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.
We are the only dedicated Georgia program at a U.S. university, advancing the study of Georgia, the South Caucasus, and the Black Sea region through research, teaching, scholarly and cultural exchanges, and outreach.
Tinatin Japaridze’s debut monograph Stalin’s Millennials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism examines Joseph Stalin’s increasing popularity in the post-Soviet space, and analyzes how his image, and the nostalgia it evokes, is manipulated and exploited for political gain.
You are invited to a conversation with Tony Saich and Alexandra Vacroux on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s response to the war, and what this may portend for the future of the Russia/China relationship.
The narratives explaining and justifying national positions on Russia's war in Ukraine are remarkably different. This panel will explore these points of view, given recent developments.