Russian Area Studies at Hobart & William Smith Colleges

01/05/2024

05/19/2023

Looking for a job that uses your knowledge about Russia? Wondering what a major in Russian can do for you?

Check out this list of career options from the School of Russian Area Studies (SRAS)!!

https://sras.org/students/alumni/sras-guide-international-careers/

05/18/2023

Interested in the environment? Study Russia!!

According to Greenpeace experts, 5 million hectares of Russian's forests are burning.

05/02/2023

Hey, alums and friends! Today is Day 1 of the first-ever HWS Scholarship Day of Donors, in honor of National Teachers' Day! The kickoff is at noon (May 2) and the event continues tomorrow (May 3). Check out the page! And if you go to the page after 1 p.m. Eastern on May 2, you'll find a video update from someone you know!

Join me with a gift for Scholarship Day of Donors

03/30/2023

American journalist detained on charges of espionage.

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Services.

03/30/2023

Do you challenge the norm?
Take "Creativity, Sexuality, and Power" (RUSE 251 / CSQS 251)
("Portrait of Zinaida Gippius," 1906, by Léon Bakst)

03/30/2023

Do you know this woman?
Find out everything you need to know in "Russian Folklore" (RUSE 237)

03/30/2023

Where will the empire end?
Find out in "Blood and Ice: Russian Empires" (RUSE 101)!

03/30/2023

Build Texts. Build Cultures. Build the World.
Take Global Cultural Literacies (GLS 201)!
(Photo by Denis Fedotov from Pixby)

03/18/2023

Should we start calling Russia "Moscovia"? Some Ukrainians say yes. Read about it in this article from "Russian Life."

A Ukrainian petition calls for the renaming of Russia to Moscovia.

03/17/2023

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin in connection with war crimes in Ukraine