Ukraine loomed large over the 2015 Northwest Regional Conference on Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. The plenary session focused on East-West Relations During and After the Ukraine Conflict, while the session immediately following addressed the ongoing Conflict in Ukraine.

Thirty-five presenters and session chairs convened at the Simpson Center at the University of Washington on the first Saturday in May for the 21st Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS NW). Nine panels – packed with presentations ranging from teaching Russian language to heritage speakers, to literature, politics, arts, architecture, ethnicity, religion, to gender identity and women’s role in society – sparked the interest of almost 50 Conference attendees.

The Twentieth Annual Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Northwest Conference Saturday, April 26, 2014 Portland State University Portland, Oregon The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington and the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Portland State University are currently soliciting papers, panels or

by Indra Ekmanis More than 30 scholars of various disciplines participated in the 19th Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies on April 27. Hosted by the University of Washington’s Herbert J. Ellison Center and Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the conference covered themes across time and space under