Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute - CESSI

⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: High school and community college educators are invited to apply by April 30 for the 2026-2027 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship!

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2026-2027 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship

The EETF is a 9-month fellowship for high school and community college educators. Fellows participate in 8 content webinars, hearing from scholars with expertise on the fellowship topic: Science, Health, and Medicine in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Each fellow will complete a final project by the end of the program.

For more information and to apply by April 17, see https://tinyurl.com/432ck9wz

Call for Applications: BTAA Summer Institute in Central Asian Studies & Humanities Research Methods (July 2026, Indiana University)

We invite applications for the inaugural BTAA (Big Ten Academic Alliance) Summer Institute in Central Asian Studies & Humanities Research Methods (Indiana University, July 2026), a selective NEH-funded doctoral training program.

The institute is designed to help PhD students sharpen research methods, accelerate dissertation development, and build cross-institutional scholarly networks. Through faculty-led case studies and collaborative workshops, participants will engage directly with the methodological and source-related challenges of Central Asian research while advancing their own projects.

The program includes virtual sessions before and after a five-day in-person institute in Bloomington and provides full tuition coverage, lodging, and a $1,000 stipend.

We encourage applications from doctoral students working on Central Asia or related fields in the humanities.

Deadline: March 20, 2026
More information and application:

BTAA Summer Institute in Central Asian Studies & Humanities Research Methods: Fellowship, Scholarship & Award Opportunities: Academics: Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies: Indiana University Bloomington A selective, NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities)-funded, 3-credit summer institute for doctoral students in Central Asian Studies and related humanities fields across the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

Stop by and learn about our online programs for Central Eurasian languages!

We’re at the Central States: Languages for All Conference this weekend! 🌍

Connect with our team and learn more about the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes, where Less Commonly Taught Languages are FUNdamental. 📚

If you're at the conference, come say hello—we’d love to meet you! 👋

Language courses are still available for Summer 2026.

Join students from around the world for intensive online language study through the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI). Applications remain open for select languages.

Apply by April 1: go.wisc.edu/wisli-apply

🍩✨ Team WISLI had a blast last week chatting with about our summer language programs & hearing about their goals for , , , , , , and many more!

🌍 Miss the event? No worries! WISLI has open advising hours — learn more at wisli.wisc.edu

⏰ Funding deadline alert! The FLAS application and the WISLI Funding Application (for tuition scholarships & institute-specific awards) are due February 1, 2026. go.wisc.edu/wisli-funding'

Don’t miss your chance to fund your summer language study at CESSI! 🌍📚

Read Alexa Kurmanov's article, "On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan" as part of the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies in the Fall issue of out now.
https://buff.ly/u7L6Uj7

On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan - Volume 84 Issue 3

🌏 Explore online summer programs for Central Eurasian languages!
🍩 Drop by anytime for donuts, swag, and raffles—and learn about funding opportunities!
⏰ Jan 21 & 22 | 9:30 AM–3:00 PM | 1st floor, Van Hise

https://wisli.wisc.edu/event/discover-wisli-a-uw-madison-winter-welcome-event/

⏰Deadline approaching to teach with CESSI this summer!
🔗Learn more at wisli.wisc.edu/teach-at-wisli

🍂 Grateful for language educators and those who make language learning possible.
🎉Want to join us? We’re hiring for Summer 2026!
🔗Apply by Jan 25: wisli.wisc.edu/teach-at-wisli

Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes - WISLI