REES and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures have been awarded a Project GO (Global Officers) grant from the Institute of International Education, with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, to provide Russian language training to locally, regionally and nationally recruited students from the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC. REES and the Slavic Department will use this funding to develop an integrated program of intensive summer language instruction, opportunities for extended study abroad, and academic year instruction incorporating high-quality distance learning technologies. This program will enable ROTC cadets and midshipmen from throughout the U.S. to complete coursework equivalent to three academic years of Russian language instruction, while gaining significant overseas experience and cultural enrichment.

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.

Center for Russian & East European Studies
University Center for International Studies
4400 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA

Phone: 412-648-7407
Fax: 412-648-7002
E-mail: crees@pitt.edu

Updated September 26, 2012