The Ellison Center Events and Announcements

September

Readings from the Heart of Europe | Mark your calendars and plan to join the American Romanian Cultural Society for an engaging discussion on Lojze Kovačič’ s Newcomers: Book Two, with our special guest, translator Michael Biggins |September 27, 11:00 AM

October

BOOK TALK | The Voice of Technology: Soviet Cinema's Transition to Sound | Join UW Slavic Languages & Literatures for a talk by Lilya Kaganovsky (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), who will discuss her new book,The Voice of Technology: Soviet Cinema's Transition to Sound | October 26, 3:30-5:00 PM

November

BOOK TALK | This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia | Join UW Slavic Languages & Literatures for a talk by Joan Neuberger (University of Texas Austin), who will discuss her new book This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible" in Stalin's Russia | November 9, 3:30-5:00 PM

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program | The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort. Key changes for 2021 include an expansion of available fellowships from 30 to 45, an increase in tuition and stipend funding, and a wider range of eligible graduate programs | Application Deadline: October 14, 2020

Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship Program | USIP's Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to students enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and relevant security studies | Registration Deadline: September 23, 2020 | Application Deadline: October 14, 2020

2020 Convention Registration | The 52nd Annual ASEEES Convention will be held virtually from Thursday, November 5, to Sunday, November 8, 2020. ASEEES is offering registration rates at 50% of the in-person convention registration rates. | Registration Deadline to pay a discounted rate: October 7, 2020

Registration Waiver Requests: ASEEES is offering registration waivers for:

Those financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic - Graduate students, contingent faculty, independent scholars, and those who lost their jobs or were furloughed are especially encouraged to apply - Complete this request form.

Graduate students and scholars in Russia (thanks to a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York) - Complete this request form.

Graduate students presenting papers related to Russian studies (thanks to an external grant and donation) - Complete this request form.

All undergraduate students - Complete this request form.