2020-2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated pre-existing institutional, structural, and systemic discrimination and inequality in societies across the world. Furthermore, continued campaigns against gender and LGBTQ equity in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, racism in the United States, and the social protest movements that arose in response to such exclusionary projects have reinforced calls for intersectional approaches in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (SEEES). Class, ethnicity and race, dis/ability, gender and sexuality, and other identity markers interweave to produce inequality differently in Eastern Europe and Eurasia than in the Americas or Western Europe. Yet, it is these very differences that provide a rich ground for intellectual conversations in our field.

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FLAS Fellowships are awards for graduate students concentrating on modern foreign language and international or area studies. In the 2021-22 competition cycle, UChicago will accept applications for languages in three world areas: East Asia, East Europe, and Middle East. The FLAS Fellowships provide Academic Year Fellowships for language and area studies coursework on campus during the 2021-22 academic year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for language study on campus, domestically or abroad during summer 2021. All applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents and cannot be beyond the fifth year of graduate study while holding the award.

Upcoming Information Sessions:

  • Tuesday, January 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm via Zoom
  • Wednesday, January 13, 12:00 – 1:00 pm via Zoom

Due: February 8, 2021 at 11:59pm CT

REES 24003/44003 Colloquium: Lost Histories of the Left

(HIST 44003)

When most Americans think about "the left," Marxism, Soviet state socialism, or European social democracy spring to mind. This class will explore alternative-but now largely forgotten-blueprints for revolutionizing the political and social order that emerged in the nineteenth century. We will pay special attention to utopian socialism, early anticolonial movements, the Jewish Labor Bund, and anarchism. Examining the intellectual underpinnings of these movements, their influence on the modern world, and the factors that led to their demise, we will also consider what lessons they can teach to those committed to realizing a better future today.

Faith Hillis
2020-2021 Winter
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Central Asia
Eastern Europe
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Using Miriam Udel’s new anthology Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature, attendees will explore the rich world of Yiddish storytelling through movement, art and poetry. This gathering, featuring Miriam Udel and Cameron Bernstein, is aimed primarily at children 4-8 but will also offer a great deal to their older siblings and loving grownups.

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A round table discussion about the state of Belarus with Human Rights Activist Ales Bialiatski, Political Scientist Michael McFaul, and Historian David Marples. Also featuring Olga V. Solovieva and Zhanna Charniauskaya.

Saturday, November 21 at 12:00pm CST via Zoom. 

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