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December, 2011
Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen Fellowship
The Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University has established a new fellowship to support master's degree candidates, thanks to a $240,000 donation by Katrina vanden Heuvel along with her husband, Stephen F. Cohen, an IU alumnus and a pre-eminent scholar of the Soviet Union and Russia.
The fellowship will be called the Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen Fellowship. Robert C. Tucker was a faculty member in the IU Department of Political Science from 1958 to 1961 who was instrumental in the institute's early years and was Cohen's mentor.
Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel at a ceremony honoring him in Moscow in 2008.
REEI is an interdisciplinary unit within the IU College of Arts and Sciences. The Tucker-Cohen Fellowship will be given to incoming Master of Arts students who demonstrate an interest in the history and politics of the Soviet Union or Russia and who plan to pursue careers in public service, such as journalism, secondary education, nonprofit work or the foreign service.
Cohen is a professor of Russian studies and history at New York University and professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University. He is considered one of the top U.S. experts on Russian history and policy. He earned his Bachelor of Science in economics and public policy in 1960, and his Master of Arts in government and Russian studies in 1962, both from IU
Tucker joined the Princeton faculty in 1962. Cohen earned his Ph.D. in government and Russian studies from Columbia University in 1969 and eventually joined Tucker at Princeton and succeeded him as director of the Russian Studies Program there.
About REEI
The Russian and East European Institute (REEI) was established in 1958 on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. REEI administers one of the country's leading programs in Russian and East European area studies. REEI has been designated one of sixteen U.S. Department of Education-funded Title VI National Resource/FLAS Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe for the 2010-2013 grant period.
More than one hundred faculty from eighteen departments and schools are affiliated with the Institute. About 250 IU students are pursuing interdisciplinary study of the REEI region in bachelor, master of arts, professional school, or doctoral degree programs. We invite prospective students to read the letter of greeting from REEI's Director, Padraic Kenney. Prospective students may also email the Institute to request materials by mail. Please include the following in your letter: name, full address, type of degree you are interested in and how you heard about the program.
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The Russian and East European Institute is located in Ballantine Hall, near the center of the IU-Bloomington campus. The main office, located in Ballantine Hall 565, is open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern time zone) on university business days. We invite you to take an on-line campus tour or visit us in person.
REEI is a constituent unit of the IU College of Arts and Sciences and an institutional member of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
In 2009, REEI celebrated its 50th anniversary. We invite you to view our commemorative magazine: Celebrating 50 Years 1958-2008.
