Established in 1991 and operated jointly by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, the Center is one of fifteen National Resource Centers (NRC) in Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies so designated by the International Education Programs Service Office of the US Department of Education.  Government funds through a Title VI NRC grant support a variety of activities, including teacher training, undergraduate education, graduate student and faculty research, exchange programs, conferences, seminars, and public outreach programs.

Upcoming Events:

• Europe and Russia In the Media Center and Beyond: A Workshop for K12 Media and Technology Specialists May 7-8th 2008, Global Education Center
• "Kyrgyzstan's Domestic and International Security Challenges" by 2008 JFDP Fellow Sairagul Matikeeva May 12th 2008, 12:30-2:30pm, GEC 3009
• Trip with Professor Donald Raleigh to Ukraine & Romania July 14-27th 2008
• Upcoming Center for Global Initiatives Events
• Upcoming events for the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department

Special Event :

• Kyrgyz Connect

Recent Publications:

• Newsletter (April 2008, PDF Format)
• Course Brochure for Current Semester (PDF Format)
• RUES Course List (PDF Format)

News and Announcements:

• MA Colloquium Presentations
• New Book: Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments - The Initial Decade
• Memorial for Warren Lerner
• Tanner Awards Receivers
• AAASS Kathryn W. Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant
• UNC Summer in Moscow Application deadline extended to March 24th, 2008
• Summer Study: Baltic Languages, UCLA
• Public Service Summer Fellowships
• CFP: Europe’s Borderlands: Migration, Trafficking and Regional Integration in Interdisciplinary Perspective, May 9-12th 2008, UCLA
• CFP: “Globalization, Energy and Environment,” Poland, May 29th 2008
• James R. Millar Graduate Student Prize
• Rotary World Peace Fellowships
• Central Asia – The Place Where Algebra was Born? powerpoint
• The Place Where Algebra was Born? audio
• * FLAS News: The application deadline Thursday, January 31, 2008 *
• CDS Alfa Fellowship for Russia
• Contemporary Russia: A Summer Area Studies Program in Moscow
• State Department Announces "Doors to Diplomacy" 2008 Web Project
• Post-Communist Parliamentary Election Data Collected
• UNC Passport Drive
• Emily Baran won the AAASS prize for the best graduate student paper
• CFP: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, March 27-29th 2008, Atlanta
• Student Essay Contest Prize Information
• "Putin's Eight Years" by UNC History Department graduate student Igor Fedyukin
• The American Council of Learned Societies announced a fellowship to Kevin M. Bartig
• Chad Bryant Publishes Study of Czechs under Nazi Rule

Quick Links:

• Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Program
• Deadlines of Fellowships and Internships
• MA Program
• Prospective MA Students

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