The suggested topic was something along the lines of “Doing Slavic Studies During a Global Pandemic,” but it’s hard to claim any particular expertise. If you’re a Slavist, and if you’re either working or fretting about not working, you’re doing it during a pandemic. We are all in the same boat, even if it is a pestilent cruise liner with many of us in steerage.
Connor Doak, Kevn Platt, and Vlad Strukov on the shift in the vocabulary and research methods used in humanities fields, especially in regards to the study of Russia.
Brian Porter-Szűcs speaks on the actions that can be taken to assist graduate students during uncertain times, including providing them with different avenues for research, additional mentoring, and dealing with the tight timetables for completing research.
The Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) provides extensive opportunities for students to become professionalized alongside leading experts on Russia and Eurasia.
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