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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
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Recent News
Congratulations to Professor Valerie Kivelson!
CREES Faculty Associate and recent Associate Director Val Kivelson named one of six Distinguished University Professors at U-M.
New and Reappointed Center & Program Directors at the II
Message from the International Institute director; appointments effective July 1, 2026.
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
Sep
22
Multi
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
10:00 AM
Virtual
Oct
07
CREES Noon Lecture. When Everyday Life Becomes an Event: Mobility in the Georgia-Abkhazia Conflict Zone
Görkem Aydemir-Kundakci, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
12:00 PM
Virtual
Oct
27
Whose City? Street Art and the Performance of Belonging in Tbilisi, Georgia
CWPS Faculty Lecture with Greta Uehling
6:00 PM
Michigan League
Nov
10
CREES Annual Borka Tomljenović Lecture. Reading through the Double Archival Grain: Yugoslav Socialist Humanitarianism and its Whiteness
Čarna Brković, professor of cultural studies and European ethnology, University of Mainz
5:30 PM
Vandenberg Room (2nd floor)
Michigan League
Nov
11
Guest Lecture | Heritage Forensics: Culture on the Front Lines of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Lori Khatchadourian (Cornell University)
4:30 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Nov
13
Multi
33rd Ann Arbor Polish Festival
6:00 PM
