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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
Recent News
Alumna Jill Dougherty gives standing-room-only talk at CREES!
CREES Distinguished Lecture – “Putin’s Eternal War” with Jill Dougherty
CREES congratulates associate director Valerie Kivelson on the publication of her new book
Exploring the visual record of the Muscovite tsardom, "Images and the Making of the Russian Empire, 1471-1721" demonstrates that, in imperial settings, images actually do things.
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
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            Vladimir Kara-Murza | 2025 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
            
    
    
        
    
        Free People in an Unfree Country: Standing Up to Kremlin Tyranny, Past and Present
            4:30 PM
            Auditorium 
            
            Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) 
        
                Nov
            
            05
            
            
        
            The Ukrainian Way: Poetry and Witnessing
            
            5:30 PM
            1220 
            
            Modern Languages Building 
        
    
    
        
    
        
                Nov
            
            13
            
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            Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
            
            11:00 AM
            
            Virtual
            
        
    
    
        
    
        
                Nov
            
            13
            
            
        
            32nd Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival
            
            6:30 PM
            
            
            Off Campus Location 
        
    
    
        
    
        
                Nov
            
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            32nd Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival
            
            6:00 PM
            
            
            Off Campus Location 
        
    
    
        
    
        
                Nov
            
            15
            
            
        
            32nd Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival
            
            10:00 AM
            
            
            Off Campus Location 
        
    
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
    
    
 
               
            