The Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies launched the 2009 Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) on June 15, 2009.
This eight-week program, supported by a consortium of U.S. universities, provides instruction in intensive elementary Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages.
CREECA received a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in support of Estonian for 2009 and 2010. In addition to language courses, BALSSI features a series of lectures, films, and other cultural activities, which are open to the public.