LSA is the place for foundational knowledge where creative thinkers engage with a complex, diverse, and changing world. We need your support to fuel our innovative environment, invest in the brightest people, and advance tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
- Slide 0
- Slide 1
- Slide 2
- Slide 3
Recent News
II Honors Outstanding Staff Members at the 2025 Annual Holiday Celebration
Five standout staff members and one exceptionally collaborative team from the International Institute have been spotlighted for their achievements in 2025.
Student-Led Democracy in Serbia: Dr. Gazela Pudar Draško Delivers Fourth Annual Borka Tomljenović Lecture
CREES hosted Dr. Pudar Draško, who directs the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade, this October.
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
Apr
09
CCPS Lecture. The Trauma of Serfdom: The Psychological Legacy of Unfree Labor in Poland
Kacper Pobłocki, social anthropologist, writer, and associate professor at the University of Warsaw
5:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Apr
13
CCPS Lecture. East of the Atlantic. Black and White (But Not Quite)
Oliwia Bosomtwe, author
5:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Apr
15
CREES Noon Lecture. The Last Soviet Artist
Victoria Lomasko, artist and writer
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Apr
17
Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon
Do We Need to Decolonize Holocaust Museums?
12:00 PM
Hatcher Library Gallery Lab (Room 100H)
Hatcher Graduate Library
Apr
30
2026 International Institute Graduation and Reception Ceremony
Honoring the MIRS, PICS, and Center Graduates
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
