Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies Year-In-Review

GIRS Year End Report
At a time when relations between Russia and the United States are at their worst, the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) has identified new pathways for academic cooperation, knowledge-share and expert analysis between Institute graduate students and Russian scholars and experts.

At a time when relations between Russia and the United States are at their worst, the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) has identified new pathways for academic cooperation, knowledge-share and expert analysis between MIIS graduate students and Russian scholars and experts. In its sixth year, GIRS was awarded a new grant of $940,000 from Carnegie Corporation of New York to continue the project for the next two years.

The project consists of five components: Visiting Experts Program, Translations of Levada Center Sociological Polls, the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia, MIIS-MGIMO US-Russian Dialogue, and GIRS Sponsored Research/Internships. Here is the recap: