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Dr. Brian Joseph Elected an External Member of the Kosova Academy of Sciences

At the beginning of the year, Dr. Brian Joseph was elected an external member of the Kosova Academy of Sciences.

Congratulations on this well-deserved honor Dr. Joseph!

In Memoriam: Dr. George Kalbouss

It is with great sorrow the we announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Dr. George Kalbouss.

Dr. Kalbouss taught in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures…

Guido, Olga, and Roland G. Dartau Scholarship Established

The Guido, Olga, and Roland G. Dartau Scholarship honors the memory of the Dartau family. Roland Dartau was born in 1931 in Riga, Latvia. He was the son of Olga Mikhailovna Nikolaeva Dartau and…

Katya TIkhonyuk's Book Review Published

SEELC Graduate Student Katya Tikhonyuk's review of of Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union: Krokodil’s Political Cartoons by John Etty has been published in European Comic Art (vol. 13, no. 2,…

Russian Major Recieves Global Arts + Humanities Undergraduate Society of Fellows Research Fellowship

Russian major Alejandra Schwarz was recently awarded a Global Arts + Humanities Undergraduate Society of Fellows Research Fellowship. In her own words below, Alejandra describes what drew her to…

Professor Jennifer Suchland Named 2020 a Mellon/ACLS Fellow

Dr. Jennifer Suchland was recently been named a 2020 Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellow. Her project, “Abolition Today: An Initiative for Public Reflection on Human Trafficking and Criminal…

Thank You SEELC Students!

To all of our majors, minors, and students who took courses in our department, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication during this most unprecedented term! Since we were not able to…

Russian Major Sydnee Wilke Awarded Fulbright

Sydnee Wilke, who graduates this spring with a double major in Russian and international studies, has been awarded a 2020 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award.

The status of the…

Spring SEELC Events Cancelled

All SEELC events scheduled for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester have been cancelled. This includes: