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Russian and East European Institute 
Additional Resources
There is much more to the graduate school experience
than simply time in the classroom. Indiana University and REEI offer you
a wide array of opportunities to complement traditional academic pursuits
with outside experiences that expand your understanding of the area and
the world.
Academic Opportunities
Study Abroad
Student Resources
Related Centers Associated with REEI
Life In Bloomington
Academic Opportunities
U.S.-Russia Global-Health Care Course Study Program and Study Abroad
This program, administered by the Indiana University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public and Environmental Affairs, in collaboration with Southern Federal University (SFU) in Rostov-on-Don, is funded by a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education (U.S.-Russia Program), under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the Russian Ministry for Education and Science, Russian Federation. Students spend two weeks in Rostov-on-Don, a city in the southern part of Russia. During their two weeks in Russia, the students will visit the Center for Social Services and Protection of Vulnerable Population, Socially Funded Camp/Resorts for Disabled and Financially Disadvantaged Children, different types of hospitals, the Compulsory Health Care Insurance Fund, as well as a private clinic, a rural clinic, a rural nursing station, the Center for Maternal and Child Health, Planned Parenthood, etc. Students will also interact with medical personnel, students, and faculty, spent a weekend with families, and take part in various cultural activities.The goals of the IU-SFU partnership is to support U.S. students in gaining Russian language ability. The strength of the language training program will be integrated within a joint IU-SFU research program focusing on the broad topic of Global Public Health, a key issue demonstrating the growing interconnectedness in virtually all aspects of human life. For more information see the website.
Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian
Languages (SWSEEL)
Intensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus
of Indiana University since 1950. Up to 200 students participate each
year in the Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian
Languages and complete a full year of college language instruction during
a single eight-week summer session. A four-week program (one semester)
in Russian has recently been added.
The summer workshop uses the resources of IU's own specialists as
well as native speakers from other universities and abroad. Languages
taught at SWSEEL include Russian (six years); Polish (two years); and
first year Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Serbian/Croatian, Romanian,
Slovene, Kazak, Turkmen, Uzbek, Azeri, and Georgian. (Macedonian and
Slovene are taught every other summer). Exact course offerings vary
each year depending on the results of external funding competitions
and minimum enrollment requirements. Current offerings can be viewed
on the SWSEEL
website.
Graduate students attending SWSEEL are typically eligible for the
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) and SSRC fellowships. IU students
may be eligible for further support from the university. For more details
and application information contact SWSEEL
Baltic Studies Summer Institute
Associated with SWSEEL is the Baltic
Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) held in cooperation with the University
of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and Chicago, University of Michigan,
University of Texas at Austin, and University of Washington. These universities
take turns hosting BALSSI in successive years. Languages offered in
conjunction with BALSSI include first year Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian.
The program also includes a three-credit-hour Baltic Cultures course.
BALSSI will be held at IU in Summer 2005.
Graduate students attending BALSSI are typically eligible for the
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) and SSRC fellowships. IU students
may be eligible for further support from the university. For more details
and application information contact SWSEEL.
Study Abroad
IU strongly encourages students to study abroad, actively pursues
exchange relationships with foreign institutions, and provides numerous
avenues for funding and other support. The Office of International
Programs maintains exchanges with Lajos Kossuth University in Hungary,
and Warsaw University in Poland, among others. The REEI advisor is available
to assist students in locating and arranging study abroad programs, including
arranging IU credit for experiences at other institutions. Opportunities
for financial support for study abroad include the Summer
Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship, International
Enhancement Grants, and federal financial aid.
REEI also encourages students to serve internships either domestically
or abroad during their course of study. Internships extend classroom
learning while providing concrete experience in the workplace. REEI
maintains extensive files on internship opportunities, and the REEI
advisor provides personal assistance in locating and designing internships
to meet specific student needs.
Student Resources
Computer Resources at IU
A variety of computer resources are available to IU students on the Bloomington
campus; in fact, IU has consistently been ranked as one of the most "wired"
universities in the nation. Computer labs are available in almost every
building on campus, providing access to both IBM and Mac formats with
extensive software and hardware capabilities. Students also have access
to computing classes at no charge through the University Information Technology
Service (UITS). Courses provided include word processing, electronic
mail, spreadsheets, database management, graphics, presentations, desktop
publishing, statistics, and browsing and publishing on the Web.
In addition, through an exclusive agreement with Microsoft, IU students
are able to purchase the most popular Microsoft products, including
operating systems, desktop productivity tools, and infrastructure server
and messaging products at nominal cost. Students are also able to upgrade
to the latest versions at no additional cost throughout the life of
the agreement (June 30, 2002).
Newsletters
REEIfication is a quarterly newsletter
published by the REEI. It contains feature articles and other news about
issues in the field and the work of our faculty, students and alumni.
It has a circulation of 2,000 and is sent to alumni, associates, affiliates
and friends of the institute.
E-mail Lists
REEI maintains several e-mail lists, which announce REEI events such
as guest lectures and conferences, disseminate information regarding
course offerings and important dates, and publish job and internship
opportunities of interest to our students and alumni.
