2012 Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)

[Jennifer Tishler]

  Summer Program: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
June 18-August 10, 2012
creeca.wisc.edu/cessi

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the 
Department
of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 
are proud
to announce the second annual Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute, 
CESSI,
to be held at UW-Madison from June 18-August 10, 2012.

In summer 2012, CESSI will offer intensive courses in beginning and 
intermediate
Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek.  With sufficient enrollment, other 
Central Eurasian
Turkic languages could also be offered.  Please contact the CESSI 
program coordinator
if you are interested in a language not listed above.  Scheduling of all 
courses is
contingent upon enrollment.  Please apply to CESSI as early as possible 
to help ensure
that your class will be offered.

CESSI 2012 will also feature lectures (in English) on Central Eurasian 
history and culture
and a rich program of cultural events and field trips related to the 
countries of Central
Eurasia. Information and application materials are available on the 
CESSI Web site:
creeca.wisc.edu/cessi

The deadline for admission and the fee remission grant is April 16, 
2012. The application
deadline for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships at 
UW-Madison is
February 15, 2012.  More information about UW-Madison FLAS fellowships 
is available at:
flas.wisc.edu

CESSI is a joint initiative of 16 U.S. Department of Education-funded 
National Resource
Centers at 10 U.S. universities, along with Nazarbayev University 
(Astana, Kazakhstan).

For further information about CESSI 2012, please contact Nancy 
Heingartner, CESSI program
coordinator, cessi at creeca.wisc.edu, 1-608-262-3379.

Jennifer Ryan Tishler, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3379
Fax: (608) 890-0267
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu
http://creecajobsandfunding.wordpress.com

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