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50 year history
50 year history -
Slavic and Soviet Area Studies Committee established with B.A. degree and graduate certificate.
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The University’s Board of Regents approved a budget of $20,000 for expansion of language and area studies.
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Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures created.
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First summer Russian study program in Finland supported by Carnegie Foundation.Five-year grant from Ford Foundation for SSAS language and area studies.
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Language and Area Center designation under National Defense Education Act.
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30 students on 9-week advanced Russian program at Moscow State University.First extension course on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for McPherson and other Kansas colleges.
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30 students on 9-week advanced Russian program at Moscow State University.First extension course on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for McPherson and other Kansas colleges.
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Three-year sequence in Polish established
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Library’s collection of Slavica grew by over 15,000 volumes—the largest yearly increase in the history of the University
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Three students admitted to new Russian Master of Arts in Slavic and Soviet Area Studies
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Kansas Slavic Reprint series established
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First semester program at Leningrad State University through CIEE
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Polish exchange program with University of Poznan inaugurated
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Summer Program inaugurated at Leningrad State University
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The library collection of South Slavica (25,000 volumes) ranks among major U.S. collections
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Foreign radio broadcasts made available to KU language students by telephone
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Courses in Russian for the Professions started
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The Areas Studies program extended to the DDR
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Czech offered for the first time as intensive course
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Student exchange with University of Warsaw established
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Soviet writer, Vitaly Korotich, offers “mini-course”
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Hosted the 21st annual Central Slavic Conference
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Received three-year National Resource Center and FLAS grants
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Received $40,000 grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to create student exchange with USSR.
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“Spirit of Poland” conference held featured lecture by Polish Ambassador Jan Kinast.
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“New Concepts of Security After the August Coup” featured former KGB colonel
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Collapse of the USSR
The collapse of the Soviet Union marked a significant time for SEES. -
First comprehensive curriculum in Ukrainian studies in the U.S.
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SEES becomes CREES
KU's Soviet and East European Studies program becomes the KU Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. -
35th Central Slavic Conference at KU with Michael Mandelbaum and Paul Globe.
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12th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore at KU
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Moving into Bailey Hall
CREES moves from Lippincott Hall to Bailey Hall. -
Center is renamed Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
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50th Anniversary Celebration!
CREES marks it's 50th anniversary! Click here to view event information