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Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
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Recent News
2025 Leadership Appointments at the II and Its Centers and Programs
New director appointments start July 1, 2025.
Gift to WCEE and CCPS expands opportunities for Italian, Mediterranean, and Polish studies at U-M
Sisters Stephanie and Sue Augustyniak give $1 million in honor of their parents M. Teresa Poggi and Stefan Augustyniak.
The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) is dedicated to enhancing interdisciplinary knowledge about and public engagement with the institutions, cultures, and histories of Europe and Eurasia. WCEE and its affiliated centers — the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) and the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies (CCPS) — are housed in the University of Michigan International Institute.
Events
Sep
09
CREES Distinguished Lecture. Putin's Eternal War
Jill Dougherty (BA Russian ’70), adjunct professor of Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; CNN contributor on Russia
5:30 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Sep
10
CCPS Lecture. Polish Diaspora Identities in Archival Home Movies
Agata Zborowska, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow; postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; and assistant professor, Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Sep
14
Multi
Art Exhibition. "Between Voice and Silence"
Artists: Ira Bondarenko (ceramics), University of Michigan; Katya Lisova (textiles) and Matvii Vaisberg (prints), Ukrainian Union of Artists BZH-ART
12:00 PM
Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Duderstadt Center
Sep
14
Between Voice and Silence Opening Reception
Artists: Ira Bondarenko, University of Michigan; Katya Lisova and Matvii Vaisberg, Ukrainian Union of Artists BZH-ART
3:00 PM
Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Duderstadt Center
Oct
02
CCPS Master and Newcomer Film Festival. Wojciech Has Retrospective and Debut
Loss of Balance (2024, dir. Korek Bojanowski),
The Sandglass (1973, dir. Wojciech Has)
6:00 PM
Off Campus Location
