Summer program: Baltic Studies Summer Institute 2010 at UW-Madison

[Jennifer Tishler]

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) in summer 2010 (June 14-August 6, 2010). First-year intensive Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian language courses will be offered. Pending sufficient enrollment, second-year intensive courses in those languages will be offered as well. BALSSI 2010 will also include lectures (in English) on Baltic history and culture and a rich program of cultural events and field trips related to the Baltic countries. 

Information and application materials are available on the BALSSI Web site: 
www.creeca.wisc.edu/balssi

Graduate students are eligible to apply for a summer 2010 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship through CREECA (FLAS 
deadline Feb. 19, 2010):
http://www.flas.wisc.edu

Thanks to a generous grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the program fee for first-year Estonian will be waived for graduate students specializing in East European studies in any discipline. (Students will still be responsible for paying UW-Madison segregated fees.)

Graduate students interested in Latvian and Lithuanian are encouraged to apply directly to ACLS for a summer language grant:
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=540

BALSSI is sponsored by a consortium of twelve US universities and receives additional support from the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, ACLS, and the Lithuanian Foundation. For further information about BALSSI 2010, please contact Nancy Heingartner, BALSSI program coordinator, balssi at creeca.wisc.edu, 1-608-262-3379.

-- 
Jennifer Ryan Tishler
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel. 608-262-3379
fax. 608-890-0267
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu



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