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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
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Recent News
CREES and WCEE support nonresident scholars from Ukraine through Big Ten Academic Alliance initiative
Each center will sponsor one scholar in 2025 through Indiana University program.
Annual Borka Tomljenović Lecture delivered by author Aleksandar Hemon
Hemon, giving a talk entitled “Migration and Narration,” discussed his recently published novel "The World and All That It Holds."
CREES is the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan’s International Institute. A long-time recipient of U.S. Department of Education Title VI grants, the center currently awards US/ED-supported Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. CREES and the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies are affiliated with the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.
Events
Feb
18
DSI Lecture Series | Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions
with Erin McElroy
3:00 PM
Room 1040 (Multipurpose Room)
LSA Building
Feb
19
CREES Noon Lecture. Ukrainian Women as Forced Migrants: Challenges and Pathways to Economic Independence
Liudmyla Huliaieva, associate professor, Academy of Labor, Social Relations, and Tourism, Ukraine; associate researcher, MIT
12:00 PM
Virtual
Feb
27
Ukrainian Resilience and Reflection in Times of War with Oksana Maksymchuk
5:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
11
CREES Film Screening and Discussion. "Gulmira’s Fairy Tales" by Gluklya
With Gluklya (Natalia Pershinaya-Yakimanskaya), artist, and Irina Aristarkhova, professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, U-M, in conversation with CREES Director Elizabeth King
5:30 PM
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Museum of Art
Mar
12
Multi
CREES Exhibition. Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity, an installation by Gluklya
Gluklya, artist
8:00 AM
Gallery, Room 547
Weiser Hall
Mar
12
CREES Noon Lecture. Artist’s Talk on Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity
Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya), artist
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
