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Slavic Spring Tea and End-of-Year Awards
The annual Slavic Spring Tea was an opportunity to relax with colleagues, eat good food, and enjoy some beautiful weather. A big "Thanks!" to the Slavic Center staff for organizing the event, and…
Mike Furman awarded OIA grant
Michael Furman has been awarded an International Affairs Grant from the Office of International Affairs at Ohio State. He will use the money to conduct pre-dissertation research in St. Petersburg…
Anastasia Kostetskaya defends dissertation
Congratulations to Anastasia Kostetskaya on her successful defense of her dissertation on May 2, 2013! The Water of Life and the Life of Water: The Metaphor of World Liquescence in the Poetry,…
Michael Furman publishes on (mock-)impoliteness in Russian
Congratulations to graduate student Mike Furman, who has recently had his paper "Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness: A descriptive analysis" accepted for publication in the forthcoming edited…
Peter Marzalik wins third place at Denman
Congratulations to Peter Marzalik, an undergraduate majoring in Russian and International Studies, who recently took third place (Humanities division) at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum!…
Anastasia Kostetskaya accepts job at the University of Hawai'i!
Congratulations to DSEELC graduate student Anastasia Kostetskaya, who has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Russian at the University of Hawai'i!
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Jeff Parker receives LSA Institute fellowship
Congratulations to Jeff Parker, who was recently awarded a fellowship to attend the 2013 Linguistic Institute! The Institute is put on by the Linguistic Society of America every other summer and…
Exhibit on Czech puppet theatre to open at the CMA
An exhibit at the CMA, "Strings Attached: The Living Tradition of Czech Puppets," will be opening at the Columbus Museum of Art this Friday, and will run through August 4. It is a collaboration of…
Greg Ormiston receives Title VIII grant to study Russian in Kiev
Congratulations to Gregory Ormiston who has received a Title VIII Graduate Fellowship in the amount of $5,300 to study Russian in Kiev this summer through the Arizona State University Critical…