Introduction to Karakalpakstan as a Study Destination
When I first arrived in Nukus, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, my immediate impression was that everything was salty. I mean...
SRAS Blog
Articles and stories about study, travel, and research abroad.
SRAS in Conversation with Lee Sullivan: Studying Across Eurasia
Lee Sullivan has studied with SRAS in nearly all our locations – many of them new. Back home at Stetson University in Florida, she’s...
SRAS in Conversation with Dr. Katarzyna Maniszewska: Security Studies in Poland
Katarzyna Maniszewska is the long-time director of SRAS’ Security and Society in the Information Age program in Warsaw. She received her Ph.D. from the...
SRAS in Conversation with Heather Rice: Traveling Uzbekistan
Heather Rice has a long history of traveling, living, and working abroad. Now the Russian language coordinator and an assistant professor of instruction of...
SRAS in Conversation with David Galloway: Faculty Led Programming to Georgia
David Galloway, Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has run multiple faculty-led programs with SRAS. He’s also often...
SRAS in Conversation with Walter Denz of Liden & Denz Language Schools
Walter Denz founded Liden & Denz in St. Petersburg in 1992. He then expanded his language schools to Moscow, Irkutsk, and, most recently, Riga,...
SRAS in Conversation with Student Nathan Renard: For the Love of Languages
Nathan Renard is a recent high school graduate of Friends School of Baltimore. As part of his senior year there, he participated in a...
Faculty Led Programs to the Caucasus
This spring I joined the SRAS team and in my new position, I will be developing faculty-led programming throughout our region (Central and Eastern...
SRAS Debrief with Student Kat Lytkowski: Security and Society in the Information Age
Kat Lytkowski is currently majoring in STIA at Georgetown University in the US. STIA stands for “Science, Technology and International Affairs” and is a...
SRAS Debrief with Friends School of Baltimore: Spring Break in Kyrgyzstan
Lee Roby of the Friends School of Baltimore led a group of her high school students to St. Petersburg, Russia every other year for...
SRAS Debrief with Connecticut College: Spring Break in Georgia
The Slavic Department at Connecticut College has run course-based faculty-led travel abroad with SRAS six times since 2008. This has proved essential to their...
In Memoriam: Elena Varshavskaya May 23, 1952 ~ March 2, 2023
Elena Varshavskaya graduated from university as a teacher of the English and German languages. She worked at the St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum Department of...
SRAS Expands Russian-Language Study Opportunities For 2022 And Beyond
Students seeking immersive Russian language study opportunities abroad saw the landscape shift abruptly in 2022. Both Russia and Ukraine, the most obvious and familiar...
The SRAS Landscape: Reflections and Paths Forward in 2022
For months I have thought about the things I want to say about this year, 2022. So much has interfered with just sitting down...
SRAS Travel Updates
Update as of March 07, 2022 SRAS does not currently recommend travel to Russia or Ukraine. Our other locations continue to operate as usual....
Support The NovaMova Family in Ukraine
SRAS stands with the Ukrainian people and all those in Russia and the world who condemn the current war against Ukraine. While this is...
Irkutsk: Modern Cultural Immersion and the Power of Nature (Extended SRAS Site Visit)
There were a couple of things I really wanted to do for the SRAS 25th anniversary. One was to spend time on Lake Baikal,...
SRAS Commemorative Cookbook Published – Order a Copy Today!
To celebrate 25 years in education abroad, SRAS has produced a commemorative cookbook: A Taste of Eurasia. This beautiful 174-page publication is a collection...
