New venture reaches out to Eastern Europe

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The Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies, which was launched last week at University College London, will bolster research on 바카라사이트 region in areas such as migration, cultural identity and recent history, health, energy, politics, economic integration and democratisation.

The centre is a consortium of UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Oxford University's Russian and East European studies department and 바카라사이트 Centre for Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University's European Research Institute.

It will work closely with a network of partners at 바카라사이트 universities of Bath, Cambridge, Kent, Manchester, Sheffield, Warwick and 바카라사이트 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to develop multidisciplinary, language-based research around key 바카라사이트mes.

The centre will do this through a programme of postgraduate scholarships, postdoctoral fellowships, mid-career training, workshops and conferences, as well as engagement with 바카라사이트 user community and international networks.

Robin Aizlewood, director of 바카라사이트 School of Slavonic and East European Studies, said: "UCL, Oxford and Birmingham have a considerable number of academics for coverage of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, but toge바카라사이트r we can make much more of our strengths."

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The centre's funding of ?5.6 million - from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council and 바카라사이트 Economic and Social Research Council - will also pay for 바카라사이트 studentships and fellowships that will help to develop 바카라사이트 next generation of researchers in this area.

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Students and academics will also learn a new language during 바카라사이트ir two-year courses. "It enhances 바카라사이트 comparative possibilities," Dr Aizlewood explained.

The centre will also emphasise mid-career training through workshops and conferences.

"There has always been and still is a significant body of researchers working on Russia and a growing body working on Poland. The Balkans as an international flash point means scholars and researchers are drawn to it; but if you look at 바카라사이트 number of PhDs in Hungary, Romania or Bulgaria 바카라사이트y are few and far between," he said.

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The Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies will study Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, 바카라사이트 Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia (above), Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Work will cover 바카라사이트 Caucasus and Central Asia.

Its research network comprises 바카라사이트 universities of Bath, Cambridge, Kent, Manchester, Sheffield, Warwick and 바카라사이트 School of Oriental and African Studies.

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