American Councils Summer Program: Russian Area Studies

[Sheila Dawes]

American Councils is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the Contemporary Russia program. Applications are due by March 15, 2007.

Financial aid is available for participants on the five-week program focusing on area studies, Contemporary Russia. This unique opportunity for study in Moscow offers courses in Russian economics, politics, and culture; all content-based classes are be taught in English by faculty of the State University: Moscow Higher School of Economics, one of Russia's most prestigious centers for the study of social sciences.  Program participants also receive six hours per week of elementary Russian language instruction. (Students with prior training in Russian are provided instruction at the appropriate level; we can accommodate students of all proficiency levels.) A full-time U.S. resident director oversees the program, assists participants with academic and personal matters, and serves as a liaison between university faculty, administrators, host families, and participants. 

Other program features include room and board with Russian families; weekly cultural excursions; Russian peer tutors; eight semester-hours of academic credit through Bryn Mawr College; and pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.  Program fees include round-trip international travel from Washington, D.C. to Moscow, room and board, international health insurance, and Russian visas. 

Area-studies courses conducted in English:
Russian Politics Today: domestic and foreign policy, major political parties and actors, the war in 
Chechnya, Russia’s relations with the West.
Russian Economics in Transition: the transition from communism to the current economy, problems of 
corruption and organized crime. 
Russian Contemporary Culture: pop culture and mass media, Russia’s cultural and social mores, 
historical background.

Tentative program dates: June 27 - July 30, 2007. Please contact American Councils for exact dates.


Application Deadline: March 15, 2007. Applications are now available on the American Councils Study Abroad Programs website: www.acrussiaabroad.org.


For more information and an application, please contact:

Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound at americancouncils.org 
Website: www.acrussiaabroad.org 
	   www.americancouncils.org 

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