Faculty/Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Workshop
REEI Director David Ransel conducts a monthly voluntary non-credit workshop
for the discussion of recent writings and films of interdisciplinary
and theoretical interest. When possible, workshops are scheduled in
connection with the visit to IU of a leading scholar or writer in our
field of study. The visiting author is asked to respond to the comments
and criticisms of the workshop participants. Recent authors invited
to the workshop include Katherine Verdery, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Sorin
Antohi, Chuck Sudetic, and Beth Holmgren.
Workshops and Conferences
REEI and various other units on campus sponsor workshops and conferences
for students and faculty throughout the year. These meetings provide
young scholars with opportunities to prepare and present papers and
network with other students and faculty. Examples of recent topics are:
Polonophobia and Polonophilia of the Russians, Beyond the Shtetl: Yiddish
Language and Culture in the 20th Century Eastern Europe, Identity Politics
in the Former Soviet Union, and Public Opinion in EU Expansion (2004).
Related Centers Associated with REEI
The Polish Studies
Center
The Polish Studies Center's activities offer IU students opportunities
for close, professional working relationships with prominent scholars
from Poland, as well as access to an increasing number of IU faculty
who have had first-hand experience in Poland. The center also offers
special doctoral fellowships on a competitive basis for study or research
at Warsaw University. IU and Warsaw University exchange several faculty
and graduate research students each year. The program supports an extensive
book exchange: since 1977 over 50,000 volumes have been added to each
library. The center promotes lectures on topics in Polish studies and
offers a weekly Polish conversation hour for those interested in practicing
their language skills. The center is also beginning an internship program
(Young Professionals Abroad) in Poland for recent graduates of IU's
professional schools (Business or SPEA). REEI degree or certificate
recipients affiliated with the professional schools may teach aspects
of professional fields to Polish students while holding business internships.
Department of Central Eurasian
Studies
The Department of Central Eurasian Studies at IU is unique. The Department
is the sole independent degree-granting academic unit in the United
States focusing on Central Asia, Mongolia, Tibet, Azerbaijan, Hungary,
Estonia, and Finland. Language and other courses taught in Central Eurasian
Studies are cross-listed with REEI.
Inner Asian and Uralic
National Resource Center
The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center is funded by a Title
VI grant from the US Department of Education. It finances research in
studies of Central Asia and related areas of Altaic and Uralic language
and culture, and supports outreach programs to educate the general public
about the region.
Institute
for Hungarian Studies
This institute supports the program of Hungarian studies at IU by promoting
and subsidizing IU students and faculty in their research, teaching
and outreach endeavors relating to Hungary, its civilization and role
in global affairs.
Gyorgy Ranki Hungarian Chair
The establishment of a Chair of Hungarian Studies along with the expansion
of the Hungarian language and culture curriculum has greatly enhanced
the possibilities for joint study programs between REEI and the Department
of Central Eurasian Studies. This link facilitates the participation
of REEI students in study and research programs in Hungary. The Hungarian
Chair also sponsors annual conferences and publications.
Indiana University Press
The highly respected IU Press boasts one of the most distinguished academic
publishing programs in the Russian and East European field. Typically,
six to eight new titles in our field are published each year by the
press. A key part of this program is the Indiana/Michigan series in
Russian and East European Studies.
Slavica Publishers
Slavica is a well-known publisher of scholarly work in the field of
Slavic languages and literatures. Its titles range from grammar and
dictionaries to linguistics and literary criticism. Slavica also publishes
a number of scholarly journals including Kritika and Indiana Slavic
Studies.
Institute for the Study
of Russian Education
Established in 1989 within the School of Education, under the direction
of IU professors Ben Eklof and Howard D. Mehlinger and in cooperation
with the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, the institute engages
in joint research projects with Russian colleagues, maintains a library
of Russian secondary school textbooks, hosts visiting scholars and publishes
a newsletter.
Life in Bloomington
Bloomington is a town of 70,000 nestled in the rolling hills and wooded
countryside of southern Indiana. It is within commuting distance of
Indianapolis and only four to five hours from Chicago and two hours
from Louisville. Special attractions include Big Ten sports, a wide
variety of international cuisine, and a full array of arts programs
including classical music, drama, dance, opera, jazz, folk music, art
studios, and galleries. The IU
School of Music alone stages almost 1,000 performances a year. Bloomington
also hosts the famous Lotus World Music Festival.
Housing
A variety of housing options, on and off campus, are available in Bloomington.
Students interested in living on campus should call, write or visit
the Halls of Residence. There is a great demand for campus housing.
If you want to live in the dormitories or campus apartments, it is recommended
that you apply as early as possible. The advantages of on campus housing
include a direct connection to the Internet through the university network
and free university cable television. Most utilities are also included
in the price of rent.
Students interested in living off campus are advised to visit Bloomington
personally to find accommodations. For fall leasing it is best to search
during late spring. The university owns a number of off campus properties,
but the availability of these for fall is usually unknown until late
April or early May. For more details contact
Halls of Residence, Indiana University Real Estate or the Bloomington Herald-Times.
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