CREECA UW-Madison

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CREECA is sunsetting our X account. Please follow us on our other channels for news, events, and opportunities:

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Study abroad this summer in Tallinn, Estonia! This is a fully-funded UW Global Gateway Program with no language prerequisite. Applications are due January 23, 2026. Click here to read more about this abroad program and to apply: https://t.co/6unDp8yTPV

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This week: Join us by Zoom for the Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine December presentations! Click here for more information: https://t.co/zIfW6IVut3

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Daily Cardinal: Future of UW foreign language programs at risk amid federal, campus funding cuts

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/akSmbxSZ1o

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We regret that the CREECA lecture scheduled for Dec. 4, 2025 has been canceled, due to speaker illness. We apologize for any inconvenience and will explore options for rescheduling this talk for a future semester.

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CREECA thanks Prof. Don Raleigh for his recent lecture on Leonid Brezhnev. Listen to the podcast of the talk at https://t.co/9mnOlUq5ja

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Read about our November 6th lecture on ecocide in Ukraine from Darya Tsymbalyuk in the Badger Herald!

Click here for the article: https://t.co/8cMykVhP1u

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Join us tomorrow at 4PM for the next installment of the CREECA lecture series, "A Man Who Changed the World: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, 1906-1982” with Don Raleigh from UNC–Chapel Hill. This lecture will be held in Ingraham 206.

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Interested in becoming a Boren Scholar? Join the Boren Award Info Session next Monday at noon in the Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd floor Red Gym).

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Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South on Sundays November 9 and 16th!

Thank you to our fellow sponsors!
The Lapinski Family Fund
GNS+
WUD
Polish Heritage Club of Madison
The Polish Student Association at UW-Madison

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Join us tomorrow at 4PM for the next installment of the CREECA lecture series, "Is Autocracy Contagious?” with Anna Grzymala-Busse from Stanford University. This lecture will be held in Ingraham 206.

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Join us tomorrow at 4PM for the next installment of the CREECA lecture series, "Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism from 1919 to 1939” with Samuel Hirst from Bilkent University.
This lecture will be held in Ingraham 206.

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Join us tomorrow at 4PM for the next installment of the CREECA lecture series, "Elite Women on Trial in Post-Reform Russia, 1866-1884” with Sergei Antonov from Yale University.

This lecture will be held in our regular room, Ingraham 206.

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Join us this Thursday at 4PM for Dr. Patrice Dabrowski's lecture, "The Eastern Carpathians in 1930s Poland: Natural Space, Lifeworld, and National Imaginary."

The lecture will be held at the Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge w/ reception to follow.

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Join us today at 4 pm as we kick off the Fall 2025 CREECA Lecture Series with UW-Madison Professor Gabrielle Cornish!

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Tomorrow and Thursday!

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Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine - August Research Presentations

Thursday lectures will take place in English, no interpretation provided.

Link for all Workshops: https://t.co/nogKGbsSbi

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📷 The Teaching Forward Fellowship connects WI middle school educators with experts in global studies, policy & trauma-informed pedagogy—helping create classrooms where every student can thrive.
#TeachingForward

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Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine - August Research Presentations

Thursday lectures will take place in English, no interpretation provided.

Link for all Workshops: https://t.co/nogKGbsSbi

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CESSI 2025 came to a celebratory close today with a final concluding session. With pride in our students and gratitude for our instructors, we wish everyone a continued journey of language learning and an enjoyable rest of the summer!

#congratulations #kazakh #uyghur @wisli_uw

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Happy Wednesday and good luck to all of our students on their upcoming final exams! Make sure to rest well, eat a healthy breakfast, and take care of yourself. The finish line is near! 🏁