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Professor Cori Anderson has the leading article in the Fall 2026 American Council of Teachers of Russian newsletter! In "Teaching in Practice: Creating a Community of Support for Post-secondary Russian Learners," Professor Anderson explores the need to "address perceived difficulties" in studying a language like Russian while also "building on the sense of community" that a small program like ours creates.
You can read the full article here (on p. 9 of the newsletter):
Teaching in Practice: Creating a Community of Support (Cori Anderson)
You're warmly invited to The Rutgers GREELL Department's Platonow auf Deutsch (An Interdisciplinary Workshop): Proletarian Culture, Critical Theory, Praxis.
In addition to distinguished panelists from other universities, you'll get to hear from Rutgers German faculty (Dominik Zechner, Nicholas Rennie, Nicola Behrmann) and Rutgers REELL faculty (Emily Van Buskirk, Pavel Khazanov, and Semyon Leonenko).
Full details:
Platonow auf Deutsch (An Interdisciplinary Workshop): Proletarian Culture, Critical Theory, Praxis
When: Friday, April 24, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Where: Max Classroom, Zimmerli Art Museum
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Platonow auf Deutsch is co-sponsored by Rutgers GREELL, The Center for European Studies, and the Rutgers History Department.
Now streaming on Amazon, Vudu, AppleTV and other platforms: Godspeed, Los Polacos!: The Lost Story of the World's Greatest Roadtrip , a documentary produced by our alum Sonia Szczesna. After slipping the Iron Curtain, five kayakers set their sights on the first descent of the world’s deepest canyon but must risk it all to fight for democracy in the Eastern Bloc. The film tells the story of Poland's Solidarity movement through the lens of their whitewater kayaking expedition. Check it out today!
Join us for a screening of Věra Chitylová's Daisies (Sedmikrásky), 1966
Introduced by Prof. Emily Van Buskirk
When: Friday, April 4, 10:30 AM
Where: Cinema Studies Seminar room, AB-4140
Light refreshments will be served!
March 12 and 13 are Rutgers Giving Days! Please consider supporting REELL by making a donation and spreading the word. Our program offers a thorough introduction to Russian, Polish, and other East European and relevant regional languages, literatures, and cultures at a vital historical moment. Your donation will help fund program- and community-wide events, special courses, outreach to new students, and more. Please consider making a donation using the links below, and spread the word with your networks if you are willing! We’re so grateful for your past and continuing support.
https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/russian-studies-fund/3904.html
https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/polish-studies-fund/1252.html