Events
There are many events related to Slavic, East European and Eurasian (SEEE) studies conducted at or around the University of Illinois. The Slavic Reference Service hosts a variety of events throughout the semester, with past events including guest lectures by students and scholars in SEEE studies. Both the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) hosts a variety of SEEE-related events, speakers, and lectures throughout the academic year. Additionally, the Department of History hosts or co-sponsors many events, some of which are related to SEEE fields of study. Finally, the SRS occasionally develops displays and exhibits for the Main Library, with recent exhibits focusing on topics such as the ‘100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution’ and ‘Jewish Studies Symposium at the University of Illinois.’
For more information on specific events held by the aforementioned units, please consult the following calendars, or look at the expand/collapse field below to see upcoming events specific to the SRS. Events are arranged in reverse-chronological order.
- SRS Calendar of Events
- Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures’ Calendar of Events
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center’s (REEEC) Calendar of Events
- Department of History’s Calendar of Events
- Main Library’s Calendar of Events
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The 2021 Bi-Annual Junior Scholars Workshop gathered archivists and librarians for a panel discussion on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Jewish Studies archives, special collections, and bibliographical sources. Panelists at the workshop highlighted relevant collections held at the New York Public Library, YIVO Archives & Library Collections, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the University of Illinois Library.
The 2021 ILL Training Workshop took place on Friday, March 26th, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., CST, via Zoom. The theme of this iteration of the workshop was “Transliteration.”
The 2021 S.E.E.E. Doctoral Dissertation Online Workshop was held on Thursday, February 25th, at 10:00 a.m., CST. This workshop covered topics related to conducting literature reviews, successfully mentoring peers, conducting research trips, publishing, and more. This event was held over Zoom.
The 2021 Interlibrary Loan Symposium took place on Thursday, February 11th, from 9:00 – 4:00 p.m, CST. The theme for this iteration of the symposium was “International Resource Sharing.” The symposium was entirely conducted via Zoom.
The 2020 Baltic Sea Region Forum took place on October 8, 2020. The forum theme for 2020 was Regional Security. Some of the focus areas to be addressed in this forum included:
- Alliance Building
- Regional Cooperation
- Bilateral and Multilateral Relations
- Deterrence and Arms Control
- Social Movements
- Climate Change
The 2019 Indigenous Studies Forum took place on Thursday, December 5th, at 3:00 p.m., CST. The principal goal of the Forum was to “…raise awareness of of current projects and trends in scholarly communication in indigenous studies.” Topics focused on during the course of the forum encompassed cultural preservation, the digital humanities, language revitalization, innovative research methods, and more. The primary members of the forum included Medela Csoba DeHass (Des Moines Area Community College and the University of Northern Iowa), Veronica Denison (Kansas State University), Joe Lenkart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ryan Sullivant (Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America), and Loriene Roy (University of Texas at Austin). This event took place remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
The 2019 Non-Traditional Publishing and Digitization in Slavic and East European Countries Workshop took place on Thursday, November 7th, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., CST. The panel for this workshop consisted of Ann Komaromi (University of Toronto), Olga Zaslavskaya (International Alternative Cultural Center), Veronika Trotter (Indiana University), and Mark Yoffe (George Washington University). The workshop was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
The “Silver Fork Novels: a Scholarly Discussion” event took place on Friday, September 27th, 2019, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., CST. The panel for this workshop consisted of Dr. Cheryl Wilson (Stevenson University), Dr. Tamara Wagner (Nanyang Technological University), and Kraig Brown (University of Glasgow). The workshop was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
The 2019 Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Workshop took place on Friday, March 29th, from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m., CST. The main focus of the workshop was to educate attendees on the handling of foreign language materials within the Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery environment. Key topics of the workshop included search strategies, citation verification, transliteration issues, and more. Guest speakers at the workshop included Sari Virta of the National Library of Finland, Mark Ziomek of the National Library of Medicine, and Joan Cox of the British Library. The event was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
The 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Slavic Studies was held from February 24-25, 2012. The essential research question of the conference was “What is a nation and how has this concept shifted in meaning?”. Additional topics broached at the conference included the following…
- Nationalism, Politics and Identity
- Literature and Imaginary Homelands
- Social Media and the Diaspora
- Film, Art and Transnationalism
- Pop Culture and Language
- National Character and Memory
Conferences
In addition to the conferences organized and hosted by the SRS, the University of Illinois Slavic Graduate Student Organization organizes a biannual conference that highlights graduate student papers on exigent topics within the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian fields of study. Additionally, the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the “leading international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and Eastern Europe in regional and global contexts,” hosts an annual convention, information of which can be found on their website. A list of regional affiliate conferences in the U.S. and ASEEES-sponsored conferences in the U.S. and internationally is also maintained on the same website.
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