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2009-10

Nationalism, Myth, and Politics: Russians and Serbs in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. CREES lecture by Veljko Vujačić, William G. and Jeanette Williams Smith Associate Professor of Sociology, Oberlin College. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for European Studies-European Union Center. October 21, 2009. (audio )

Socialist Generic: Branding and State Legitimacy in Socialist Hungary. CREES lecture by Krisztina Fehérváry, assistant professor of anthropology, U-M. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for European Studies-European Union Center. October 14, 2009. (audio )

Where are Europe's Borders? Conversations on Europe/WCED lecture by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005). Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 8, 2009. (audio video) 

A conversation in Polish with Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005). CREES lecture and discussion. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. October 7, 2009. (audio )

Mirrors of Russian Imperial History: A Case of Ideological Construction of Empire in the Early Twentieth Century and a Reflection on Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Historical Debates. CREES lecture by Alexander Semyonov, visiting associate professor of history, U-M; and associate professor of history and political science, Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Department of History. September 23, 2009. (audio )

Russia: Who’s in Charge? CREES lecture by Paul J. Saunders (MA REES/Political Science ’92, BA Political Science ’90), executive director, The Nixon Center. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. September 16, 2009. (audio )

Subnational Authoritarianism and the Russian Federation. CREES lecture by Vladimir Gel’man, chair of political science and sociology, European University at St. Petersburg. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. September 9, 2009. (audio )

2008-09

The First Russian Voyage Around the World (1803-1806), as described in German Sources. CREES Lecture by Victoria Moessner, professor of German, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. April 15, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

The Russo-Georgian War and the Prospects for Democratization in Postcommunist Space. WCED Colloquium by M. Steven Fish, professor, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies and Center for Russian and East European Studies. April 2, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

Europe’s Political and Economic Challenges. Conversations on Europe Lecture by Jan Svejnar, director, International Policy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center; Center for Russian and East European Studies; International Policy Center, Ford School of Public Policy; and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. March 25, 2009. (audio ) (interview in the LSA Wire)

What is Ukrainian about Ukraine's Pop Culture? The Strange Case of Verka Serduchka. CREES Lecture by Serhy Yekelchyk, associate professor and chair, Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. March 18, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

Afghanistan--The Once and Future War. CREES Panel with David B. Edwards, W. Van Alan Clark '41 Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College; Alessandro Monsutti, 2008-09 postdoctoral fellow, Agrarian Studies Program, Yale University, and social anthropologist, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and M. Nazif Shahrani, Chairman, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, professor of anthropology, Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. March 12, 2009. (video posted on U-M iTunes U) (interview with David Edwards in the LSA Wire) (more info)

The Building of Stalin-Era Nizhnii Novgorod (Gorky): Matter, Metaphor, and Power. CREES Lecture by Heather DeHaan, assistant professor, Department of History, Binghamton University, and 2009 Kennan Institute Fellow. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. February 18, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe. Conversations on Europe Lecture by Nina Bandelj, assistant professor, University of California, Irvine. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. February 5, 2009. (audio ) (more info) 

Career Paths and Opportunities for Students Specializing in Area Studies. CREES Lecture by Martha Loerke (MA REES '90), director, Scholarship Programs, Open Society Institute. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. February 4, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

What is Post-Soviet about Islam in Central Asia? CREES Lecture by John Schoeberlein, lecturer on Central Asia, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. January 21, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

NECRO-UTOPIA: The Politics of the Indistinction and the Art of the Non-Soviet. CREES Lecture by Alexei Yurchak, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. January 21, 2009. (audio ) (more info) [Please note: Due to technical difficulties, this recording of Professor Yurchak's lecture includes extraneous noises. We are nonetheless posting it for those who could not attend.]

