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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
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Recent News
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."
State of the Center from CREES Director, Elizabeth King
King highlights major events, student and faculty achievements, and alumni news.
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.
Events
Jan
15
CREES Noon Lecture. Investigative Journalism in the Baltics: Breaking the Kremlin's Operations in Estonia and Latvia
Inga Springe, investigative journalist and co-founder of Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re: Baltica, and Holger Roonemaa, U-M Knight-Wallace Fellow, head of the investigative desk at Delfi Estonia
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Jan
15
II Photo Contest Award Ceremony
3:00 PM
5th Floor Gallery
Weiser Hall
Feb
03
WCEE Film.
Flowers of Ukraine (2024, 70 min.)
Followed by Q&A with film director, Adelina Borets, and film producer, Glib Lukianets
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Feb
18
DSI Lecture Series | Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions
Erin McElroy in Conversation with Matt Bui
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; associate researcher, MIT
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Apr
03
EIHS Lecture: Foreigners in Their Own Land: Chernobyl under the Russian Occupation (2022)
Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
4:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
