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Global Disinformation Lab
The Global Disinformation Lab (GDIL) was established in 2020 at The University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of a broad spectrum of information, misinformation, and disinformation via digital media.
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The Slavic Connexion
SlavX is a growing a digital space at one of the world's top research institutions, building an international community dedicated to generating quality public scholarship relevant to the Slavic world.
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Welcome to CREEES
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at UT Austin offers educational and research opportunities focused on the languages, cultures, histories, and politics of the region. We are actively engaged in K-16 outreach, as well as the coordination of campus and community events.
The U.S. Department of Education designated The University of Texas as a National Resource Center for Russian and East European Studies in 1988. CREEES was awarded funds for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from 1988–2010, 2014–2018, 2018–2022, and 2022-2026. As a National Resource Center funded by a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education, CREEES sponsors major conferences, workshops, faculty interest groups, and scholarly symposia. CREEES also provides Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to students pursuing graduate and undergraduate degrees relating to Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia in any department or school of the university. CREEES awards FLAS fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students developing language skills in the languages of our region (such as Russian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), Czech and Polish, as well as occasional opportunities to learn Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh and Ukrainian). (See Graduate Funding or Undergraduate Funding.)
CREEES has a firm commitment to developing campus resources and courses that will give students the training they need to participate in an international arena in which Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia play a key role. By highlighting an interdisciplinary course of study and by offering a degree plan that is not limited by traditional disciplinary boundaries, CREEES can respond to political and private sector demands for integrated studies that include both academic study and professional training.
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (formerly Post-Soviet and East European Studies) was established in 1984 at The University of Texas at Austin and now includes over 80 faculty members from over 20 different departments and administrative units across campus. CREEES is committed to reaching out to the campus community, as well as the broader region, to provide access to speakers from Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and activities that will promote interest in the region. As part of the largest university in the state of Texas, CREEES has a special responsibility to support continued international development and to educate students that can play a fundamental role in an international community in which Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia are critical players.