With the end of another academic year, the IAUNRC has taken a minute to reflect on the Spring 2012 semester and highlight many of the important Eurasian events, lectures, and outreach that the Center has been an integral part of through the year.
What's New
The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center has significantly expanded the number of recorded lectures available for download on its website.
Over the past year, the IAUNRC has significantly improved and expanded the lesson plans available free on its website for use by K-12 educators.
The Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, György Szapáry, visited IU in early March for the commemoration of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, during which time he also delivered a lecture on the economic crisis presently facing Europe.
As part of the 2011-2012 Volga-Kama Colloquy, Professor Paul Werth (UNLV) visited Indiana University's Bloomington campus this last January to give a talk entitled "Foreign Confessions in Foreign Contexts: Religion Across the Borders of the Russian Empire." After his lecture, he sat down with the IAUNRC to discuss his recent research and the broader expanses of the Russian Empire.
The IAUNRC is a United States Department of Education Title VI grant institution that coordinates resources to increase understanding of all aspects of the diverse region and peoples of the Inner Asia and Uralic Regions. The IAUNRC works in tandem with four other Indiana University organizations focused on Central Eurasia, making IU the nation's paramount academic institution for the study of this region. These partner organizations are:






