CESSI Updates | Late January 2025
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Greetings from the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute!
We're just days away from some key deadlines for CESSI 2025. As a reminder, February 1 is:
Please note: We encourage applicants to apply by the February 1 priority deadline to help us determine which courses will run this summer and make hiring decisions. After the priority deadline, applications will be considered for general admission through April 1.
Read on for additional reminders about funding opportunities and other events 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 Closing Soon
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Applications for language instructors are still 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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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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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 will be on January 31 with the theme of Emerging Scholars on Body Studies.
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Davis Center Graduate Student Conference Call for Proposals
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University will host the third annual graduate student conference on Central Asia April 18-20, 2025. They invite paper proposals from graduate students at any stage, including master’s students, working on a topic related to Central Asia within any discipline. The application form is due on January 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET. 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 members: Columbia University's Harriman Institute | George Washington University's Central Asia Program and Sigur Center for Asian Studies | 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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