Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies
4419 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
230 South Bouquet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
rhayden@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7407
Fax: 412-648-7002
After over 30 years as a traditional print journal, The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies is pleased to announce that the journal is now available electronically at http://carlbeckpapers.pitt.edu.
Established in 1981, The Carl Beck Papers publish original research in the humanities and social sciences focused on the region of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The Papers' monograph (40-90 pages) format, offers a unique opportunity for scholars to publish works that are larger than the average academic journal article but shorter than a book manuscript. A rigorous double-blind review process ensures that the Papers maintain a high level of quality and continue to make an important contribution to the advancement of scholarly inquiry in our field.
The move to the new format offers new capabilities in terms of the structure and content of articles and provides near-seamless linkages to a vast array of web-based information. With an electronic subscription, you will be able to:
- Receive instant and exclusive access to titles of The Carl Beck Papers' three most recent series
- Browse and search full text of all articles published in The Carl Beck Papers beginning in 1981—including articles that have been out of print for years.
- Share information about the articles by e-mail or through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter
- Allow unlimited access for all faculty, students and employees at your institution
- Access reading tools, such as assistance for citing an article
Electronic back issues of The Carl Beck Papers older than three years (or three series) will be available to all through Open Access. Annual Subscribers will have unlimited access to these back issues as well as unlimited access to the most recent three years (or three series) of the Papers. In addition to the new electronic format, The Carl Beck Papers will also be changing its publication schedule from that of an occasional papers series to a fixed publication schedule of five annual papers. This change will ensure that subscribers receive at least 5 new issues with each annual subscription (giving subscriber-only access to 15 total issues). Additional special editions or collections may also be included in annual subscriptions free of charge.
For more information about subscriptions and submissions, please contact Julie Tvaruzek at carlbeckpapers@mail.pitt.edu.
REES Awarded US-Russia Foundation Grant
In September 2010, REES was awarded a grant through the US-Russia Foundation's "Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Rule of Law" program for a partnership project with the International Market Institute (IMI) in Samara, Russia. The grant will support two seminars to be held in Samara and one in Pittsburgh in 2010-11, all involving Pitt and IMI faculty members and local government officials from the Samara region. The government officials will receive practical training on increasing the effectiveness of local governments in supporting regional economic development, including two weeks of intensive training in Pittsburgh to be organized by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. At the conclusion of the project, Pitt and IMI faculty will collaboratively develop a handbook on best practices for dissemination to local governments throughout Russia. REES is particularly excited to be returning to Samara due to the Center's 12-year history of cooperation with IMI, which originated with a university partnership grant from the US State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in 1998-2001. We look forward to strengthening our existing connection with IMI through this new joint endeavor.
