Are you an educator who is interested in deepening your understanding of the history, culture and current events of Russia and Eurasia? Consider applying for the Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship!
Applications for the 2025-2026 fellowship year, which is devoted to the theme Eurasian Environments, are now open. The application deadline is April 15, 2025.
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Open to both part-time and full-time educators at the high school and community college level
- Educators from throughout the United States are encouraged to apply
- Learn from and chat with experts in Russian and Eurasian studies via monthly program webinars
- Be part of an online learning community with fellow educators
- Develop curriculum or do additional research on a topic of interest for eventual classroom application
- Participate in an in-person workshop with scholars and fellows in fall 2025, hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
2025 Fellowship Details
The EETF Fellowship invites K-14 educators to explore the dynamic intersection of environment, society, and history through a series of engaging webinars. This fellowship is a collaboration between the Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the Ohio State University, the Center for Russia, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is funded through a Title VI/National Resource Center Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The theme for the 2025-26 fellowship year, Eurasian Environments, will delve into the environmental challenges and transformations across Eurasia.
Over the 9-month fellowship, fellows will participate in 8 content webinars, hearing from scholars with expertise on topics such as water management, environmental change, and the impacts of colonialism and industrialization on landscapes and communities.
Fellows also meet once for an in-person workshop at one of the four participating universities. In 2024, the EETF fellows and facilitators met at the University of Pittsburgh. By the end of the fellowship, each fellow is expected to complete a final project – either curriculum development or a literature review on a question that develops during the course of the fellowship.
APPLY
Applications to the 2025-2026 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship are available now.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2025
FINALISTS NOTIFIED: End of May 2025
Questions? Contact Zita Tóth-Shawgo
SPONSORED BY:
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Center for Slavic and East European Studies, The Ohio State University
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh
This fellowship is generously funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI National Resource program.