Join an innovative hub of training and expertise!
Indiana University’s Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute (REEI) is recognized as one of the top Russian and East European Area Studies institutions in the United States, and we have been a continuously-funded U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource/FLAS Center for more than sixty years.
Boasting nearly 100 affiliated faculty members across the campus, we provide an interdisciplinary home to experts and students of Russia and Eastern Europe. Our mission is to expose students with diverse career goals to the languages, cultures, and politics of the REE region by supporting research and instruction of the highest caliber at all levels. REEI offers opportunities to travel, study, and intern abroad. REEI’s over 2,000 alumni have built careers across the globe in a wide variety of sectors government service and NGOs, have careers in the corporate world and academia, and even fly airplanes!
REEI presents a wide variety of programming, including lectures by affiliated faculty and visiting scholars, roundtables and symposia devoted to timely themes, concerts, films, exhibits, and professional development events. The Прямая речь! (Straight Talk!) colloquium features Russian-language lectures by native speakers; the new series Українські діалоги (Ukrainian Dialogs) presents Ukrainian-language talks. We collaborate with other area studies centers in the Hamilton Lugar School and units across campus to develop and co-sponsor projects and events of interest to IU students, faculty, and the community at large.
Our undergraduate and graduate programs will help you meet your personal academic and professional goals by preparing you for a career of your dreams!
REEI has been designated as one of 10 U.S. Department of Education-funded Title VI National Resource/FLAS Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe for the 2018-2022 grant period. We offer students many funding opportunities including support for studying and research abroad, as well as conference travel.
Lecture by Dr. Sarah Cameron, “Elusive Water: The Life and Death of the Aral Sea”
WOODBURN HALL
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In 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called the disappearance of Central Asia’s Aral Sea “probably the biggest ecological catastrophe of our time.” But in the more than si...Read more
Global and International Studies Building
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Drop in any time between 1:00 - 2:00 pm to chat with REEI staff and students over some hot tea & coffee.
Global and International Studies Building
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REEI Colloquium Series focuses on academic engagement and discussion. This event is featuring a lecture from Ph.D. student Stanislav Menzelevskyi about Chornobyl’s cinematic legacy and the shift ...Read more
Join the Hungarian Studies Association for a discussion of the state of Hungarian politics today.
Conference on War and Life: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Russo-Ukraine War
GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BUILDING
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This conference will bring together scholars, artists, writers, and activists for a two-day online conference which aims to expand our discussions of the war beyond the academic.
Veronika Trotter's article published in the Bulletin of Armenian Libraries
Veronika Trotter's open access article about Armenian holdings at Indiana University libraries was recently published in the Bulletin of Armenian Libraries.
Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery, edited by Halina Goldbergand Nancy Sinkoff (2023, Rutgers University Press), won the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America’s Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best-Edited Multi-Authored Scholarly Volume.
Vesna Dimitrieska named “Best of the Best in Higher Education”
The Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages honored Vesna Dimitrieska with the 2024 Best of the Best in Higher Education award in recognition of her many years of service to Indiana and her impact on the local and national landscape for dual language education.
IU expands program supporting Ukrainian scholars to 8 more Big Ten universities
An innovative fellowship program at Indiana University that has enabled 69 Ukrainian scholars to continue their research and teaching since Russia’s invasion in 2022 will now expand to eight additional Big Ten universities, thanks to support from the Big Ten Academic Alliance..
Russian and East European Institute hosts fifth U.S. Army War College Fellow
REEI is among only 49 institutions around the globe to host USAWC Fellows – field-grade officers who complete individual learning plans designed to enhance their critical thinking, academic prowess, and professional skills while sharing their practical expertise and representing the U.S. Army to their host institution and community.
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