CESSI Updates | January 2025
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Happy New Year from the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute! We hope the new year is off to a terrific start.
We've enjoyed reviewing the student applications for CESSI 2025 that we've received so far. As a reminder, February 1, 2025, is both the deadline to apply to teach with us as well as the priority deadline for student applications. Title VIII and the CESSI Tuition Remission Scholarship applications are also due Feb. 1.
Our unique, 8-week intensive summer language program will be held entirely online June 16-August 8, 2025, and is open to undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, researchers, and professionals. Courses in Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek are most commonly taught contingent upon sufficient enrollment. (With enough interest, courses in Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz may also be offered.) After the priority deadline of February 1, applications will be considered for general admission through March.
Read on for updates about four generous funding opportunities, instructor applications, and other events on the horizon and opportunities of note. For more information, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, visit our website, or contact cessi@creeca.wisc.edu.
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CESSI 2025 Instructor Application Open
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Applications for language instructors are now open for CESSI 2025! Positions will be contingent upon sufficient student enrollment. For more information and to apply, click the button below. The application deadline is February 1.
CESSI 2025 will be held in a synchronous, online format June 16-August 8, 2025, and will be preceded by a staff orientation week. Language instructors will be responsible for participating in CESSI staff orientation week activities as well as instructor meetings throughout the eight-week program.
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Looking to Fund Your CESSI 2025 Experience?
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Title VIII Fellowship
- Title VIII is open to U.S. citizens who are graduate students (or will be beginning a graduate program in the fall), post-baccalaureate scholars, and working professionals.
- Funding is provided by the United States Department of State.
- The fellowship covers full tuition + a $3,500 stipend.
- The priority deadline is February 1.
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FLAS Fellowship
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and U.S. nationals with a language level requirement dependent on the applicant.
- Funding is provided by the United States Department of Education.
- The fellowship covers full tuition + a $3,500 stipend.
- The final deadline is February 14.
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CESSI Tuition Remission Scholarship
- The CESSI Tuition Remission Scholarship is open to all CESSI applicants.
- The scholarship amount is up to $4,000 based on merit and availability of funding.
- The priority deadline is February 1, with rolling applications accepted through April 1.
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WISLI Tuition Scholarship
- The WISLI Tuition Scholarship is open to all CESSI applicants.
- The scholarship covers 50% of tuition for summer 2025 language study at one of the WISLI summer language institutes including CESSI.
- The final deadline is March 2.
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CESSI Events on the Horizon
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WISLI Open House
You're invited to the WISLI Open House in Van Hise Hall, Room 1418 at 1-3 p.m. January 22, 2025.
- Explore for-credit summer language programs for 30+ languages.
- Pizza, snacks, and refreshments will be served.
- Chat with advisors about the application process & funding!
- Meet alumni and learn what it’s like to develop world-ready language skills at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Languages Institutes including CESSI.
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AATSEEL Virtual Conference
The annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Language will take place in a fully virtual format February 20-23, 2025. CESSI and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) will be among the participating exhibitors.
Register for the conference here.
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UW-Madison & CESSI Kazakh Instructor Gulnara Glowacki will be among the participants on a panel titled: Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series 2.0: Focus on Kazakh History and Culture.
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ADDITIONAL EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES OF NOTE
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CAPS Unlock: Central Asian Podcast
Nargis Kassenova, a CESSI 2024 lecture speaker, has launched a new podcast focusing on Central Asia. The latest episode focuses on Kazakhstan, unpacking agreements signed during Vladimir Putin’s November visit and featuring an interview with the outgoing EU ambassador. Listen to the latest podcast episode here.
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University of Pittsburgh URS Call for Proposals
The European and Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on March 28, 2025 at the University of Pittsburgh. All undergraduates who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia are encouraged to submit. Learn more and submit your paper here.
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Applications are due by January 10, 2025.
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Bodies in Focus Virtual Series
CREECA, together with the University of Pittsburgh and Ohio State University, is hosting a 6-part virtual event series focused on examining body matters within Eurasia through a variety of disciplines and themes. The next panel on January 24 on Endangered Bodies & Activism will feature an activist from Kazakhstan.
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MSA Call for Proposals
The Midwest Slavic Association and Ohio State's Center for Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) are inviting proposals for papers on all topics related to the Slavic, East European and Eurasian world, particularly those related to the theme of authenticity. The event will be held in Columbus, Ohio, on April 4-6, 2025.
The abstract deadline is January 24, 2025, at 11:59 pm CST. For more information and to submit a proposal, visit the conference website here.
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Central Asia Research Forum Call for Proposals
The Slavic Reference Service is hosting their 4th Annual Central Asia Research Forum. The event will be held on Zoom February 19-20, 2025.
The forum invites scholars to submit proposals that retrace the founding of Central Asian Studies, under the theme of Teaching Central Asia, in the region and abroad, and the numerous academic institutions that trained (and continue to do so) generations of scholars to study and teach this region.
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The abstract deadline is January 24, 2025, at 11:59 pm CST. Submit a proposal here.
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REEESNe Call for Proposals
The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Northeast Network is hosting their annual free student conference on March 29-30 at Yale University. The conference is seeking submissions of papers and presentations. Submissions are due on January 26, 2025. For more information and to submit your proposals, click here.
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ASEEES Call for Proposals
The Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) will hold their 2025 conference November 20-23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The convention theme is "Memory" with an emphasis on Central Asian Studies. Proposal applications on all aspects of Central Asian Studies in all disciplines will open in January, with a deadline of March 1, 2025.
For more information on the proposals, click here. For more information about the 2025 convention, click here.
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THANK YOU, CESSI CONSORTIUM MEMBERS!
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The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute was founded in 2011 by a consortium of international and area studies centers at major U.S. universities. We're grateful for the support of these current consortium members: Columbia University's Harriman Institute | Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies | Michigan State University's Asian Studies Center and Center for European, Russian, & Eurasian Studies | The Ohio State University's East Asian Studies Center and Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies | Stanford University's Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | University of California-Berkeley's Institute of Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, and Tang Center for Silk Road Studies | University of Kansas' Center for East Asian Studies and Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies | University of Washington's Center for Global Studies and East Asia Center | University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Russia, East Europe, & Central Asia and Center for East Asian Studies.
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