Monday, July 26, 2021

New Article on “Architecture and friendship among nations: the shifting politics of cultural diplomacy in Tbilisi, Georgia”

Check out a new article co-written by EURUS faculty associate and EURUS instructor Suzanne Harris-Brandts and David Sichinava on "Architecture and friendship among nations: the shifting politics of cultural diplomacy in Tbilisi,... More

Thursday, July 22, 2021

The Putin Doctrine? How the Ideas of a 20th Century Thinker Ostracized by the Soviets Help to Shape Russia’s New Foreign Policy

New Op-Ed by Professor Piotr... More

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Piotr Dutkiewicz publishes opinion piece “Worn Cliché Turning into Reality: What’s Next After US/NATO Leaving Afghanistan”

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

EURUS at 50

EURUS is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the Faculty of Public Affairs is featuring a story on EURUS' history and achievements, written by Mary... More

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

EURUS Statement of Support for Professor Jan Grabowski

The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies expresses its support for Professor Jan Grabowski (History, University of Ottawa).  Professor Grabowski is a leading scholar of the Holocaust and has produced multiple works of great scholarly value.  We are deeply concerned by the recent Polish court verdict based on legislation that... More

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

EURUS has a new logo!

EURUS has a new logo! An open competition in Spring 2020 led to students and alumni submitting a number of intriguing and imaginative designs, making the choice difficult.  But in the end, the jury selected the logo by MA1 student Leah Rasmussen.  The jury was impressed by the clean lines of Leah’s design and... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Paul Goode named inaugural McMillan Chair in Russian Studies

Paul Goode has been named as the inaugural McMillan Chair in Russian Studies, located in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) at Carleton University. Goode is a global leader on the study of “everyday nationalism” and center-periphery relations in Russia. He brings an exciting research agenda to Carleton,... More

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Carleton University Professor Moderates Alliance of Global Talent Organizations at the Third Paris Peace Forum

On November 13, 2020, the Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO) was successfully launched at the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum, accompanied by an expert panel to discuss its main objectives and perspectives. The launch and panel were moderated by Martin Geiger, deputy secretary-general of AGTO and professor of ‘Politics of... More

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz speaks with Russian President at the annual meeting of the Valdai Club Discussion Group

EURUS Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin when he met him for the 17th time at the Annual Meeting of the Valdai Club. Professor Dutkiewicz posed to the Russian leader a question regarding the future of youth in Russia in a time when youth around the world are becoming disheartened... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

New Publication: Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics co-edited by EURUS Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz

Congratulations to Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz for the publication of his new co-edited book Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics. Piotr Dutkiewicz (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), Tom Casier (University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS), Belgium) and Jan Aart Scholte (Leiden University)... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

New Publication: “Russia’s Constitutional Changes,” from EURUS Alumni Demyan Plakhov

Congratulations to Demyan Plakhov, one of the EURUS MA Class of 2020, for the publication of his insightful article on the recent constitutional changes in Russia featured on the NATO Association of Canada website! Demyan carefully summarized how the new changes to the Russian constitution craftily grant more power and time to its current... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

CES selected to host new Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics

From the Centre for European Studies website: The Centre for European Studies has been selected to host a new Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. In addition to Carleton University, the Network includes partners at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), Bates College (US), Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg (Austria), and the... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Update from the Director (October 7, 2020)

Dear EURUS Students and Family, I write to remind you once more that in these unprecedented and challenging times, EURUS is here for all of you.  When I wrote my first message on this in April, the power of the virus was less clear than now but I don’t know if many of us... More

Friday, July 31, 2020

Professor Jeff Sahadeo Wins Taylor and Francis Book Prize in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Congratulations to Professor Jeff Sahadeo on being awarded the 2020 Canadian Association of Slavists/Taylor and Francis Book Prize in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies for his "Voices from the Soviet Edge" (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2019)! Please find below a message from Dr. Alison Rowley, President of the Canadian... More

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

EURUS MA Graduate Stuart Strang is featured on FPA Student Voices

Stuart Strang, one of the EURUS MA Class of 2020, has his story featured on the Faculty of Public Affairs' Student Voices page, outlining his experiences at EURUS. You can read Stuart's story on FPA's website, along with profiles of other recent FPA graduates. Congratulations to Stuart and all of our graduating... More

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies (CJERS) publishes new issue on impacts of the 2004 EU enlargement

The current issue of the Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies (CJERS) addresses the political, social, and economic impacts of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union on the acceding countries. You may access the articles here. CJERS is a double-blind peer-reviewed online journal (formerly Review of European and Russia Affairs,... More

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Statement from the Director

Dear EURUS Family and Colleagues, The Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) is the main North American scholarly organization in our field.  I have been a member since 1999 and, along with my EURUS colleagues, am active in the association.  Yesterday ASEEES posted a statement condemning systemic racism and police... More

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Russian Writing Contest judge Svetlana Klimova shares her impressions of this year’s contest

On May 9, to commemorate the end of the Great Patriotic War, two Moscow libraries, Library 180 and N.F. Fedorov Museum-Library, organized an online seminar to discuss this important event. One of the participants of the seminar was Svetlana Klimova, one of the judges of this year's Canada-Wide Russian Writing Contest, organized by Carleton... More

