Final push for Ohio State Day of Giving! Every gift matters—help me raise money to protect the oldest Romanian language program in the US. #BuckeyesGive dayofgiving.osu.edu/giving-day/1... Select "College of Arts and Sciences"==>Other==>Rodica C. Botoman Romanian Studies Fund (Fund number 318740)

My colleague sums things up quite well: aseees.org/newsnet-arti...

If you need another reason to love Penzey's, though they don't carry marigold or Georgian spices, the staff member knew what it was, and tipped me off that khmeli suneli is on Wal-Mart's website, if you're in a pinch for Georgian ingredients.

A bright spot www.wellesley.edu/news/the-rus...

🎬 Join us on 23 December at 20:00 (Tbilisi time) for a cozy community film screening at Mate House, Tbilisi, as we host our first in-person gathering for OC Media members and supporters. 🔗 Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/43837...

Fellow Georgianists, come join me at the Midwest Slavic Conference! March 27-29, 2026 Columbus, OH slaviccenter.osu.edu/about/confer...

Great op-ed in @post-gazette.com explaining the perils of defunding Title VI. Sadly, this issue hasn't gotten much publicity. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...

With the death of Title VI, these small initiatives supporting students to study Less Commonly Taught Languages will become even more crucial. Donate to support Polish at Ohio State! Even $5 is meaningful buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/47465

It makes me happy that a Ukrainian refugee chef won the chilli cook-off in my rural Ohio home town.

Friends, I am not having fun on BlueSky yet. Am I missing some connections from the old crowd on the other site? I'm becoming a LinkedIn person, and therefore worry about my soul

With the death of Title VI, these small initiatives supporting students to study Less Commonly Taught Languages will become even more crucial. Donate to support Polish at Ohio State! Even $5 is meaningful buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/47465

FLAS and NRC cancelled, seemingly nationwide

A final push for our fundraiser: buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/46587 Though we've met our goal, the uncertainty of continued federal funding means that every dollar counts, and every donor shows support for the work we do.

6) Many universities are backstopping these programs. Donate to your alma mater. If the top leadership is questionable, don't donate to the university-wide slush funds, donate to specific programs with control closer to the students. For example: buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/46587

Continuations did not come for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships and National Resource Center grants to universities (for all programs, as far as I can tell). Reach out to any students in your network, and please offer you support to these programs. Ideas below:

Continuations did not come for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships and National Resource Center grants to universities (for all programs, as far as I can tell). Reach out to any students in your network, and please offer you support to these programs. Ideas below:

Ojakhuri made with Slovenian sausage and topped with Mexican cheese. Still tkemali on the side, of course. Turned out great!

VACANCY 💻 Join our amazing team at @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social as a part-time Communications and Web Manager! Location: Tbilisi (on-site role with required presence in the office two days per week; remote work is not possible) Application deadline: August 31! ge.boell.org/en/2025/08/1...

Pretty exciting to leaf through my new cookbook (which touts itself as New American) and find a recipe for plov. I needed a new one--can't find the one I dug from the depths of the internet and used with great success years ago. No khachapuri, though.

Friends, I am not having fun on BlueSky yet. Am I missing some connections from the old crowd on the other site? I'm becoming a LinkedIn person, and therefore worry about my soul

Supporters of Slavic Studies, please pitch in! Our goal is 60 donors for 60 years buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/46587 The money must move, and this is a great group of kids who deserve support

Beware! Southwest apparently no longer sends check-in reminders. I forgot by a little bit, and am totally effed for my flight tomorrow. Not a great start to one of my first actual vacations ever

Supporters of Slavic Studies, please pitch in! Our goal is 60 donors for 60 years buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/46587 The money must move, and this is a great group of kids who deserve support

Did you know you can make wine from currants? And it's amazing? Mind blown

This is the organization that effectively every US-based scholar of Russia/former Soviet Union belongs to

On Tuesday night I was barred from entering Georgia, my home for the last three years. Official reasons were given as “other,” but from the circumstances of my departure in April it’s clear the refusal is directly tied to my work covering the country as a journalist. 1/ rsf.org/en/between-h...

georgian spring pasta, with ekala, asparagus, and the first of the season’s peas

Urge your Representative to sign on to Rep. Deborah Ross’s letter strengthen our nation’s international education infrastructure with funding the international education, Title VI, and Fulbright-Hays. p2a.co/TpvLIqn See more action alerts and statements here: tinyurl.com/3v7zdcw8

There’s a whole host of areas of expertise that the USG is going to find itself needing anyway, and will probably be forced to recreate through contracts that are more expensive than it was to sustain the knowledge ecosystem

I think today is only the second time I have voted in person on election day (being an ex-pat for a decade will do that). Very pleased with my "I voted" sticker.

This map just gets "better" and better the more I look at it.

the borjomi bazaar, where i buy jaffa cakes when i’m heading out of town for the day and where i buy cucumbers on my way home from work burned down this morning

A plastic hand bobbing in the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi, Georgia—gripping an EU flag. Honestly, it’s a perfect metaphor. Georgia sinking into Russia’s grip, the EU dream is barely staying afloat. Our daily protests aren’t enough. We need more outside pressure, now. 🎥 საინტერესოა

@ismarvolic.bsky.social is the chair of mathematics and the director of the Institute for Mathematics & Democracy. In 1992, he was a recipient of Temporary Protected Status, allowing him to remain in the U.S., work legally, enroll in college, and receive scholarships. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

I'm doing a little academia, and I'm thinking an angle is food at the Tbilisi protests. I know I've seen some stories and photos, but I didn't save the links: did any of you?

Maybe good news for @edentravels.bsky.social but bad news for me that our library can't find anyone willing to share their copy of Green Mountains with me! Guess they want to keep the new stuff all to themselves. (Will inquire through my other library system).

I wonder if the person driving like a jerk with license plate KLE#### speaks Georgian?

Midwest Slavic is coming! You can help by sponsoring a student's attendance osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

ASEEES Urges Support for the US Department of Education Title VI Program We call on the Secretary of Education and members of Congress to work to preserve the Title VI program, a critical means by which the U.S. fosters necessary expertise on the regions of the world. Statement: tinyurl.com/2nesy56n

Spring Virtual Roundtable Series Careers Beyond Academia: Careers in K-12 Education Tues, Mar 25 at 5 PM ET REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdvuj99s Moderator: Katharina Matro (Walter Johnson HS) Trevor Erlacher (Harpeth Hall School) Rachel Rothstein (The Weber School) Sam Fajerstein (U of Chicago Lab School)

Sasha's photos are wonderful. One of his railroad ladies is on my office wall.

IFLE 😢❤️

Pro tip for people running university programs caught in the political crosshairs: don't be rude to the staff from other programs in a similar position who still have money and suggest collaborating. Sheesh.

Midwest Slavic is coming! You can help by sponsoring a student's attendance osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

What should I bring to next weekend's resistance brunch? Shopping tonight, should be able to prep Friday evening

Please don't cut off donations to your college/university entirely. Target them. Rather than the general endowment, donate to a specific fund that is meaningful to you.

The money must move. Support independent media in Georgia (OC Media) . Support local libraries. Support the NGOs filing lawsuits. Support area studies programs (students have incomplete degrees). Here's ours: www.giveto.osu.edu/makeagift/de...