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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
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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
Jan
08
WCEE Lecture. Ukraine’s War in Seven Lives: Writing a People-Centered History of the Present
Danielle Leavitt, WCEE Postdoctoral Fellow, 2025-27
5:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Jan
15
II Photo Contest Award Ceremony & Reception
4:00 PM
5th Floor Gallery
Weiser Hall
Jan
21
CAS Book Talk. Between Armenian(s): A Conversation with Arakel Minassian
Arakel Minassian (U-M) and Michael Pifer (U-M)
4:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
Jan
26
WCEE Lecture. AI for National and International Security: Opportunities Without Losing Control
Driart Elshani, Weiser Professional Development Fellow, Fall 2025
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Jan
28
CREES Noon Lecture. Poetic Voice from a Russian Prison: Zhenya Berkovich and her Striking Protest
Anna Narinskaya, Russian Journalist, playwright, art curator, and activist
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
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
