The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) this summer: June 14-August 6, 2010.
First-year intensive Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian language courses will be offered during the session. Pending sufficient enrollment, second-year intensive courses in those languages will be offered as well.
BALSSI 2010 will also include lectures (in English) on Baltic history and culture and a rich program of cultural events and field trips related to the Baltic countries.
Information and application materials are available on: www.creeca.wisc.edu/balssi
Thanks to a generous grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the program fee for first-year Estonian will be waived for graduate students specializing in East European studies in any discipline.
BALSSI is sponsored by a consortium of 12 U.S. universities and receives additional support from the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies and the Lithuanian Foundation.
For more information, please contact Nancy Heingartner, BALSSI program coordinator, balssi@creeca.wisc.edu or (608-262-3379)