resources @ other universities

National Resource Centers

The U.S. Department of Education has designated 15 Russia and Eastern Europe National Resource Centers (NRCs) under Title VI of the Higher Education Act. The purpose of the NRC program is to train specialists in modern foreign languages and area studies. Grants are awarded to institutions of higher education for the purpose of establishing, strengthening and operating comprehensive centers focusing on language and area studies. The Russia and Eastern Europe NRCs (2002-2006) are:

Columbia University Harriman Institute on Russia and East Central European Center
Duke University Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies
Georgetown University Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies
Harvard University, The Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian Studies, Ukrainian Research Institute and The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
The Ohio State University Center for Slavic and East European Studies
Stanford University Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
University of California Berkeley Institute of Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Kansas Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Michigan Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Wisconsin - Madison Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
Indiana University - Bloomington Russian and East European Institute
University of California - Los Angeles Center for European and Eurasian Studies
University of Texas at Austin Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Other Centers or Programs (United States)

Arizona State University Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies
Cornell University Institute for European Studies
Emory University Center for Russian and East European Studies
Florida International University Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies
Florida State University College of Social Sciences Russian and East European Studies Program
George Washington University Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Michigan State University Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Middlebury College Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian
Rutgers University Center for Comparative European Studies
University of Alaska - Anchorage American Russian Center
University of Iowa Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
University of Oregon Russian and Eastern European Studies Center
University of Virginia Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Washington The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies
Yale University Russian and East European Studies Program

Other Centers or Programs (International)

University of Alberta Canadian Institute of Ukranian Studies
University of Toronto Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
University of Cambridge Department of Slavonic Studies
University of Oxford Russian and East European Studies Program and St. Antony's College Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies and Centre for South-East European Studies
University of Birmingham Centre for Russian and East European Studies
University of Leeds, Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Nottingham Institute for Russian and East European Studies and Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Warwick Russian Research Programme
University of Glasgow School of Slavonic, Central and East European Studies
Tel Aviv University Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies
Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Centre for Russian Studies
University of Melbourne Contemporary Europe Research Centre

Other Resources

Slavic and East European Language Resource Center (SEELRC)

The mission of the SEELRC (pronounced "see-l-r-c") is to improve the national capacity to teach and learn Slavic and East European languages. The Center accomplishes this by developing teaching and assessment materials as well as by supporting research and a variety of activities, including undergraduate and graduate education and exchange programs, conferences, seminars, and public outreach programs. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This website is a clearinghouse for instructional materials for teachers and students of the languages of this vast and diverse world region.

Digital Archive of the Macedonian Language

The Digital Archive of the Macedonian Language, a project of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences, collects electronic versions of rare books and materials related to the Macedonian Lanuage. The texts range from Gjorgji Pulevski's 1875 "Dictionary of Three Languages" to Horace G. Lunt's 1952 "Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language," and the collection promises to grow. All texts are available in a searchable pdf format.

Caspian Studies Program - Belfer Center, Harvard University

The Caspian Studies Project (CSP) seeks to locate the Caspian region on the maps of the U.S. policymaking community as an area in which the United States has important national interests and where U.S. policy can make major differences.

Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University

In 1962, IU became home to the Uralic and Altaic Language and Area Center, which in 1981 was renamed the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC). For the last 40 years, IU has gathered leading specialists, impressive library collections, and other top-quality resources to create the nation's premier program in Central Eurasian Studies. It has effectively utilized these resources to provide quality training and outreach programs that continue to serve the entire country.

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute ( SAIS)

The Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of SAIS: for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region.

PSU Russian Language Flagship Program

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Portland State University (PSU) offers a curriculum for students who seek to achieve Superior language proficiency in Russian while pursuing degrees in the academic major of their choice. Available to undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students, the PSU Russian Flagship Program leads to a Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in Russian.

Middle East Network Information Center

MENIC at the University of Texas at Austin offers this basic links site.

National Middle East Language Resource Center

NMELRC at Brigham Young University, "seeks to coordinate efforts aimed at increasing and improving opportunities for learning the languages of the Middle East. The center undertakes and supports projects in areas such as teacher training, materials development, testing and assessment, integration of pedagogy and technology, study abroad, and K-12 programs. It works across Middle East languages to foster cooperation and joint utilization of expertise and resources."

Institute of Turkish Language Studies

At the School of Foreign Service of the Georgetown University, the oldest and largest school of international affairs in the country, the Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS) is the only nonprofit, private educational foundation in the United States that supports the development of Turkish Studies in American higher education.

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Founded in June 1973, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) serves as a focal point for graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research in Ukrainian language, literature, and history as well as in anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, political science, sociology, theology, and other disciplines."

The Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland

Established in 2004 as the first full-fledged academic center focused on the Persian-speaking cultures in Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (as well as the Persian-speaking diaspora communities around the globe). Home to National Persian Flagship Program at UMd.

Center for Albanian Studies at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

The specific goals of this continuation program are to reinforce the new academic infrastructure that will train Albania's future business leaders and managers through the first ever MBA program at the University of Tirana, to establish the role of the university as a continuing source of business planning and development expertise through their adjunct business assistance centers, involve Albanian students in the transition effort through Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapters at partner institutions, and to respond to the special training needs of Albania's business and academic institutions with focused seminars and workshops.