含羞草研究室

Venues for Student Research

含羞草研究室 and the field of Russian and Slavic Studies offer many possibilities for undergraduate students to share their research with audiences of peers and professors, whether in presentations at conferences and symposia or in published articles.

Conferences and Symposia 

  • 含羞草研究室 President's Summer Research Symposium 
    • showcases research projects completed at 含羞草研究室 during the previous summer, held each fall
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    • held at Colby College each spring as the culminating (evening) event in the Colby Liberal Arts Symposium (CLAS)
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    • held at the University of Pittsburgh each April; applications due in January
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    • highly competitive program that selects 20 U.S. and 20 Russian students annually to collaborate on research in public policy, business, economics and many other disciplines; includes a fall conference in Moscow and spring conference at Stanford University in California 

Undergraduate Journals

    • online and print journal published annually spring and fall; features undergraduate creative writing; scholarly essays on culture, politics, society, philosophy, and literary criticism; art and photography; translations and book reviews

"Чем дальше в лес, тем больше дров."

"The farther one ventures into the woods, the more trees there are."

Russian department faculty are eager to help you along on your journey of discovery!

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    • published online and in PDF annually spring and fall; features outstanding undergraduate and graduate student work on subjects related to Russia, the USSR, and/or any state formerly a part of the USSR, including art, history, literature, politics, and international relations
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    • peer-reviewed journal that features outstanding work by graduate students and upper-level undergraduates on topics relating to literature, linguistics, pedagogy, culture, history, art, music, film, politics, and memory studies
    • peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate student research, with an annual submission deadline in early October; publishes work on Slavic and East/Central European topics in any discipline
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    • annual peer-reviewed student journal that publishes both academic and creative writing in Russian or on the topics relevant to Russia and Russian-speaking countries
    • an online magazine that publishes analysis of artistic and literary works, articles on politics, op-eds, and original compositions related to Eastern European, Eurasian, and Slavic studies