Many thanks to all who have submitted student and instructor applications for CESSI 2024! Because hiring decisions are contingent upon sufficient enrollment, we encourage students to apply by the Feb. 1 priority deadline to help us determine which courses will run this summer. Thank you for sharing this newsletter with anyone who may be interested! And please let us know if you have any questions by emailing cessi@creeca.wisc.edu.

This is the week! If you'd like to receive priority consideration for this year's Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute, as well as the Title VIII Fellowship and CESSI Remission Tuition Scholarship, submit your application by Thursday. Here's CESSI at a glance: 

For additional information and application details, click here and here.

Good news! Four different sources of funding are available for eligible applicants. You may wish to take the CESSI Funding Quiz to determine which funding awards you are eligible for before beginning your CESSI application.

A variety of resources are available on our website, including language and cultural resources, CESSI policies and procedures, UW-Madison campus resources and housing information, and more!

For resource links, see the drop-down menu under Resources on our website.

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 member institutions: 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, and University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Russia, East Europe, & Central Asia and Center for East Asian Studies.