Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
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Congratulations to this year's Hewett Book Prize Winner!
The Ed A Hewett Book Prize, established in 1994, is sponsored by CREES and awarded annually for an outstanding monograph on the political economy of Russia, Eurasia and/or Eastern Europe, published in the previous year.
Congratulations to Greta Uehling, who was awarded the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies!
Ueling, a teaching professor in the Program in International and Comparative Studies, as well as a CREES and DHRC faculty associate, won the prize for "Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine."
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 comprise the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.
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