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November 17, 2009
Jam session at U-M to celebrate 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall's collapse

October 26, 2009
Veton Surroi, journalist and activist, to speak about Kosovo War

September 29, 2009
U-M Professor to Erect Inflatable Monument to the Romanian Revolution in Ann Arbor and Romania

September 28, 2009
Former Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski to lecture in University of Michigan undergraduate course and give public talk titled "Where are Europe's Borders?"

September 9, 2009
WCED and other WCEE affiliates present the Fall 2009 series "The Nines," celebrating the iconic anniversaries in 2009

August 18, 2009
WCEE/WCED 2009-2010 Directors' Council announced

March 19, 2009
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies lecture on the Russo-Georgian War

March 11, 2009
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies colloquium on promoting democracy from the ground up

February 15, 2009
Center for Russian and East European Studies panel to feature “Afghanistan--The Once and Future War"

January 25, 2009
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies announces lecture on "U.S. Diplomacy, Civil Society, and Democracy in the Middle East and Europe"

September 8, 2008
Weiser gift of $10 million to establish U-M programs for emerging democracies

September 2, 2008
Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of the Republic of Poland, to deliver the inaugural lecture of the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

In the News

November 19, 2009: AnnArbor.com
"Collapsing Borders" jam session on Friday celebrates 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall collapse

October 13, 2009: AnnArbor.com
Former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski comes to Huron High

October 5, 2009: The University Record
Top U-M Faculty Recognized for Teaching, Scholarship (WCED Faculty Associate John E. Jackson honored with Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award)

Spring 2009: LSA Wire
Could Afghanistan Become Obama's Vietnam? (alumnus David Edwards discusses the administration's strategy)

Spring 2009: LSA Wire
Negotiation Nation (Ambassadors Ronald Weiser and Francis Ricciardone, Jr. discuss U.S. diplomacy)

Spring 2009: LSA Wire
Campaigning for Economic Stability (U-M professor Jan Svejnar reflects on his run for the Czech presidency and the future of the world economy)

Fall 2008: LSA Magazine
Nurturing Democracy (on Ronald and Eileen Weiser's gift to establish WCEE and WCED)

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

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

September 10, 2008: Philanthropy News Digest
University of Michigan Receives $10 Million to Establish Center for Europe and Eurasia

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

September 9, 2008: The Michigan Daily
'U' receives $10 million to ramp up International Institute programs

September 8, 2008: Crain's Detroit Business
UM gets $10 million gift to help form programs for emerging democracies

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