REEESNe 2024 Faculty & Administrator Workshop

Rationale: The places abroad (or in some cases merely off campus) to which American institutions send undergraduate and graduate students for study and research are changing rapidly. They have been reconfigured by the devastating impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of and war against Ukraine and the dissolution of political relations leading up to it, which have rendered Ukraine as well as Russia and Belarus physically and politically dangerous for many in those countries, and for potential visitors from North America. The spaces open for travel, research, dialgoue, study, and exchange must necessarily also be shaped by reorientations toward decolonial, anti-colonial, and post-imperial theory, which might fruitfully consider not just Russian (and Habsburg and Ottoman) imperialism, but also that of the U.S. and of Western European powers. Where and how can we ethically (and safely) send students in this evolving geopolitical moment? Our annual hybrid spring workshop, hosted by Bryn Mawr College on March 1-2, 2024, focused on the emerging geopolitical landscape of research, study abroad, study away, and experiential learning for students.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Russian at Bryn Mawr College and the Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, the third annual REEESNe Workshop for faculty and administrators will be held in Spring 2024 at Bryn Mawr College.