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by Jack Coombes
“Last summer I was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to participate in an intensive language-immersion program in Baku, Azerbaijan. Prior to applying for the scholarship, I had virtually no knowledge of Azerbaijani and a very limited understanding of the Caspian Sea region.”
by Daniel Winterbottom
“Arriving at our guesthouse from a hike to the falls at Plitvice Lakes National Park, my students explore one of the many abandoned houses that punctuate this otherwise bucolic area around Croatia’s border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
by Vlad M. Kaczynski
“Arctic development has become increasingly important to the Russian Federation in recent years. Off-shore oil and gas exploitation, shipping, fisheries, relations with indigenous populations, oceanographic research and the Law of the Sea have all become significant domestic and international issues since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.”
by Daniel C. Waugh
“The ruins of the once great Armenian city of Ani, now in Turkey, overlook the sharply etched ravine of the Akhurian/Arpa River which marks the international border. At one time a major route of the Silk Roads crossed here; the remains of its bridge can still be seen down in the ravine.”
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Michael Biggins, Head Librarian Slavic and East European Section, UW Libraries
Glennys Young, Professor Department of History, Jackson School of International Studies
Arista Cirtautas, Lecturer Jackson School of International Studies
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