Slavic Reference Service
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We wish you peace, good health, happiness, and much success in the new year.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We wish you peace, good health, happiness, and much success in the new year.
Online Resource Spotlight: Электронная библиотека «Научное наследие России». This digital resource incorporates sources from library, archival, and museum collections of academic organizations, reflecting the scientific heritage of Russia and Russian scientists.
e-heritage.ru
e-heritage.ru
December 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Online Resource Spotlight: Электронная библиотека «Научное наследие России». This digital resource incorporates sources from library, archival, and museum collections of academic organizations, reflecting the scientific heritage of Russia and Russian scientists.
e-heritage.ru
e-heritage.ru
Check out our Winter 2025 newsletter!
Dissertation Research Workshop: forms.gle/w8TU7FNqL9np...
Central Asia Research Forum:
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
AABS conference website: aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...
Make a gift: www.library.illinois.edu/slavic/make-...
Dissertation Research Workshop: forms.gle/w8TU7FNqL9np...
Central Asia Research Forum:
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
AABS conference website: aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...
Make a gift: www.library.illinois.edu/slavic/make-...
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Check out our Winter 2025 newsletter!
Dissertation Research Workshop: forms.gle/w8TU7FNqL9np...
Central Asia Research Forum:
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
AABS conference website: aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...
Make a gift: www.library.illinois.edu/slavic/make-...
Dissertation Research Workshop: forms.gle/w8TU7FNqL9np...
Central Asia Research Forum:
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
AABS conference website: aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...
Make a gift: www.library.illinois.edu/slavic/make-...
Online Resource Spotlight: “Kultura Ukraïny”
This online database features more than 14,000 books, which make up the following collections: The History of Culture; Art; Ethnography ; and Cultural Institutions.
elib.nlu.org.ua
This online database features more than 14,000 books, which make up the following collections: The History of Culture; Art; Ethnography ; and Cultural Institutions.
elib.nlu.org.ua
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Online Resource Spotlight: “Kultura Ukraïny”
This online database features more than 14,000 books, which make up the following collections: The History of Culture; Art; Ethnography ; and Cultural Institutions.
elib.nlu.org.ua
This online database features more than 14,000 books, which make up the following collections: The History of Culture; Art; Ethnography ; and Cultural Institutions.
elib.nlu.org.ua
CFP: The 2026 edition of the Central Asia Research Forum will be held on February 18-19, 2026. Those interested in presenting should submit an abstract by January 23, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., CST.
Submit a proposal: forms.gle/gmpzPbQuhUxp...
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
Submit a proposal: forms.gle/gmpzPbQuhUxp...
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
CFP: The 2026 edition of the Central Asia Research Forum will be held on February 18-19, 2026. Those interested in presenting should submit an abstract by January 23, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., CST.
Submit a proposal: forms.gle/gmpzPbQuhUxp...
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
Submit a proposal: forms.gle/gmpzPbQuhUxp...
Register to attend: forms.gle/1EgFzpz1r7x6...
We would like to thank Stuart M. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, for this donation of government documents and newspapers from Afghanistan. These items will be catalogued and added to our collection.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We would like to thank Stuart M. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, for this donation of government documents and newspapers from Afghanistan. These items will be catalogued and added to our collection.
Call for Applications; Writing Across Boundaries Program
Applications due: November 21, 2025
Program website: sites.google.com/view/writing...
Application: forms.gle/6kmDLrr96S8U...
Applications due: November 21, 2025
Program website: sites.google.com/view/writing...
Application: forms.gle/6kmDLrr96S8U...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Call for Applications; Writing Across Boundaries Program
Applications due: November 21, 2025
Program website: sites.google.com/view/writing...
Application: forms.gle/6kmDLrr96S8U...
Applications due: November 21, 2025
Program website: sites.google.com/view/writing...
Application: forms.gle/6kmDLrr96S8U...
Online Resource Spotlight: The Uzbek National Bibliography
This fully searchable collection of the Uzbek National Bibliography was compiled by the International and Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Check it out here:
uzbekbibliography.library.illinois.edu
This fully searchable collection of the Uzbek National Bibliography was compiled by the International and Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Check it out here:
uzbekbibliography.library.illinois.edu
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Online Resource Spotlight: The Uzbek National Bibliography
This fully searchable collection of the Uzbek National Bibliography was compiled by the International and Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Check it out here:
uzbekbibliography.library.illinois.edu
This fully searchable collection of the Uzbek National Bibliography was compiled by the International and Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Check it out here:
uzbekbibliography.library.illinois.edu
Online Resource Spotlight: Check out this curated collection of vintage advertising posters from Hungary: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Online Resource Spotlight: Check out this curated collection of vintage advertising posters from Hungary: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
This winter, the Slavic Reference Service is celebrating fifty years! In honor of our anniversary, we are fundraising to help support programming.
We thank all of you for your support and patronage throughout the years!
We thank all of you for your support and patronage throughout the years!
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This winter, the Slavic Reference Service is celebrating fifty years! In honor of our anniversary, we are fundraising to help support programming.
We thank all of you for your support and patronage throughout the years!
We thank all of you for your support and patronage throughout the years!
Don't forget to submit your proposals for the 2026 AABS conference!
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don't forget to submit your proposals for the 2026 AABS conference!
