The Master of Arts in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA) is a two-year program that offers advanced training in the history, politics, culture, society, and languages of this region.
Syllabus Design and Critical Pedagogies in the Classroom: How Do We Teach Differently? is the fifth panel of the Decolonization in Focus Series.The series will have six wide-ranging panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will be encouraged to consider why decolonizing Russian & Eurasian studies matters, how to implement concrete change in their classrooms, and how to conceive of the future of expertise within the field.
The panel will reflect on the three decades of the OSCE engagement in Central Asia, current challenges facing the organization, and suggest options for OSCE cooperation with Central Asian participating states.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has challenged scholars in Slavic studies to collectively rethink approaches to the field. This conference gathers fellow graduate students from other universities across a range of disciplines to engage new and developing approaches to study of the region.