CREES is pleased to present a stimulating schedule of lectures, films, and performances in Fall 2018. Lecture series have been curated on two themes: “Migrations and Multiculturalism” and “Europe, Old and New.”

Speakers and events in the Migrations and Multiculturalism series will focus on migration flows and explore the different meanings and challenges of cultural diversity—from the multiculturalism of the Austro-Hungarian empire to guest workers in socialist Yugoslavia, to anti-immigrant populist movements throughout contemporary Europe.
 
As 2018 marks the centennial of the end of the First World War, the collapse of empires, and the redrawing of Europe’s map, the series Europe, Old and New will explore those themes and critically examine where we are now, at a time of democratic crisis and rising populism throughout Europe.

See below for the full schedule.

Tue, Sep 11, 4-5:30 pm
Conversations on Europe. “Poland, the EU, and Illiberal Democracy.” Krzysztof Śmiszek, human rights lawyer, activist, and managing editor of The Anti-Discrimination Law Review; WCEE Distinguished Fellow, U-M. Sponsors: WCEE, CES, CPPS, CREES, International Policy Center, WCED. 1010 Weiser Hall.

Wed, Sep 12, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture. “US-Russia Relations in the Age of Trump and Putin.” Lisa D. Cook, associate professor of economics and international relations, Michigan State University. Sponsor: CREES. 555 Weiser Hall.

Wed, Sep 26, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture/Conversations on Europe. “Living the End of the Habsburg Empire.” Maureen Healy, associate professor of history, Lewis & Clark College. Sponsors: CREES, CES, HIST. 1010 Weiser Hall.

Tue, Oct 2, 4-5:30 pm
WCED Lecture. “Cooperate or Resist? State-Society Relations and Authoritarianism in Russia and Beyond.” Natalia Forrat, Weiser Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M. Sponsors: WCED, CREES. 555 Weiser Hall.

Wed, Oct 10, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture. “Invisible Europe.” Dubravka Ugrešić, novelist and essayist. Sponsor: CREES, SLL. 555 Weiser Hall.

Mon, Oct 15, 5:30-7 pm
Annual Copernicus Lecture. “Contemporary Poland Fighting for Democracy.” Barbara Nowacka, politician and progressive activist; former leader of Poland’s United Left coalition. Sponsors: CPPS, WCED. 1010 Weiser Hall.

Wed, Oct 31, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture. “Theater, Sociability, and Politics in Putin’s Russia.” Irina Khutsieva, director, Chamber Theatre, Moscow. Sponsor: CREES. 1010 Weiser Hall.

Thu, Nov 1, 7:30 pm
Performance. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello. For ticket information, call 734.764.2538 or see ums.org. Sponsor: University Musical Society. Hill Auditorium.

Tue, Nov 6, 4-5:30 pm
Lecture. “Marc Chagall, the Jewish Renaissance, and the Art of Painting.” Sabine Koller, professor of Slavic-Jewish studies, University of Regensburg. Sponsors: SLL, CREES. 3308 MLB.

Wed, Dec 5, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture. “Class, Culture, and the ‘Gastarbeiters’: Contested Meanings of Labor Migration in Socialist Yugoslavia.” Ulf Brunnbauer, chair of southeast and east European history, University of Regensburg. Sponsors: CREES, SLL. 555 Weiser Hall.

Tue, Dec 11, 4-5:30 pm
Lecture. “Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Lithuania under the Tsars.” Darius Staliunas, deputy director for international relations, Lithuanian Institute of History. Sponsors: FCJS, CREES, HIST, SLL. 2022 Thayer Building.

Sun, Dec 23, 2 pm
Performance. The Nutcracker. The Bolshoi Theater, live in HD from Moscow. Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer. For ticket information, call 734.764.2538 or see ums.org. Sponsor: UMS. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty.


Migrations and Multiculturalism

Speakers and events in this series will focus on migration flows and explore the different meanings and challenges of cultural diversity—from the multiculturalism of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to guest workers in socialist Yugoslavia, to anti-immigrant populist movements throughout contemporary Europe.


Europe, Old and New

2018 marks the centennial of the end of the First World War, the collapse of empires, and the redrawing of Europe’s map. This series explores those themes, but also critically examines where we are now, a century later. Speakers will discuss the challenges of multiculturalism, minority and civic rights at the time of democratic crisis and rising populism throughout Europe.