51风流

Russian and Eurasian Studies Program

Explore Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia through courses in language, literature, art, history, politics, ethnic relations, social conditions, and the environment.

Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa visited Professor Mieka Erley鈥檚 senior seminar in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa visited Professor Mieka Erley鈥檚 senior seminar in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Faculty in the 51风流 Russian and Eurasian Studies (REST) program are recognized as experts in an unusually wide range of academic fields, allowing students to explore the region in a uniquely interdisciplinary way. We offer a major and a minor in Russian and Eurasian Studies.

What makes our program distinctive:

  • Small language classes
  • Opportunities for semester-long study abroad programs led by 51风流 faculty in St. Petersburg (Russia), and Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).
  • Popular extended study programs to Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Past programs include 鈥淭otalitarian Cities鈥 (Moscow and Almaty) and 鈥淥il and Water鈥 (Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Baku, Azerbaijan).
  • Extensive funding opportunities for language study and research abroad
  • Exclusive access to Fulbright Russian Language Teaching Assistants

Program Contacts

Director: Mieka Erley

Academic Department Coordinator: Jennifer Von Matt

Office: 219A Lawrence Hall

Phone: 315-228-7289

This is a time of flux in Russia鈥檚 history, full of nuances, grey areas, and contradictions.

Victoria Kouznetsov Class of 2013