The Master of Arts in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA) is a two-year program that offers advanced training in the history, politics, culture, society, and languages of this region.
Two nights of performance draw on censored Soviet-era texts by iconic singer-songwriters Okudzhava and Vysotsky to explore intergenerational trauma in refugee experience and illuminate the sublime social power of poetic practices.
A new film by acclaimed Polish director Agnieszka Holland tells the story of refugees from the Middle East and Africa attempting to enter the EU through Alexander Lukashenko's Belarus.
With evidence from Kosovo, Serbia, and North Macedonia, this seminar will explore several issues, including protest behavior and state bureaucracies in postwar Balkan countries.
Migrants often encounter hostility and pressure to assimilate from host-country populations. This research measures whether such pressure accelerates assimilation.
This panel discussion will focus on Russia's ongoing takeover of Belarus, a crisis that has been overshadowed by other global events but holds profound implications for regional security, NATO's strategic position, and the future of the Belarusian people.