On Nov. 22 at the Kimball Theatre, the W&M Global Film Festival will launch its 2014 theme “Journeys & Passages” with an evening of Chilean-American programming featuring special guests Chilean director Sebastián Silva and American actor Michael Cera.
RPSS student Rachel Faith'14 was elected to become a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The induction ceremony will be held on December 5th, 2013 in the Wren Chapel.
William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98 will donate his personal papers to his undergraduate alma mater, the university announced today.
1.Friday, October 25, 3:30 pm, Washington 302 Public Lecture: Aylara Odekova '08 "Demystifying International Development: A Guide to the Nonprofit World in DC" 2. Friday, October 25, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm Annual MLL Homecoming Wine & Cheese Reception on the Cohen Career Center Rooftop Terrace, adjacent to the Sadler Center (previously the University Center) 3. Saturday, October 26, 5:00 - 7:00 pm Annual RPSS Homecoming Reception At the Russian House -- Pleasants Hall, 3rd floor
On May 11th 2013 over 70 IR and 48 GS majors celebrated their graduation at PBK Hall. Congratulations Class of 2013!!!
Congratulations to Lirsen Myrtaj who won an Honorable Mention at the Fourteenth Annual ACTR NATIONAL Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. This year they had 946 contestants from 47 universities.
The selection committee has awarded the 2013 Dobro Slovo Scholarship to Taylor Lain. The Dobro Slovo Scholarship was established in 2005. The Scholarship is funded by the donations of Russian alumni and faculty and is intended for students studying on the W & M Summer Study Abroad Program in St. Petersburg.
Kristine Mosuela has been selected for a Fulbright U.S. Student award for 2013-2014 to Mongolia.
Congratulations to Rianna Jansen who just learned that she has been awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship to study in Vladimir, Russia next year!
On April 22nd, 5 students and the Russian House Tutor, Victoria, were inducted into Dobro Slovo, the National Slavic Honor Society. Congratulations to them on this honor!
Students and awards. Andrew Andell and Matthew Levey (RPSS Excellence Award) Alex McGrath (ACTR National Russian Scholar Laureate Award and Russian Program Book Award).
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Ambassador to the United Nations to speak at William & Mary’s first intercollegiate Model United Nations conference.
2013 Commencement News for IR and GS students
On Thursday, March 21st, Professor Irina Paperno (U. of California) will be giving a talk entitled, ”How We Used to Live: Survivors of the Soviet regime.” The talk will be held in Wash 201, from 5 – 6 pm. Here is a brief description: Since the collapse of communism, there has been an outpouring of personal documents about life under the Soviet regime. The talk discusses such stories of the Soviet experiences–memoirs, diaries, blogs, and recorded dreams–and suggests ways of seeing them as a cultural trend.
Saturday, March 23, 12:00 – 4:00 pm, McGlothlin 20 Students of different levels will compete in a variety of events connected with Russian language and culture.
Michael S. Gorham, University of Florida, will give a talk, “Russia’s Digital Revolution,” in which he will examine political communication in the age of the internet and new media technologies, considering a wide range of strategies—rhetorical, political, and technological—that have helped shape, for better or for worse, civic culture in Russia today.
A W&M junior is spending the academic year in Russia and China to further her dream of becoming a professional interpreter.
A W&M junior is spending the academic year in Russia and China to further her dream of becoming a professional interpreter.
What better way to end a semester studying the works of Leo Tolstoy than to go see the most recent Hollywood adaptation of his Anna Karenina?
Student-run film festival dedicated to the centennial of Russian animation.
Student research provides scholars with firsthand accounts of the film industry before, during and after the Soviet Union.
The 2012 recipients of the annual William & Mary Alumni Association awards were honored at a banquet at the William & Mary Alumni House on Sept. 27.
"My time at William and Mary was very influential in my career."
"Montage and Identity in Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929)" Professor John MacKay, of Yale University, will be giving a talk on Vertov’s groundbreaking film, Man with a Movie Camera (1929), on Thursday, September 27th, at 5 pm in Washington 201.
Jacob Lassin '13 is getting international acclaim from scholars and the media for his thesis about the commemoration of World War II in Russian social media.
On May 12th 2012 over 44 GS majors celebrated their graduation at PBK Hall. Congratulations Class of 2012!!
Caitlin Oakley, Maggie Burke to Showcase their Research Findings at the Library of Congress. They work for Rare Book and Special Collections Division & the Law Library this summer.
Awards won by our dinstinguished students in 2012.
Plumeri Award Recipient
First awarded in 2009, Plumeri Awards for Faculty Excellence have touched faculty and students in almost every corner of the campus, and now the College is announcing the 2012 honorees.