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Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
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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
Mar
10
WCEE Emerging Issues Lecture. Why Greenland Matters Now
Gabriella Gricius, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz, Senior Fellow at the Arctic Institute, and Fellow at the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network
4:00 PM
Forum Hall
Palmer Commons
Mar
14
TedXUofM 2026
Baktygul Chynybaeva, First-year student in the Masters in Regional Studies - Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies specialization, and CREES Alumni Klementina Sula, MA Public Policy 2011
3:00 PM
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Mar
17
Multi
II Cineforum
Italian Classics on Campus
7:00 PM
Space 2435
North Quad
Mar
19
The Eisendrath Symposium: Covering Migration in Europe
Covering Migration in Europe: Displacement, Trauma and Reporting on Vulnerable Sources
4:30 PM
Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th Floor
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Mar
25
CREES Noon Lecture. A Global Perspective on Campaigns for Reproductive Rights: Insights from Soviet and Contemporary Russia
Michele Rivkin-Fish, UNC-Chapel Hill
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Mar
28
Ann Arbor Film Festival. Short Films by Ukrainian Filmmakers
3:30 PM
Off Campus Location