Fear and Loathing in Moscow: Covering 11 Time Zones and 15 Republics during Times of Great Change, 1989-1995. CREES Lecture by Stephanie DeGroote (BA REES '85), producer, Sky News, London, and 2008–09 Knight-Wallace Fellow, U-M. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. January 14, 2009. (audio ) (more info)

With or Without Women's Movements? Democratization, Economic Transformation, and Women's Equality in Central Asia. WCED Lecture by Marianne Kamp, associate professor, Department of History, University of Wyoming. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. December 3, 2008. (audio ) (more info)

"Consciously Made Children," "Living for Oneself," or "Giving Birth to a Patriot": Russia's Revival of Family Support and the Discursive Erasure of Gender Inequality. CREES Lecture by Michele Rivkin-Fish, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. November 6, 2008. (audio ) (more info)

Coffee House Babble: Smoking and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Bulgaria. CREES Lecture by Mary Neuburger, associate professor, Department of History, University of Texas-Austin. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. October 23, 2008. (audio ) (more info)

Communist Legacies and Democratic Survival: Liability or Advantage? WCED lecture by Michael Bernhard, professor, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 8, 2008. (audio ) (more info)

Promoting Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. WCEE/WCED inaugural lecture by Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, 1995-2005; and Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies; Center for European Studies-European Union Center; Center for Russian and East European Studies; and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. September 19, 2008. (video posted on U-M iTunes U) (more info)

Looking into the "Black Holes" of Central Asian History: The Rise of Khoqand and Why it Matters. Lecture by Scott Levi, associate professor, Department of History, Ohio State University. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. September 4, 2008. (audio ) (more info)

2007-08

How Russia Really Works: Informal Practices in Politics and Business. Lecture by Alena Ledeneva, lecturer, Social Sciences Department, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. April 2, 2008. (audio )

 

Sexual and Labor Trafficking in the Soviet Successor States: How the Former USSR Became a Global Center of Illegal Migration. Lecture by Louise Shelley, professor, George Mason School of Public Policy, George Mason University. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for International and Comparative Law, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and Ford School of Public Policy. March 19, 2008. (audio )

 

Learning in a Soft Authoritarian Regime: What the Borat Episode Tells Us about (the Real) Kazakhstan. Lecture by Edward Schatz, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. March 5, 2008. (audio )

 

Europe: Heir to the Ages or Pregnant Widow. EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe by Neal Ascherson, distinguished journalist and author. Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Copernicus Endowment; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; and International Institute. January 17, 2008. (video)

 

The Blurred Borders of State and Islam in Central Asia. Lecture by Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. January 9, 2008. (audio )

 

Freedom's Articulation in Europe and Eurasia. End of Semester Luncheon with U-M faculty: Michael D. Kennedy, CES-EUC/CREES; Dario Gaggio, History; Anna Grzymala-Busse, Political Science; and Gerard Libaridian, Armenian Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for European Studies-European Union Center. December 12, 2007. (audio )

New Lines of Tolerance and Intolerance in Europe. Symposium with Agnieszka Graff, University of Warsaw; Joshua Cole, History, U-M; and Hadley Renkin, Albion College. Moderator: Brian Porter-Szucs, U-M. Co-sponsored by the Copernicus Endowment, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Center for European Studies-European Union Center. December 6, 2007. (audio)

When the Virgin is Your Queen: Reflections of Gender and Nationalism in Poland. Lecture by Agnieszka Graff, assistant professor, Center for American Studies, University of Warsaw. Co-sponsored by the Copernicus Endowment, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Institute for Research on Women and Gender. December 5, 2007. (audio )

Mystics, Nomads and Troubadours in Central Asian Music. Lecture-demonstration featuring Ted Levin, Parents Distinguished Research Professor, Dartmouth College, and performers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Qaraqalpakstan, and Tajikistan. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University Musical Society, and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. October 24, 2007. (audio )

U.S.-Russia Relations: Present Realities - Future Prospects. Lecture by Ambassador James F. Collins, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001; senior associate and director, Russian and Eurasian Program; and diplomat in residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Co-sponsored by the Ford School of Public Policy and Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 17, 2007. (audio )

 

From Revolution to Reintegration: Romania's Return to Europe. Conversations on Europe Lecture by Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timisoara, Romania. Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center and Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 11, 2007. (audio )

 

Russia at the End of Putin's Presidency: Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges. Lecture by Lilia Shevtsova, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington) and Moscow Carnegie Center. Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Ford School of Public Policy. September 26, 2007. (audio )

2006-07

The Transformation of Europe. Seminar with University of Michigan faculty and students featuring Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland, 1995-2005. Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Office of the President. October 26, 2006. (audio )

Polish Student and Faculty Seminar with Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland, 1995-2005. Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Office of the President. October 24, 2006. (audio )