Kansai Gaidai University is located in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. It is a private university focusing on foreign language studies.
Kansai Gaidai is known for its large Asian Studies program for international exchange students as well as for its Intensive English Studies program for Japanese students planning to study abroad.
Shimane University’s goal is to enable students to develop international perspectives and their ability to be leaders in each region of the world. While studying there, students are equipped with the ability to cope with diverse problems like those they encounter in modern society.
Author: Christopher Smith Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching in a present-day schoolroom? Rather than regarding such anachronisms as errors, Samurai with Telephones develops a theory […]
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View all Russian Studies Newsletter articles > Dear Students and Alumni of UF Russian Studies, We thought we would take the happy retirement of one of our dearest colleagues as an opportunity to reach out to our current students and recent and longtime graduates. After 20 years of stellar Russian-language instruction, Galina Wladyka has decided […]
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Author: Barbara Mennel New York City: Bloomsbury, 2024. Blurb: Leontine Sagan’s Mädchen in Uniform (1931) is a groundbreaking German film that showcases women’s agency and desire behind and in front of the camera. Adapted from Christa Winsloe’s lesbian play, the story follows Manuela, an orphan in a boarding school for impoverished Prussian nobility. When she […]
View all Russian Studies Newsletter articles > As a colleague and former student of Galina myself (during a study tour in Moscow just before the collapse of the USSR), it was with great pleasure I sat down to talk with her about her teaching experience and plans for the next stage in her adventurous life. […]
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View all Russian Studies Newsletter articles > We hope to feature profiles of our awesome alumni on a regular basis. Here, we share information about a recent superstar grad, Samantha Gildea, through her responses to our written questions. Background: Samantha Gildea graduated in 2022 with a double major in Russian studies and international studies. She […]
View all Russian Studies Newsletter articles > Background: Nikolai graduated this spring (2024) with a major in biology and minor in Russian studies. After a gap year to pursue a broad range of interests, he plans to enter graduate school in Slavic studies. Read on to learn more about Nikolai’s studies and experiences at UF […]
View all Russian Studies Newsletter articles > Honors Theses Authors & Titles Nadin Antonova, “From Enserfed to Citizens: An Examination of the Integration of Former Serfs into Society in the Russian Empire through the Creation of the Zemstvo System.” Nikolai Zakrewsky, “Neopaganism in the East and West: Clashing Ideology” National Slavic Honors Society – Dobro […]
This article from Le Figaro – a France based newspaper – discusses affordable study abroad options for French students interested in U.S. universities. Excitingly, UF is the first school mentioned! The article praises the academic, social and athletic scenes on campus as well as costs and the city of Gainesville itself. This article first appeared […]