The following CREES-affiliated faculty, research associates, and staff contribute to the University of Michigan's training, research, and outreach activities in Southeast European studies. For more information, see CREES People.

University of Michigan Faculty

Aleksic, Tatjana:  Slavic Languages & Literatures, Comparative Literature
Ballinger, Pamela: History
Branch, John:  Business
Eagle, Herbert J.:  Slavic Languages & Literatures, Residential College
Fine, John V. A.:  History
Hagen, Gottfried:  Near Eastern Studies
Herscher, Andrew:  Architecture & Urban Planning, Slavic Languages & Literatures
Lambropoulos, Vassilios:  Classics, Comparative Literature
Lemon, Alaina:  Anthropology
Leontis, Artemis:  Classical Studies, Modern Greek
Levitsky, Melvyn:  Public Policy
Mirel, Jeffrey:  Education, History
Poskovic, Endi:  Art & Design
Rosic, Marija:  Slavic Languages & Literatures
Trandafirescu, Anca:  Architecture
Whallon, Robert:  Anthropology, Museum of Anthropology
Zimmerman, William:  Political Science, Center for Political Studies (Emeritus)

CREES Research Associates

Berglund, Bruce R.:  History, Calvin College
Cantir, Cristian A.: Political Science, Oakland University
Donia, Robert J.:  CREES, U-M
Deegan-Krause, Kevin:  Political Science, Wayne State University
Schwartz, Ellen:  Art, Eastern Michigan University
Vujacic, Veljko:  Sociology, Oberlin College

Library Staff: Slavic and East European Division

Crayne, Janet

CES Staff

Gruden-Alajbegovic, Natasa

CREES Staff

Parmelee, Donna E.

Through CREES, students wishing to focus on Southeastern Europe may do so within interdisciplinary undergraduate minor, bachelor's, master's, and graduate certificate programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. They may also emphasize the region in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in anthropology, business, comparative literature, economics, history, law, natural resources, political science, public policy, Slavic languages and literatures, and sociology.

Courses

The University of Michigan offers an array of courses addressing Southeast European culture, history, language, politics, and society (see below). For offerings in specific terms, see CREES courses.

• AAPTIS 491 - An Islamic City in the Balkans
• First and Second Year Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
• BCS 436 - Modern Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Literature
• BCS 439 - Directed Reading of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Literature
• Comparative Literature 771 - Vampiric Nations: Or When Is It Dying Already
• History 318 - Europe in the Era of Total War, 1870-1945
• History 430 - History of the Balkans from the 6th Century to 1878
• History 431 - History of the Balkans Since 1878
• History 408 - Byzantine Empire, 284-867
• History 409 - Byzantine Empire, 867-1453
• History 625 - Studies in Balkan History
• History 626 - Studies in Byzantine History
• REEES 396 - Survey of Central and Eastern Europe and the Enlarged European Union
• REEES 397 - Eastern Europe in Transformation
• Slavic 151 - First-Year Seminar (e.g., Myth and History in Contemporary Balkan Literature, Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav Short Fiction
• Slavic 470 - Topics in the Cultural Studies of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe (e.g., Urbicide: Violence against the City; Colonialism of the Imagination: Greece and the Balkans)

Mini-Courses in Southeast European Studies

• 2007: Ethnicity and Violence in Former Yugoslavia, Herbert J. Eagle
• 2005: The Bosnian War and the Dayton Agreement, Robert J. Donia
• 2005: Psychosocial Consequences of War: A Bosnia Case Study, Bonnie Miller

Fred Cuny Fellowships

From 2000-07, CREES awarded Fred Cuny Fellowships to incoming doctoral or master's level students at the University of Michigan who expected to focus their graduate work on the region of southeastern Europe. The award was named in honor of disaster relief specialist Fred Cuny (1944-95), who used his engineering and organizational skills to do humanitarian work around the world including reconstruction of Sarajevo's water filtration system in 1993.

Cuny Fellowship Recipients

• 2007: Milena Todorova (REES/Public Policy)
• 2004: Alexander Angelov (History)
• 2002: Oana Mateescu (Anthropology/History)
• 2001: Michelle Kelso (Sociology)
• 2000: Edin Hajdarpasic (History), Emil Kerenji (History)

CREES organizes lectures, conferences, film screenings, and other programs on the region (see selected past events listed below).

For complete information about Southeast European studies events, please visit the CREES Events Calendar. You may also sign up for our email or U.S. mail notifications.

Selected Major Southeast European Studies Events

• Focus: Romania, A Series of Lectures and Performances (Fall 2009)
• Tribute and Symposium Honoring John V.A. Fine, Jr. (September 28-29, 2007)
• Revisiting Yugoslavia's Dissolution (Winter 2007); (related interview with Natasa Kandic)
• Reintegrating Bosnia: Ten Years after the Dayton Agreement (Fall 2005)
• Balkan Film Series (Fall 2002)
• What After NATO'S Battle for Kosovo/a? (October 9, 1999)
• Doing History in the Shadow of the Balkan Wars (January 17-18, 1997)
• Making War and Peace in the Balkans: The Role of Media (October 19-20, 1995)

The SEES Endowment Fund is used to support Southeast European studies at the University of Michigan. Gifts will support instruction in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language; programming initiatives such as lectures, conferences, symposia, and film series; student fellowships in Southeast European studies; and approved projects that ensure the continued advancement of a deeper understanding of the people, culture, and politics of the region. Please review the various options for making a gift.

For more information, contact Marysia Ostafin by email (mostafin@umich.edu) or phone (734.647.2237).

The following websites offer a starting place for information on Southeast Europe or Southeast European studies.

University of Michigan Resources

• Humanities Text Initiative: Travels in Southeastern Europe
• Resources on the Countries of Southeastern Europe (University Library)
• Slavic Language Learning Site: Serbo-Croatian (Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Selected Organizational Links

• B92
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
• European Stability Initiative
• Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Humanitarian Law Center
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Balkans
• Institut za istoriju Sarajevo
• Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe
• Media Centar Sarajevo
• Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine
• Office of the High Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Otvorena knjiga/OpenBook (Sarajevo)
• Public International Law & Policy Group
• Sarajevo Self-Portrait: Images and Words by Nine Photographers from Bosnia
• South East Europe TV Exchanges
• Southeast European Studies Association

Curriculum Materials

• Bosnia: War, History, Nationality - a middle/high school-level curricular unit developed for CREES by Steven Boyce
• European Stability Initiative Interactive Map of the Balkans (2007)
• Children of War: Fighting, Dying, Surviving
• Outreach World - an online source for instructional materials prepared by U.S. Department of Education-funded National Resource Centers

Other Resources

• Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia (Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas)
• REESWeb (Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh)
• Webliographies (Slavic and East European Language Research Center, Duke University)