Dr. Andrey Menshikov is a visiting scholar in the CSEEES pilot program New Directions in Russian Studies: Expanding Disciplinary Horizons. He is an associate professor of philosophy at the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg, Russia. His current research focuses on … Read more

Dr. Dimitar Bechev’s research examines the foreign policies of Russia and Turkey vis-à-vis their neighbors in Eurasia, the Balkans and the Middle East. He is the author of Rival Power: Russia’s Influence in Southeast Europe (Yale UP, 2017) and a … Read more

The UNC Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages (GSLL) and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a $1.2 million grant to jointly launch an … Read more

The UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies (CSEEES) invites applications from PhD and MA students enrolled in UNC-CH social science programs for the 2020 Summer Research and Language Study Awards. The awards support: 1) fieldwork in Russia … Read more

On November 14th, 2019, the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Celeste Wallander, president and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and former senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National … Read more

The Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation to launch a two-year pilot program at UNC-Chapel Hill. “Expanding Disciplinary Horizons: … Read more

The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a superior and innovative instructor to teach both introductory and intermediate language courses in both Polish and Russian as well … Read more

The year 1968 was a momentous one in many spots on the globe, perhaps no more so than in Poland and Czechoslovakia. With a few exceptions, however, 1968 and its aftermath in these two countries largely have been studied in … Read more

The 2017 centenary of the Russian Revolution offers a timely moment to reflect on an event that fundamentally shaped the twentieth century and to examine how the revolution’s historical significance is being taught today in North Carolina’s schools. In this … Read more

The year 2017 marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, arguably the twentieth century’s most defining, transformative series of events. To mark its anniversary, UNC’s Wilson Library is hosting an exhibit comprising items from the André Savine Collection of rare … Read more