Russian Studies at Yale Recognized by Carnegie Corporation

The Russian Studies Project that was launched in January 2015 at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale has been awarded $200,000 by Carnegie Corporation of New York to focus on “New Directions in Russian Studies.”

The goal of the interdisciplinary Russian Studies Project is to satisfy the growing interest in Russia on campus–and generate more–with a range of activities that will cover political, economic, social, cultural, and other issues. Over the last several months, it presented a multi-faceted set of events to inform and engage student and faculty interests in the nation, drawing on the enduring and new lessons of Russian history, Russian culture as depicted in film, and the ideas of contemporary thinkers focused on Russia at this pivotal time. The project is led by Paul Bushkovitch, the Reuben Post Halleck Professor of History; Thomas Graham, senior fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs; John MacKay, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, and film and media studies; and Douglas Rogers, associate professor of anthropology.