Faculty-Led Programs Across the Eurasian Corridor

Custom, field-based programs in international relations, regional studies, and beyond

Faculty-led programs offer a powerful way to bring academic content into direct engagement with place. Across the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, SRAS supports programs that connect classroom learning with on-the-ground experience—through site visits, expert engagement, and structured regional travel.

Whether you are teaching a course abroad, adapting an existing syllabus for a short-term program, or designing a new course for an international setting, we work with you to create an experience that fits your academic goals, your students, and your institutional requirements. Programs can be based in a single location or move across borders, and can integrate language study, thematic coursework, or applied research components as appropriate.

– WHAT YOU CAN BUILD

Single-Country Programs

Base your program in one country while engaging with multiple cities, regions, and perspectives within it. Programs are typically anchored in major cities such as Riga, Warsaw, Tbilisi, Yerevan, or Bishkek, which offer strong academic infrastructure alongside access to institutions, experts, and local communities.

Multi-Country Programs

Design an itinerary that moves across borders to explore regional dynamics in comparative perspective. Travel through the Baltics and Poland, across the South Caucasus, or within Central Asia to examine how neighboring states navigate shared challenges and distinct trajectories.

Thematic Programs

Organize your program around a central theme—such as security and geopolitics, identity and society, media and information environments, or historical memory. We help translate your academic focus into a field-based experience through site visits, guest lectures, and structured activities.

Short-Term Experiential Programs

Develop programs that fit your academic calendar, including Maymesters, January terms, spring break courses, or embedded travel components within a semester course. Formats can be adapted to meet credit requirements and institutional timelines.

– DESIGNED FOR

Russian, Slavic, and REES Faculty

Faculty in Russian, Slavic, and Eurasian studies have long relied on SRAS for language and regional programming. Today, faculty-led programs offer new opportunities to engage students through broader thematic courses—on identity, history, politics, and culture—while still incorporating Russian or other regional languages where appropriate. Programs can also be structured so that students interested in language study align with existing SRAS language offerings alongside the faculty-led course.

International Relations and Political Science

The regions across the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia provide a rich environment for examining contemporary international relations. Faculty-led programs can focus on security, geopolitics, regional cooperation, information environments, and state development—connecting classroom frameworks to real-world contexts through direct engagement with institutions, experts, and local perspectives.

Study Abroad Offices and Interdisciplinary Programs

We work closely with study abroad offices to develop programs that meet institutional goals for academic quality, safety, and enrollment. Faculty-led programs can support a wide range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, offering flexible formats and locations that align with departmental needs and approval processes. Our experience across multiple countries allows us to support programs in locations where faculty already have established connections, while also helping expand programs into new regional contexts.

– WHY PARTNER WITH SRAS

Regional Expertise and On-the-Ground Networks

Our programs are built on long-standing relationships with local scholars, professionals, and organizations across the region. This allows us to integrate guest lectures, site visits, and engagement with local communities that align directly with your course objectives, drawing on a wide range of perspectives beyond the classroom.

Multi-Country Program Design

We specialize in programs that move across borders, allowing students to examine regional dynamics in comparative perspective. Whether focused on a single country or spanning multiple locations, programs are designed to reflect the interconnected nature of the region.

Academic Integration and Flexibility

We work with you to translate your course into a field-based experience, adapting structure, content, and pacing to fit your academic goals. Programs can incorporate thematic coursework, language study, research projects, or other applied components as appropriate.

Established Infrastructure Across Locations

With program centers and trusted partners across multiple countries, we are able to support consistent program delivery in a range of settings. This includes housing, classroom space, transportation, and local coordination, all aligned with your program design.

Experience Supporting Institutional Processes

We regularly work with faculty and study abroad offices through proposal development, budgeting, and program approval. Our team can provide the documentation and structure needed to move programs from concept to implementation within institutional frameworks.

– EXPLORE SAMPLE PROGRAMS

Faculty-led programs take many forms depending on academic focus, location, and structure. We have developed a range of sample programs that illustrate how courses can be translated into field-based experiences across the region—through a combination of site visits, guest lectures, and regional travel.

Sample programs can be adapted to fit your course, timeline, and institutional requirements. Examples include programs focused on security and international relations, history and memory, identity and society, and language-integrated study.

→ Explore Sample Program Models

– START PLANNING YOUR PROGRAM

Whether you have a fully developed course in mind or are exploring options for a faculty-led program, we are happy to work with you to shape an experience that fits your academic goals and institutional framework.

→ Request a Proposal
Share your course concept, preferred location, and timeline, and we will develop a customized program proposal for your review.

→ Schedule a Consultation
Connect with our team to discuss ideas, explore locations, and determine what format might work best for your course and students.