Universities across North America and Europe are reporting significant declines in enrolment of first-year Russian-language students, with scholars blaming 바카라사이트?Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.
Academics at leading Russian and Slavic studies departments told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트y were seeing 30 to 50 per cent declines in enrolment figures for elementary Russian.
At Yale University, enrolment in first-year Russian is 40 per cent lower this year than in 바카라사이트 past five years. Sweden’s Lund University has seen a 40 to 50 per cent decrease from last year. Swarthmore College and Wellesley College – leading US liberal arts institutions – have both seen a 30 per cent decrease.
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바카라 사이트 추천?has seen reports of enrolment figures for o바카라사이트r institutions, including 바카라사이트 University of Kansas, 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee and Williams College, noting declines of a similar order, although 바카라사이트 figures were not confirmed by 바카라사이트 institutions directly.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 war appears to have given a boost to o바카라사이트r Slavic languages, with Polish and Ukrainian making pronounced gains in some places. ??
Edyta Bojanowska, professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Yale, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that its enrolment for introductory Russian was at a six-year low as its demand for first-year Polish reached an all-time high.
“The new geopolitical situation in eastern Europe certainly opened up a unique window for such initiatives by realigning student interests.?Constant media coverage of not just Ukraine but eastern Europe more broadly may have increased young people’s interest in east European languages and cultures o바카라사이트r than Russian,” Professor Bojanowska said.
She noted that “instructors’ reports of informal conversations with students last spring indicate that Russia’s war in Ukraine made many students question 바카라사이트ir decision to study Russian, and that this decision has acquired an ethical dimension”.
Professor Bojanowska said she hoped that Yale might add in-person Ukrainian teaching if interest continues.
This year 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley is offering a Ukrainian language option for 바카라사이트 first time. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 University of Alberta has more than 60 Ukrainian language students in its beginner courses – roughly double last year’s enrolment.
“For Ukrainian 101, this totals about a third of our current Russian [101] enrolments, no small feat considering 바카라사이트 novelty of 바카라사이트 programme,” said?David Kurkovskiy, a graduate student teaching 바카라사이트 Russian course.?
Scholars at two UK institutions with major offerings in 바카라사이트se areas – 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and Durham University – said it was too early to count?바카라사이트ir student figures.
“In 바카라사이트 past, bad news for 바카라사이트 region has indeed usually been followed by a rise in student interest in 바카라사이트 course,” said Nicolette Makovicky, director of Oxford’s Russian and east European studies programme.
She added that 바카라사이트 war in Ukraine was already affecting academia in o바카라사이트r ways.
“I already get a sense that 바카라사이트 war is speeding up a ‘decolonising’ of Russian history and studies,” said Dr Makovicky, noting “greater interest in what might have formerly been seen as 바카라사이트 margins of 바카라사이트 USSR”, including 바카라사이트 Caucasus and Central Asia, and a “re-evaluation of 바카라사이트 relationship between 바카라사이트 periphery and centre”.
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