Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Oregon

03/03/2026

Could it be Ivan in the dining room with the pistol? Grushenka in the library with the candlestick? Dmitri in the ballroom with the dagger? Find out who killed Fyodor Pavlovich in this Clue-meets-Jumanji-meets-Russian-Literature murder mystery based on Dostoevsky's final novel. UO’s program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies presents “Brothers Clueramazov,” a bilingual play, on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30PM and Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 PM in GSH 123.
Free and Open to the Public.

03/04/2025

Discover the less famous, more hilarious heroes of Chekhov's short vaudevilles. Will Dashenka and Epaminond's married life begin with bliss or a bar fight? Will Grigorii get the money he needs for his mortgage - or something entirely different - from his widowed neighbor? And are Ivan's heart palpitations caused by the beautiful Natasha or her even more attractive land? Can love win when humanity is selfish, rude, and hopelessly confused? Find out in this bilingual, bicultural performance!

123 Global Scholars Hall
March 8 at 7:30 p.m., March 9 at 2:30 p.m.

06/17/2024

Congratulations to our REEES graduates!

04/17/2024

Humanities advisers will present and talk about humanities at UO, have games and a raffle, as well as snacks and swag!
The event is on May 1st from 3-5pm in the James Commons in Tykeson Hall.

03/10/2024

Great fun was had by all at last night's first performance of "Shadow," adapted and directed by Julia Nemirovskaya. Lots of humor, great acting, live music, an education in contemporary slang – don't miss it!! Final performance at 2:30 p.m. today at 123 Global Scholars' Hall. Free and open to the public.

03/03/2024

Please join us for this year's REEES play! It is called "Shadow," after 1940 play by E. Schwartz, with two performances, one on Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. and another on Sunday, March 10 at 2:30 p.m. at the University of Oregon Global Scholars Hall, Room 123. Free and open to the public.

02/22/2024

REEES students are hosting a short memorial screening series for two very important figures in political/social activism and opposition in Russia, Aleksey Navalny and Dmitry Markov.

We are showing the Oscar-winning (оскороносный is genuine adjective, did you know?) documentary on Navalny’s political activism, attempted assassination, and return to Russia THIS THURSDAY AT 5 PM. Come to hear firsthand about this historic figure, his platform, and the vision of the opposition in modern Russia

Next Thursday, we are honoring another symbolic figure who dedicated his life to the kind of Russia that doesn’t make it onto the screens or into textbooks (small-town, disabled, retired, poor, drafted, in rehab, dreaming). Dmitry Markov was the people’s photographer traveling the outskirts of Russia with his phone camera and his huge heart; he devoted his life to helping the people in his photographs. As a former addict from the glubinka (periphery) himself, Markov translated his sympathy not only to these realistic-but-sweet photos but also to welfare programs and funds.

02/04/2024

"Covering Ukraine and the U. S. 2024 Presidential Election" on Monday Feb. 12, talk by independent Kyiv-based journalist Terrell Jermaine Starr. 5:30 in the Knight Library Browsing Room.

12/06/2023

Take Russian next quarter!

11/16/2023

Great news about Indigenous Languages at the University of Oregon!

Department of Education funding expands UO’s Northwest Indian Language InstituteThe University of Oregon’s Northwest Indian Language Institute will create a res