June 2020
CESSI Lecture: Morgan Liu
“An Uzbek Patron and the Limits of Eurasian Power” Featured Speaker: Morgan Y. Liu, The Ohio State University Can the rich and powerful (“elites”) make society a better place? How can they transform structural problems…
Find out more »October 2020
CESSI Virtual Alumni Panel
Interested in studying a Central Eurasian Language like Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, or Uzbek? The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI), hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, offers an intensive summer language program. Students gain the…
Find out more »December 2020
FLAS Fellowship Info Sessions
UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) will host 4 info sessions on the FLAS Fellowship in December and January. Open to US citizens & permanent residents, FLAS awards support students – both undergraduate…
Find out more »FLAS Fellowship Info Sessions
UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) will host 4 info sessions on the FLAS Fellowship in December and January. Open to US citizens & permanent residents, FLAS awards support students – both undergraduate…
Find out more »January 2021
Language Application Workshop
Learn to craft a competitive application for a language program or financial aid from experienced application reviewers. We will discuss application tips, letter of recommendation etiquette, hear from numerous language-oriented programs on campus, and much…
Find out more »CESSI Application and Financial Aid Workshop
Learn to craft a competitive application for CESSI and CESSI financial aid. We will discuss personal statements, the CESSI Title VIII Fellowship, tips for your application and more! Register at link below.
Find out more »FLAS Fellowship Info Sessions
UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) will host 4 info sessions on the FLAS Fellowship in December and January. Open to US citizens & permanent residents, FLAS awards support students – both undergraduate…
Find out more »February 2021
FLAS Fellowship Info Sessions
UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) will host 4 info sessions on the FLAS Fellowship in December and January. Open to US citizens & permanent residents, FLAS awards support students – both undergraduate…
Find out more »June 2021
CESSI Lecture: Presentation of Bilingual Uzbek-English Poetic Dictionary
Gulnoza Odilova, Associate Professor of Uzbek Language and Literature, Tashkent State University This lecture will be given over Zoom. Register here. The presentation discusses the stylistic, pragmatic, phraseological, lexical-semantic problems of literary translation from Uzbek…
Find out more »CESSI Lecture Series: Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan
Artemy Kalinovsky, Professor of Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies, Temple University This lecture will be given over Zoom. Register here. Artemy Kalinovsky’s Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan (Cornell University Press, 2018) investigates…
Find out more »2021 WISLI Student Conference
All CESSI 2021 students are invited to the 2021 WISLI Student Conference. Read more on the News & Updates page.
Find out more »July 2021
CESSI Lecture Series: China and the Uyghurs: Cultural Genocide in the Name of Counterterrorism
Sean Roberts, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the International Development Studies program at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs This lecture will be given over Zoom: REGISTER…
Find out more »CESSI Lecture: The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan
Sarah Cameron, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland This lecture will be given over Zoom. Register here. The Kazakh famine of the 1930s was one of the great crimes of the Stalinist regime. More…
Find out more »CESSI Lecture Series: The Women Transnational Feminism Forgot: Mapping Intersectionality in Kyrgyzstan
Alexa Kurmanov, PhD Student, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley This event will be held over Zoom. Register here. What does intersectionality as praxis look like in Kyrgyzstan? Grassroots feminist, LGBTQ and transfeminist groups…
Find out more »2021 Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair
The Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair connects speakers of less commonly taught languages with professional development and career opportunities in the public and private sectors. Read more on the WISLI website.
Find out more »CESSI Lecture: Perspectives on Diplomacy and Languages in Central Asia
Darren Thies, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Dushanbe This lecture will be given over Zoom. Register here. Darren Thies will share perspectives and advice on the career of a diplomat, learning foreign languages (particularly Persian…
Find out more »July 2022
Lecture with Dr. Juldyz Smagulova: When Language Policy is Not Enough
Register for the lecture here. Juldyz Smagulova is Associate Professor and Dean of College of Humanities and Education, KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Her research interests include language ideology, language education, and language policy. She co-edited…
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