CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

This milestone conference event took place April 25-26, 2025, as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). We reflected on significant achievements in the field of teaching Russian language and culture while exploring innovative approaches to meet the challenges of the future. All sessions were  recorded and available to ACTR members or upon request.   

Conference languages: English, Russian

Keynote Speakers:

• Judith Kroll, "Being and Becoming Bilingual: New Insights About the Mind and the Brain Reveal the Openness of Language Learning" (University of California, Irvine, USA)
  

• Eleonora Suleimenova, "The Current Language Situation in Kazakhstan: From Language Shift to Russian to Language Diversification" (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Organizing Committee:

• Dan Davidson, Professor Emeritus, Bryn Mawr College, co-chair 
• Olga Klimova, ACTR President, University of Pittsburgh, co-chair
• Lee Roby, ACTR Vice President, Friends School of Baltimore, co-chair
• Richard Brecht, ACCELS and University of Maryland
• Evgeny Dengub, University of Southern California 
• Irina Dubinina, Brandeis University  
• Maria Khotimsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Olesya Kisselev, University of South Carolina
• Irina Kogel, Boston University
• Susan Kresin, University of California, Los Angeles
• Olga Mesropova, Iowa State University
• Olga Mukhortova, Defense Language Institute, The Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Alexandra Shapiro, University of Georgia  

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