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2008 | 2007

2008

January 2008: NewsNet: News of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
2008 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize Awarded to Anna Grzymala-Busse for Rebuilding Leviathan: Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies (Cambridge)

December 17-24, 2008: Polish Times
Echoes of a love on Matjias' "Na Razie Bez Ciebie" album (features new CD by CREES Faculty Associate Christian Matjias)

Fall 2008: LSA Magazine
A Humanitarian Hero (on U-M alumnus and CREES Research Associate Robert Donia's gift to establish the Fred Cuny Professorship in the History of Human Rights) 

November 5, 2008: Polish Times
Communist Legacies and Democratic Survival (article on a lecture by Michael Bernhard)

October 8, 2008: Polish Times
Time Does Not Matter (article on the Stasys lecture and exhibition at the University of Michigan)

October 6, 2008: The University Record
CREES Faculty Associate Barbara Anderson receives Regents Award for Distinguished Public Service

October 1, 2008: Polish Times
Lecture by Ex-Polish President Inaugurates Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center

September 20, 2008: The Detroit News
Ex-Polish president speaks

September 9, 2008: The Ann Arbor News
Donation funds democracies study

September 8, 2008: The University Record
Weiser gift of $10 million to establish LSA programs for emerging democracies

September 2, 2008: The University Record
Communism, self-identity and art are topics of Copernicus Lecture

May 12, 2008: The University Record
AAAS selects five faculty members as fellows (including CREES Faculty Associate John Jackson)

May 12, 2008: The University Record
Undergraduates travel to Russia for study tour

March 31, 2008: The University Record
$2.5M gift from Robert Donia and Jane Ritter establishes the Fred Cuny Chair in the History of Human Rights in the Department of History

March 10, 2008: The University Record
Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor Geoff Eley: Social structure past, future topic of talk

February 27, 2008: Polish Times
Walter Wasacz on CREES/CES-EUC Winter 2008 programs and Benjamin Paloff/Modern Polish Literature (PDF) 

February 26, 2008: Prague Daily Monitor
HN: Svejnar says he may run for president again

February 15, 2008: Deutsche-Welle
Euroskeptic Klaus Re-elected Czech President

February 13, 2008: Chronicle of Higher Education
U. of Michigan Professor Mounts Longshot Bid for Czech Presidency

February 10, 2008: The Ann Arbor News
Svejnar will run again Friday

February 8, 2008: Deutsche-Welle
Czech Presidential Race Pits Past Against Future, Says Expert

February 5, 2008: Deutsche-Welle
Czech Presidential Election Highlights Resilient Grudges

February 4, 2008: The Ann Arbor News
U-M professor in last days of presidential campaign

February 2, 2008: The Boston Globe
US professor runs for Czech president

January 7, 2008: University Record
Gerald R. Ford School professor enters race for Czech presidency

January 2, 2008: Prague Daily Monitor
Havel wants Svejnar to replace Klaus as president

2007

December 24, 2007: Reuters
Czech economist Svejnar launches presidential bid

November 19, 2007: University Record
Manoogian Simone Foundation gives $1.2 million for Armenian studies

November 19, 2007: Czech Business Weekly
The man who would be president?

November 19, 2007: Czech Business Weekly
Svejnar prepares his entrance

November 9, 2007: The Michigan Daily
'U' professor mulling bid for Czech presidency

November 5, 2007: Radio Praha
Will Jan Svejnar be real "anti-Klaus"?

November 5, 2007: Prague Daily Monitor
Greens to support Svejnar's candidacy for president

October 8, 2007: University Record
Top U-M faculty garner annual awards
John V.A. Fine, Jr., professor of history and CREES faculty associate, receives 2007 University of Michigan Press Award for his book, When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans.