The Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia (MSSR) brings together graduate students and young professionals who specialize in Russian Studies and international relations for a summer of study at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California*. Leading experts from the United States, Russia, China and Europe provide instruction at the summer program with the goal of improving understanding of Russia, honing analytical skills, and networking. The dates for MSSR 2022 are July 6 - 29.
The Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia is built upon an interdisciplinary curriculum taught by leading experts on international relations, diplomacy, nuclear nonproliferation, economics, cyber-warfare and Russian literature and the arts. MSSR fellows are selected from the finest Russian Studies programs in the world.
*Online for 2020, 2021 and 2022