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Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
Recent News
Announcing the winners of the 2025 II Photo Contest
Eighty-seven photos were submitted this year by U-M students on II administered or funded programs abroad.
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.
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
Feb
10
WCEE Film Series on Ukraine.
Erase the Nation (2023, 56 min)
Followed by Q&A with film director and war journalist Tomasz Grzywaczewski. Moderator, Joseph Sywenkyj, Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism, LSA, Communication and Media, U-M
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Feb
10
Multi
II Cineforum
Italian Classics on Campus
7:00 PM
Space 2435
North Quad
Feb
17
WCEE Film Series on Ukraine.
Soldiers of Song (2024, 90 min, dir. Ryan Smith)
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Feb
18
CREES Noon Lecture. Nonalignment and Decolonial Imagination: Yugoslav Literary Encounters with the Global South
Nataša Kovačević, Professor of English, Eastern Michigan University
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Feb
24
WCEE Film Series on Ukraine.
Lina (2024, 30 min, dir. Mykola Nosok & Oleksiy Oliyar)
Panel Discussion
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Feb
26
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
