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2025 Robert A. Rothstein Prizes

Michael Sabados and JosephFernández are the 2025 recipients of the Robert A. Rothstein Prize in Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies (REPS).

May 12, 2025
UMass Students Recognized for Excellence at Harvard Olympiada

Students from the Russian, Eurasian and Polish Studies program took part in Harvard University’s Annual Spoken Russian Language Olympiada.

April 23, 2025
2024 Robert A. Rothstein Prizes

Hannah Londo and David Ratin are the 2024 recipients of the Robert A. Rothstein Prize in Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies (REPS).

May 15, 2024
The hidden strength of Russia’s anti-war movement

Russia’s anti-war movement is often written off as impotent, cowardly and toothless. Nothing could be further from the truth. Western discourse largely doesn’t understand it. 

December 1, 2023
2023 Robert A. Rothstein Prize

Mia DePalma is the 2023 recipient of the Robert A. Rothstein Prize in Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies (REPS).

May 10, 2023
Preserving Ukraine’s Culture Amid War

Nara Narimanova ’23 MPPA , spent this past summer utilizing satellite data to document and preserve cultural sites in her war-torn home country of Ukraine.

September 27, 2022
Krzysztof Rowiński ('21PhD) joins Trinity College Dublin

Krzysztof Rowiński ('21PhD), a Lecturer in Polish and Comparative Literature who has taught in the Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies Program in the past year, will be joining Trinity College Dublin as the Thomas Brown Assistant Professor in Polish Studies.

August 23, 2022
2022 Robert A. Rothstein Prizes

Presley Forrest and Victoria Haskins are the 2022 recipients of the Robert A. Rothstein Prize in Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies (REPS).

May 5, 2022
Why Putin uses Russian law to crack down on dissent

Why do autocrats bother to use the law? The simple answer: It works.

April 7, 2022

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