now! 🌍🗣️☀️

The US Department of Education announced a new funding opportunity: the FY 2026 Centers Aligned with Areas for National ...
06/12/2026

The US Department of Education announced a new funding opportunity: the FY 2026 Centers Aligned with Areas for National Need (CAANN) Program, and they need peer reviewers for the selection process. If you're not currently at UW (or another IHE applicant) please consider this important service!

ED seeks qualified individuals to serve as Peer Reviewers for the 2026 CAANN program grant competition (84.015C).

📌 Save the dates for the Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival beginning June 19! Among the 2026 Featur...
06/11/2026

📌 Save the dates for the Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival beginning June 19! Among the 2026 Featured Artists who will be crafting large-scale works at the free, week-long outdoor artist residency on the shores of Lake Monona are sculptors from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine. Visitors can observe the artists' live sculpting and enjoy hands-on cultural experiences, an artisan marketplace, live entertainment, and a vibrant lineup of global food vendors.

📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Miami University invites applications for a Visiting Cataloging Specialist to work with a broad range...
06/09/2026

📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Miami University invites applications for a Visiting Cataloging Specialist to work with a broad range of unique materials, including Slavic-language collections, political papers, literary and cultural archives, and visual and ephemera collections such as postcards and trade cards. Follow the link for a full position description and to apply.

Job Title Visiting Cataloging Specialist Department Steward and Sustain Worker Type Temporary (Fixed Term) Pay Type Salary Benefit Eligible Yes Job Description Summary The Visiting Cataloging Specialist will support high-priority initiatives to reduce cataloging and processing backlogs, improve acce...

📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies has reopened its 2026 Internship ...
06/05/2026

📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies has reopened its 2026 Internship Grant Program competition on a rolling basis.

The opportunity is open to incoming, current, and recent MA, PhD, and professional school students. The grants make it possible to accept unpaid or underpaid internships in areas broadly related to Russia, including Russia’s relations with other regions/countries. Follow the link below for more information and to apply.

The Internship Grant Program provides MA, PhD, and professional school students and recent graduates with funds that make it possible for them to accept unpaid or underpaid internships in areas broadly related to Russia, including Russia’s relations with other regions/countries.

Did you miss out on celebrating Vyshyvanka Day on the third Thursday of May? Fear not, because community organization Fr...
05/22/2026

Did you miss out on celebrating Vyshyvanka Day on the third Thursday of May? Fear not, because community organization Friends of Ukraine - Madison is holding a special event to celebrate the vyshyvanka and Ukrainian culture on Saturday, May 30 from 2-5 pm at 326 S. Segoe Rd.

📣 K-14 educators are invited to apply for a Blavatnik Archive Curriculum Writing Teacher Fellowship. The theme of this f...
05/19/2026

📣 K-14 educators are invited to apply for a Blavatnik Archive Curriculum Writing Teacher Fellowship. The theme of this fellowship is “Reading Visual Propaganda.”

In partnership with CREECA, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and other education outreach partners, this free, hands-on program invites educators to explore powerful visual propaganda from the twentieth century and transform what they learn into dynamic classroom curriculum. Participants will engage with a diverse set of primary sources drawn from the Blavatnik Archive, as well as guidance from subject-matter experts, to support the development of a unit plan tailored to their classroom needs.

⏰ Deadline: June 1, 2026
🔦 Learn more and apply: https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/blavatnik-archive-curriculum-writing-teacher-fellowship

⏰ Save the dates for this free workshop series open to the public courtesy of the American Research Institute of the Sou...
05/19/2026

⏰ Save the dates for this free workshop series open to the public courtesy of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus - ARISC.

Join our workshop series!

Research Resources Workshops for the South Caucasus

Librarians and researchers will hold a series of online sessions presenting information on South Caucasus library collections, resources, and archival sources, with an emphasis on information that can be accessed remotely.

Register for each sessions separately. Links are in the first comment.

Armenia
Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 4pm eastern
Dr. Houri Berberian, Chancellor's Professor of History & Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, University of California, Irvine, Moderator
Dr. Aram Ghoogasian, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Liladhar Pendse, Librarian, the University of California at Berkeley Library

Azerbaijan
Friday, May 22, 2026, at 11am eastern
Dr. Heather DeHaan, Associate Professor of History, Binghamton University
Dr. Michael Erdman, Head, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Collections, The British Library
Michael Ernst, PhD Candidate in Art History, Temple University
Dr. Irina Levin, Lecturer in Anthropology, Princeton University
Dr. Kelsey Rice, Assistant Professor of History, Berry College, Moderator

Georgia
Monday, June 8, 2026, at 1:30pm eastern
Dr. Görkem Aydemir-Kundakci, FWO Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology, KU Leuven
Dr. Timothy Blauvelt, Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies, U.S. Army War College
Dr. Kit Condill, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Molly Walker, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
Harrison King, PhD Candidate, University of California at Berkeley, Moderator

The event is free and open to the public.

This semester’s Nauryz Eurasian Spring Festival provided a dynamic showcase of Kazakh culture. CREECA is grateful to the...
05/14/2026

This semester’s Nauryz Eurasian Spring Festival provided a dynamic showcase of Kazakh culture. CREECA is grateful to the organizers and hosts including UW-Madison Kazakh senior lecturer Gulnara Glowacki, former Russian Flagship Coordinator Jacob Aehl, UW-Madison students Sam Ahlquist and Phillip Abramowitz, and Nursultan Azhimuratov. Рақмет to all involved!

Madison Commons has additional coverage here: https://madisoncommons.org/even-in-the-american-midwest-the-language-of-spring-still-arrives-in-kazakh/

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