{"id":8361,"date":"2016-08-10T23:59:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T23:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?page_id=8361"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:23:52","slug":"reecas-ma-handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/for-current-students\/reecas-ma-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"REECAS MA Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14365\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-530x353.jpg 530w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-375x251.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-750x502.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/01\/Moscow-Church-by-xiquinhosilva-1140x763.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CURRENT HANDBOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mais\/ma-reecas\/#Handbook\">JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2025-2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUS HANDBOOKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2024-25-1.pdf\"><b>JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2024-2025<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2023-24.pdf\">JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2023-2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2022-2023.pdf\"><strong> JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2022-2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2021-2022.pdf\"><strong>JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2021-2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2020-21.pdf\">JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2020-2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JSIS-MA-REECAS-Handbook-2019-20.pdf\">JSIS MA REECAS Handbook 2019-2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFORMATION:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E7LThmENP9\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mais\/ma-reecas\/\">M.A. &#8211; Russian, East European &amp; Central Asian Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;M.A. &#8211; Russian, East European &amp; Central Asian Studies&#8221; &#8212; The Henry M. 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