By Mary-Elizabeth Mayer UW Jackson School of International Studies undergraduate Mary-Elizabeth Mayer is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) to study intensive Russian language at the University of Washington in Seattle. As she masters Russian grammar and vocabulary, Mary-Elizabeth is also exploring Seattle’s rich Russian community, which has close ties to

By Kevin P. Bassney The name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is one of the longest lasting and least known conflicts in the world today. The people of FYROM identify as “Macedonians” and want their country to be recognized as “The Republic of Macedonia,” but many CIA Greek citizens

By Chris Collison UW Jackson School of International Studies REECAS M.A. student Chris Collison is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus. Chris is also exploring the country with his camera and the deep regional knowledge he has gained in the Jackson School’s Russian,

UW Slavic Languages and Literatures graduate student Nathan Marks is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) at John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland. Nathan’s Polish language and culture program also includes regional excursions, such as this recent visit to a museum of village life. “On Sunday July 17th we

UW junior and electrical engineering major Molly O’Brien is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she is studying at CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange). During her studies, she is also exploring Russia’s other cities, learning about their pace of life and even how their citizens

By Michael Biggins, Translator and UW Slavic Librarian Archipelago Books, a New York-based non-profit publisher that in the ten years it has existed has made major contributions to the availability of great works of world literature in English translation, is now making its first venture in Slovene literature with the publication of Newcomers, a highly

Recent Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas came to the University of Washington this spring to give the 2016 Herbert J. Ellison Memorial Lecture. In her lecture, Dr. Farkas discussed the current state of affairs between the United States and Russia, and highlighted the steps the United States could take to counter Russian aggression. Dr.

By Carol J. Williams The NATO allies have delivered a one-two punch this month at perceived dangers emanating from Russia by activating a missile shield in Romania and announcing plans to deploy 4,000 soldiers and their weaponry in nervous member states bordering Russia in the Baltic region. Alliance officials have attempted to reassure the Kremlin

Every year, the Department of State and Institute of International Education (IIE) organize special enrichment seminars for first-year Fulbright Foreign Students studying at universities across the United States. From May 4 through May 9, 2016, IIE organized a “democracy in action” seminar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to acquaint visiting Fulbrighters from more than 100 different countries with U.S.

On Saturday, April 30 the University of Washington’s Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) and the University of Puget Sound (UPS) partnered to hold the twenty-second annual REECAS NW conference. Students and scholars came together from the University of Victoria, Stanford University, Seattle Pacific University, UPS and UW to present on issues