Michael Mayer, the award-winning director, is the Israel Studies Project visiting scholar in Fall 2022. Michael Mayer’s feature debut, Out in the Dark, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, sold to more than 40 countries, played in over 130 film festivals, and won 27 awards including a GLAAD Media Award nomination. Mayer’s second feature, Happy Times, won Best...
Alumni Spotlight: Dmitry Tartakovsky
Dmitry Tartakovsky completed his PhD in history in 2009. After working as Attaché/Vice Consul for the State Department, Balkans analyst for Army Special Forces, and the UIUC Library’s Slavic Reference Service, he is currently Managing Editor for the Slavic Review.