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Remarks on the successful conclusion of the 3rd Annual Russian Writing Contest

April 10th marked the successful conclusion to the 3rd Annual Canada-wide Russian Writing Contest held by Carleton University, in cooperation and support from the Russia-Canada Business Council and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada, with the announcement of winners across several different categories. You can learn more about this... More

Thursday, April 16, 2020

EURUS Faculty Highlights: Piotr Dutkiewicz

In this series of posts, we are looking at various notable accomplishments by our faculty members and the department as a whole. This week we are celebrating Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz. Professor Dutkiewicz recently submitted his newly edited book, Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics, to Routledge for publishing... More

Friday, April 10, 2020

2020 Russian Writing Contest Winners

Carleton University, in cooperation and support from the Russia-Canada Business Council and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada, is pleased to announce the winners of the Third Canada-Wide Russian Writing Contest This year marks the 75th Commemoration of the End of the WWII OR 75-летие Победы в Великой... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Message from the Director (April 8, 2020)

Dear EURUS Students, I wanted to write to wish you all the best in these unprecedented and challenging times and remind you again that EURUS is here for all of you.  I apologize in advance for the length of the message but I wanted to address several issues.  Also to let you know that... More

Monday, April 6, 2020

EURUS 2019 Highlights: Professor Crina Viju-Miljusevic

  In this series of posts, we are looking at various notable accomplishments by our faculty members and the department as a whole. This week we are celebrating Professor Crina Viju-Miljusevic. Professor Viju, together with Patrick Leblond from University of Ottawa, has co-edited a special issue of the Journal of European Pubic Policy (Vol.... More

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Message from the Director: Supporting Students during COVID-19 Crisis

Dear EURUS Students,   I wanted to check in with all of you as we move into the second week in what is likely to be a longer-than-we-would-have -hoped time during which our lives and behaviors must fundamentally alter. Please do, above all, know that you can count on my and my colleagues at... More

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

EURUS 2019 Highlights: Professor Achim Hurrelmann

In this series of posts we will be looking at various notable accomplishments by our faculty members and the department as a whole. Starting this week with Professor Achim Hurrelmann. In March 2019, Professor Hurrelmann launched a new research project on “The Reconfiguration of Canada-Europe Relations after Brexit”, in collaboration with Petra... More

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Accepting Applications for the EU Study Tour and Internship Program 2020

The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies invites applications from upper-year undergraduate and graduate students for participation in the EU Study Tour and Internship Program 2020.  The European Union (EU) Study Tour is an initiative of the European Studies Network (Canada), a consortium of Canadian universities of which Carleton... More

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Applications Open for McMillan Chair in Russian Studies

The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies invites applications from qualified candidates for an advanced preliminary (tenure-track) or tenured appointment as the McMillan Chair in Russian Studies, with a research and teaching focus on Russian politics, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (the level of appointment will... More

Thursday, October 17, 2019

McMillan Chair in Russian Studies

The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) invites applications from qualified candidates for an advanced preliminary (tenure-track) or tenured appointment as the McMillan Chair in Russian Studies, with a research and teaching focus on Russian politics, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (the level of appointment... More

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Centre for European Studies selected for two new Jean Monnet grants

The Centre for European Studies (CES) has been selected for two new grants from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Carleton University will receive a new grant of €100,000 ($146,000) for the years 2019-2022. The Centre’s thematic priority areas for the new grant period will be (1) policy... More

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Achim Hurrelmann awarded SSHRC Insight Grant

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded an Insight Grant to Professor Achim Hurrelmann for a study on “The Reconfiguration of Canada-Europe Relations after Brexit”. The research will examine how Brexit – the process of negotiating and implementing the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

EURUS MA Graduate Jennifer Diamond featured by FPA Voices

We're incredibly proud of recent EURUS MA grad, Jennifer Diamond! Not only for her successful completion of our program and convocation in May, but for being featured on FPA Voices by the Faculty of Public Affairs. Read the FPA Voices article here:... More

Thursday, June 27, 2019

EURUS Professor Mikhail Zherebtsov Represents Carleton at International Forum

EURUS Adjunct Research Professor, Mikhail Zherebtsov, represented the Institute and Carleton University as the keynote speaker at the IV International Scientific Forum"Public Administration: the role of citizens in the formation of digital governance", which was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 21-23. The annual forum unites senior... More

Monday, June 10, 2019

Experiential Learning Group: EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee Simulation

Check out the video of the Experiential Learning Group: EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee Simulation, featuring EURUS adjunct research professor Mukhtar... More

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

EURUS Alumnus Joins Canadian Delegation at G20 Youth Summit

Ali Bahman, an alumnus of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) was recently selected as one of two Canadian youth delegates for the G20 Summit (Y20) in Tokyo. He was chosen by the Young Diplomats of Canada and the Y20 Japanese Committee following a series of evaluations and interviews. Bahman engaged in... More

Friday, May 31, 2019

New FYSM Course: Power, Politics and Populism in Russia and Europe

FYSM 1614: Power, Politics and Populism in Russia and Europe Vladimir Putin’s rise to power in Russia steered the country away from liberal democracy.  Personal power and calls to resist western political and economic elites have resonated across Europe.  Populist politicians rally against perceived social turbulence, economic crises and... More

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