Slavic-Eurasian Research Center

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← Previous revision Revision as of 23:44, 4 April 2026 Line 1: Line 1: '''Slavic-Eurasian Research Center''' (Japanese: スラブ・ユーラシア研究センター ''Surabu yūrashia kenkyū sentā'') is a scholarly institute at [[Hokkaido University]], [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]].<ref name="hokudai">{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/research-and-education/discover-our-research-institutes-and-centers/slavic-research-center/|title=Slavic-Eurasian Research Center &#124; Hokkaido University|website=global.hokudai.ac.jp|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> This Center specializes in research on the post-Soviet and postcommunist states and their inhabitants across [[Eurasia]]. '''Slavic-Eurasian Research Center''' (Japanese: スラブ・ユーラシア研究センター ''Surabu yūrashia kenkyū sentā'') is a scholarly institute at [[Hokkaido University]], [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]].<ref name="hokudai">{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/research-and-education/discover-our-research-institutes-and-centers/slavic-research-center/|title=Slavic-Eurasian Research Center &#124; Hokkaido University|website=global.hokudai.ac.jp|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> This center specializes in research on the [[post-Soviet states]] and their inhabitants across [[Eurasia]].

==History== ==History== The origins of the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center’s go back to the [[Cold War]]. A year after the end of the [[Occupation of Japan|US occupation of Japan]] (28 April 1952), a decision was taken at [[Hokkaido University]] on 24 June 1953 to coordinate research and activities of scholars who did research within the broad remit of [[communist studies|Soviet and Communist studies]] or [[Area studies]]. Two years later, on 1 June 1955, the group was formalized as a Slavic Institute, incorporated in the University’s Faculty of Law. On 1 April 1978 this Institute gained organizational independence and was renamed as the Slavic Research Center (SRC).<ref name="hokudai2">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/center/center-e.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=What is the Slavic Research Center ?|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> The origins of the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center’s traces back to the [[Cold War]]. A year after the end of the [[Occupation of Japan|US occupation of Japan]] (28 April 1952), a decision was taken at [[Hokkaido University]] on 24 June 1953, to coordinate research and activities of scholars who did research within the broad remit of [[communist studies|Soviet and Communist studies]] or [[Area studies]]. Two years later, on 1 June 1955, the group was formalized as a Slavic Institute, incorporated in the University’s Faculty of Law. On 1 April 1978, this institute gained organizational independence and was renamed as the Slavic Research Center (SRC).<ref name="hokudai2">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/center/center-e.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=What is the Slavic Research Center ?|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref>

In recognition of the geopolitical changes that followed the end of communism in Europe and the breakup of the Soviet Union (thus obviating the validity of Communist studies), on 1 April 2014, the Center was renamed as the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC).<ref name="hokudai3">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/rename-e.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=The SRC to be Renamed the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> In recognition of the geopolitical changes that followed the end of communism in Europe and the breakup of the Soviet Union (thus obviating the validity of Communist studies), on 1 April 2014, the center was renamed as the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC).<ref name="hokudai3">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/rename-e.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=The SRC to be Renamed the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref>

==Research divisions== ==Research divisions== At present research in the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center is conducted in the following divisions: Present research in the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center is conducted in the following divisions: *Russian Studies *Russian Studies *Siberian and Far Eastern Studies *Siberian and Far Eastern Studies Line 17: Line 17: ==Collaboration with foreign partners== ==Collaboration with foreign partners==

In 2018 the SRC collaborated with 27 universities and research institutes from across Eurasia.<ref name="hokudai4">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/center/indexe6.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=International Collaboration|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> Within the framework of the SRC's Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program, since 1978 tens of foreign scholars have been invited to do research at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, for instance, [[Norman Davies]], [[Tsuyoshi Hasegawa]], [[Tomasz Kamusella]], [[Dariusz Kołodziejczyk]], [[Stephen Kotkin]], [[Vladislav Krasnov]], [[Taras Kuzio]], [[David Marples]], [[Vojtech Mastny (historian)|Vojtech Mastny]], [[Alexander Nekrich]], [[Sabrina Ramet]], [[Jadwiga Staniszkis]], [[Jerzy Tomaszewski (historian)|Jerzy Tomaszewski]].<ref>Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program</ref> In 2018, the SRC collaborated with 27 universities and research institutes from across Eurasia.<ref name="hokudai4">{{cite web|url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/center/indexe6.html|website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp|title=International Collaboration|accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref> Within the framework of the SRC's Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program, since 1978, tens of foreign scholars have been invited to do research at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, for instance, [[Norman Davies]], [[Tsuyoshi Hasegawa]], [[Tomasz Kamusella]], [[Dariusz Kołodziejczyk]], [[Stephen Kotkin]], [[Vladislav Krasnov]], [[Taras Kuzio]], [[David Marples]], [[Vojtech Mastny (historian)|Vojtech Mastny]], [[Alexander Nekrich]], [[Sabrina Ramet]], [[Jadwiga Staniszkis]], and [[Jerzy Tomaszewski (historian)|Jerzy Tomaszewski]].<ref>Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program</ref>

==Publications== ==Publications==