Security and Society Journal, New Issue Published
We are pleased to announce the publication of the fourth scholarly volume bringing together a unique series of research papers by talented students -...
Programs Articles
News and updates on SRAS study abroad programs: staff profiles, interviews, and reports from SRAS locations across Eurasia.
Meet Alex: Wanderlust and Humanity: SRAS Outreach Coordinator
My fascination for the Caucasus region began on my first journey to Georgia as an SRAS student in 2022. The atmosphere immediately drew me...
Immersed in Central Asia: American Students Explore Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan
This past July, I had the privilege of leading a group of twelve American college students through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the pilot run...
SRAS in Conversation with Rikki Brown: Wine, Life, and Learning Abroad
Rikki Brown is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She recently returned from three years of fieldwork...
Intent in Language Learning
Okay. Full disclosure. I have a bit of a problem. Of course, my dear husband feels that it is more than a bit of...
Meet Lily in Kyrgyzstan – SRAS Program Coordinator for Bishkek
On the flight home from my first study abroad trip to Kyrgyzstan, I was already imagining how and when I would be able to...
Meet Kiara in Tbilisi – SRAS Program Manager for the Caucasus
No one intends to stay. I certainly didn’t when I first arrived. In truth, I didn’t even really want to come to Tbilisi in...
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 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...
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...
