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Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
Language training programs, both domestic and abroad.
· 3 February to 2 March – WinterSchool in Yerevan, Armenia
· 18 August to 14 September – Summer School inTashkent, Uzbekistan
Please see a flyer attached and read more information on our website www.igrayuchi.com
SPRING PROGRAMS
We’d like to remind you and your students that all applications for SRAS Spring Programs are due in October 1.
You can find all our spring programs at https://SRAS.org/Spring
NEW SUMMER PROGRAMS
SRAS has several new programs on offer for this summer. I’ll list them below. We have several INFO sessions to introduce you to these, including sessions specifically for faculty and advisors!
See all our INFO sessions listed here: https://SRAS.org/INFO
Continue reading “Study Abroad and Language Programs (SRAS)”Due to numerous requests, American Councils Study & Research Abroad will be holding yet another general information session on September 12, 2024, at 3:00PM Eastern Time for candidates interested in conducting fully funded research and language training abroad. We will be joined by American Councils Research Abroad staff and program alumni to discuss the following programs:
Title VIII Research Scholar Program
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Please use this link to sign up for the information session.
Harvard Extension School is offering a full-year intro to Georgian course starting this fall. If you or your students are interested in speaking, reading and/or researching in the language, learn more here: https://bit.ly/3XVL0b9. Classes are online, open to all, no previous knowledge required. Taught by language instructor Mzia Shanava, a faculty associate with the Program on Georgian Studies at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Continue reading “Intro to Georgian Language (Harvard Extension School)”Bard Abroad is pleased to announce that we opened applications for the Russian in Central Asia Summer Program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The program is open for students with at least one year of college level Russian. It is hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), a Bard College dual-degree partner. Below are the program details.
Program Dates: June 5 to August 2, 2025.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025.
For more information and to apply visit the website.
Continue reading “Russia in Central Asia Summer Program (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)”American Councils Study & Research Abroad is pleased to announce that in addition to summer programming, the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) will now be offered for semester and academic year programming in Tallinn, Estonia, starting in 2025. The program will continue to be hosted by Tallinn University, which supports Estonia’s development as a leading institution of research, international cooperation, and public dialogue in the beating heart of the capital city. Students seeking intensive, immersive study of Russian abroad may now apply to programming in Tallinn as a semester/academic year option in addition to Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Yerevan (Armenia). RLASP Tbilisi is for summer only at this time.
Continue reading “Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (Estonia)”This fall, the University of Texas at Austin and the Yiddish Book Center will jointly offer a new, online college Yiddish course for novice learners. Students will develop proficiency as speakers, readers, listeners, and writers of Yiddish by using the language actively with their peers and instructor, and by engaging with authentic texts and textbook materials. By the end of the course, students will be able to provide basic information about themselves; participate in conversations on a variety of everyday topics; read short texts; and write simple sentences on familiar subjects. The course, First-Year Yiddish I, will also introduce students to the history of the Yiddish language and the breadth of Yiddish culture.
The course is open enrollment and provides 3 hours of academic credit from UT Austin. The registration fee is $850. Financial assistance may be available to learners who are unable to use other sources of funding to pay the registration fee.
Learn more and register at https://extension.utexas.edu/languages-yiddish or contact the instructor with questions at smith.adrien@utexas.edu.
Spring 2025 Bard-AUCA Study Abroad Program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The program is hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), a Bard College long-term dual-degree partner. Undergraduate (typically second-, third-, and fourth-year) students are invited to apply. Below is the program description.
We now offer three academic tracks for the spring semester:
*Students with at least one year of college level Russian can apply for the Intermediate/Advanced Russian Language Track.
Continue reading “Study Abroad: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (American University of Central Asia, Bard College)”The Language Flagship 2025-2029 Overseas Capstone Program Open Competition
The Institute of International Education (IIE) invites you to attend The Language Flagship Overseas Capstone grant application technical assistance webinar on July 29th at 2:30 p.m. ET. This webinar, hosted in partnership with the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), is for U.S. Institutions of Higher Education that are applying for the 4-year-grant to develop and administer an OverseasFlagship Capstone program in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, or Russian.
The webinar will review the application materials and requirements, share details about the program model, and offer an opportunity to ask any questions about the application process and the program itself.
Register for the technical assistance webinar here .
Continue reading “Language Flagship Overseas Capstone Program”American Councils Study & Research Abroad will be holding a general information session on August 15, 2024 at 3:00PM Eastern Time for candidates interested in conducting fully funded research and language training abroad. We will be joined by American Councils Research Abroad staff and program alumni to discuss the following programs:
Title VIII Research Scholar Program
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Please use this link to sign up for the information session.
Research can be conducted in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.