Race and racial formations and categories define global systems of power and are not bound by history or culture. Nevertheless, with few noted exceptions, race as a category of analysis has largely been rejected and rendered inapplicable within Slavic, east European, and Eurasian Studies. This unwillingness to expand categories of critical analysis has created a void in our area and field of study, shaping a false sense of racelessness. Without the inclusion of race critical theories into our classrooms and scholarship, our students are left with minimal tools to address difference and social exclusion. In this article, we turn to critical perspectives to highlight some ways that race is being meaningfully incorporated into scholarship about the region. We illustrate why engagement with race and racialization is helpful for analysis, urgent, and necessary. Finally, we also address how our field can better prepare students as they engage these subjects.

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清算时刻：在斯拉夫和东欧研究中超越偏见，参与种族和种族形成

种族和种族形态和类别定义了全球权力体系，不受历史或文化的约束。然而，除了少数值得注意的例外，种族作为一种分析类别在很大程度上被拒绝并在斯拉夫、东欧和欧亚研究中变得不适用。这种不愿扩大批判性分析类别的做法在我们的研究领域和研究领域造成了空白，形成了一种虚假的无种族感。如果没有将种族批判理论纳入我们的课堂和学术研究，我们的学生只能使用最少的工具来解决差异和社会排斥问题。在本文中，我们转向批判性观点，以强调种族被有意义地纳入有关该地区的学术研究的一些方式。我们说明了为什么参与种族和种族化有助于分析、紧急、和必要的。最后，我们还讨论了我们的领域如何在学生参与这些科目时更好地为他们做好准备。