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
The 2025 Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference was a great success! We wish to thank the organizing committee, our sponsors, all of the presenters, moderators, and everyone who made this conference possible! Check out some photos of the event below.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The 2025 Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference was a great success! We wish to thank the organizing committee, our sponsors, all of the presenters, moderators, and everyone who made this conference possible! Check out some photos of the event below.
Digital Resource Spotlight: The Digital Library of Montenegro.
This database presents library materials from the National Library including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
This database presents library materials from the National Library including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
October 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Digital Resource Spotlight: The Digital Library of Montenegro.
This database presents library materials from the National Library including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
This database presents library materials from the National Library including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
If you are local to Champaign-Urbana, stop by the Main Library and check out our new display highlighting International Women's Press. This special exhibit includes Ottoman, Czech, and Finnish titles, and will be up until the end of October in the North-South Corridor.
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you are local to Champaign-Urbana, stop by the Main Library and check out our new display highlighting International Women's Press. This special exhibit includes Ottoman, Czech, and Finnish titles, and will be up until the end of October in the North-South Corridor.
We are pleased to invite submissions to the 30th biennial conference of AABS to be held on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on May 28–31, 2026.
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are pleased to invite submissions to the 30th biennial conference of AABS to be held on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on May 28–31, 2026.
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit the conference website - aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at....
Digital Resouce Spotlight: eSbírky is a Czech internet database designed for online viewing of digitized collection items from Czech museums and galleries. Check it out at the link below!
esbirky.cz
esbirky.cz
September 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Digital Resouce Spotlight: eSbírky is a Czech internet database designed for online viewing of digitized collection items from Czech museums and galleries. Check it out at the link below!
esbirky.cz
esbirky.cz
General registration is open for the 2025 Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference!
Register here: forms.gle/s9D2KX8Q7NvP...
View the conference website here: uconference.web.illinois.edu
Pictured: Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn with Prof. Lada Kolomiyets, April 2018.
Register here: forms.gle/s9D2KX8Q7NvP...
View the conference website here: uconference.web.illinois.edu
Pictured: Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn with Prof. Lada Kolomiyets, April 2018.
September 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
General registration is open for the 2025 Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference!
Register here: forms.gle/s9D2KX8Q7NvP...
View the conference website here: uconference.web.illinois.edu
Pictured: Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn with Prof. Lada Kolomiyets, April 2018.
Register here: forms.gle/s9D2KX8Q7NvP...
View the conference website here: uconference.web.illinois.edu
Pictured: Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn with Prof. Lada Kolomiyets, April 2018.
The SRS is here to offer support and guidance through the publishing process for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars. Our Publishing Consultation Service is available to REEES scholars year-round. Consultation requests can be submitted here: buff.ly/3rDXWnO
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The SRS is here to offer support and guidance through the publishing process for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars. Our Publishing Consultation Service is available to REEES scholars year-round. Consultation requests can be submitted here: buff.ly/3rDXWnO
Digital Resource Spotlight: The Digital Library of Montenegro. This database presents library materials from the National Library of Montenegro including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
www.dlib.me
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Digital Resource Spotlight: The Digital Library of Montenegro. This database presents library materials from the National Library of Montenegro including rare books, manuscripts, documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, posters, art, and music and video materials.
www.dlib.me
www.dlib.me
We are pleased to share with you the “Digital Archive of the Caucasus.” This collection of digitized container lists is the result of a collaborative effort between the National Archives of Georgia and the SRS. archive.org/details/arch...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
August 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are pleased to share with you the “Digital Archive of the Caucasus.” This collection of digitized container lists is the result of a collaborative effort between the National Archives of Georgia and the SRS. archive.org/details/arch...
Free and open to the public! Please join us for a Title VIII research training workshop. This workshop will explore changes in identities and mnemonic policies in Baltic states and countries in Eastern Europe in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Register: forms.gle/Mi11NhZUQafF...
Register: forms.gle/Mi11NhZUQafF...
June 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Free and open to the public! Please join us for a Title VIII research training workshop. This workshop will explore changes in identities and mnemonic policies in Baltic states and countries in Eastern Europe in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Register: forms.gle/Mi11NhZUQafF...
Register: forms.gle/Mi11NhZUQafF...
Join us for the Caucasus Research Forum:
To submit a proposal (by April 6th): forms.gle/238ysYCBAGvD...
To register to attend without presenting: forms.gle/vpTK2oXFVaxp...
To submit a proposal (by April 6th): forms.gle/238ysYCBAGvD...
To register to attend without presenting: forms.gle/vpTK2oXFVaxp...
March 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us for the Caucasus Research Forum:
To submit a proposal (by April 6th): forms.gle/238ysYCBAGvD...
To register to attend without presenting: forms.gle/vpTK2oXFVaxp...
To submit a proposal (by April 6th): forms.gle/238ysYCBAGvD...
To register to attend without presenting: forms.gle/vpTK2oXFVaxp...
Every donation, no matter the amount, makes a real difference in ensuring we can continue providing programming and research support. Those wishing to donate can find instructions here: buff.ly/XNmS9CG
We thank you for your continued support!
We thank you for your continued support!
March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Every donation, no matter the amount, makes a real difference in ensuring we can continue providing programming and research support. Those wishing to donate can find instructions here: buff.ly/XNmS9CG
We thank you for your continued support!
We thank you for your continued support!