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T

he Cold War stimulated area

studies with government and

foundation funding, and 9/11/01

and the Iraq war have done

something similar for specificworld regions. If serious and abiding conflict

inspires respect for and investment in area

studies, then what should we make of this

headline from June 5th: Czech Minister

Says Russia Seeks to Spread Fear?

Regardless of the potentials for political

escalation, Russian and East European stud-

ies during the Cold War were never a simple

reflection of politics. Research, training, and

scholarship were partly designed to know

the enemy, but were also focused on

explaining how enemies and alliances were

made in political and military arenas as well

as through cultural and social relations. While

some scholars focused primarily on Russian

autocratic traditions and socialisms totalitar-

ian tendencies, many worked to explain how

patterns of capitalist development, dynamics

of violence and oppression, and other global

factors contributed to the Cold War. Still

others sought to identify ties that bind us

through the arts, everyday life, and the envi-ronment. Regardless of political persuasion

or effect, real scholarship was committed to

the highest academic standards of evaluation.

That history is important to remember, espe-

cially when the rhetoric of Cold War II fills

the air.

Russian resistance to a missile defense

system in the Czech Republic and Poland

occasioned Minister Aleksander Vondras

June 5 statement, but this conflict over mili-

tary postures only reinforces recent anxieties

over energy security and the intensity of

efforts to understand Russias intentions.

That, however, is the wrong focus.There is no single actor named Russia,

and thus we have to understand the power

relations that shape any particular Russian

actors strategy. Second, its unpro-

ductive to focus on strategy with-

out understanding its context and

how it is influenced by relations

with others. Gazproms relations

with German energy business are

very different than with Polands

or Britains, and its vision of the

future is very different in Europe

than in East Asia. More than ever,

we need to develop a scholarship

that allows us to take into account

the histories, cultures, and various

institutions shaping dynamics that

generate increased conflict or pro-

mote productive relations, espe-

cially when the rules that shape

these practices are themselves

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From the Director 2

Calendar of Events 3

Student News 5

Graduate/Professional News 5

Alumni/ae News 6

Outreach Highlights 7

Visiting Scholar 8

Funding Sources 8

REES Courses 8

Faculty/Research Associate News 9

Cover: Kazakh performer of the Bardic Divas

Photo: Kate Vincent AKTC

CREESNEWSCenter for Russian and East European StudiesUniversity of Michigan

1080 South University Avenue

Suite 4668

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

Telephone 734.764.0351

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not very transparent. We are especially

fortunate therefore to have the perspicaciou

analyst Lilia Shevtsova begin our years

engagement of contemporary Russia on

September 26.While America and Russia may have

defined the terms of the Cold War, the

power to transform global geopolitics and

social relations in our times no longer rest

so exclusively in the superpowers. We loo

forward to observations of Timisoaras Ma

Gheorghe Ciuhandu on how his pivotal city

initiated Romanian communisms end and

how it might influence Europes future.

Another important foundation for a better

understanding of the region lies in our con

tinuing focus on the arts. With Central Asi

Polish, Romanian, and Russian music and

literature featured this fall, we find newopportunities for extending our connections

Whether we face the beginnings of Co

War II, we are confronting new challenges

area studies. Much of what we had to lear

in the past remains important, but we nee

to develop new scholarship that connects

the cultural ties, social relations, and instit

tions across our region in articulation with

other parts of the world. We also need

scholarship that helps us understand the

conditions for freedom not only within com

munities but across them. Given the calibe

of our guest presenters and programs, and

the exceptional networks of faculty and

students working at CREES, I am confiden

that the scholarship critical to our times w

be found in our milieu.

Michael D. Kennedy

Director

L Lilia Shevtsova, noted specialist on Russian domestic politics

and political institutions, will speak at U-M on September 26

(see p. 3 for details).


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Calendar of Events

All events are in 1636 International Institute/SSWB, 1080 S. University Ave., unless otherwise noted.

L Central Eurasia Series

O Russia Series

" Nationalism Series

4 Romania Series

# Student, Faculty, and Alumni Series

L Mon, Sept 10, 79 pm

Film. Fall of Otrar. Ardak Amirkulov, director.

This historical epic depicts the intrigue and

turmoil among the Kipchacks, preceding

Genghis Khans systematic destruction of

the lost East Asian civilization of Otrar. In

Kazak, Mongolian, and Chinese with English

subtitles (165 min., 1991). Awarded the

FIPRESSI Prize (Locarno). Co-sponsored with

the Center for Middle Eastern and NorthAfrican Studies (CMENAS). Auditorium B,

Angell Hall.

4 Tue, Sept 11, 121:30 pm

Lecture. The Gold of the Dacians and Two

Wars That Built the Forum Traiani in Rome.

Maria Hunciag, former arts curator, Romanian

National Art Museum. Sponsored by the

Institute of Humanities. Room 2022, 202 S.

Thayer St.

L Fri, Sept 14, 11 am12 pm

Lecture. Mahalla (Urban Neighborhood) in

Central Asia. Morgan Liu, assistant profes-sor, Department of Near Eastern Languages

and Cultures and Department of Comparative

Studies, Ohio State University. Sponsored

with CMENAS and the Department of Near

Eastern Studies. 1528 CC Little Building.

O Thu, Sept 20, 122 pm

Colloquium Speaker. Markets, Performance,

or Structure Earnings Inequality across Time

and Space in Russia, 1991-2004. Ted

Gerber, associate professor, Department

of Sociology, and director, Center for Russia,

East Europe and Central Asia, University of

Wisconsin-Madison. Sponsored by theDepartment of Sociology. 4154 LSA Building.

O Wed, Sept 26, 45:30 pm

Lecture. Russia at the End of Putins

Presidency: Domestic and Foreign Policy

Challenges. Lilia Shevtsova, senior associ-

ate, Carnegie Endowment for International

Peace (Washington) and Moscow Carnegie

Center. Co-sponsored with the Ford School

of Public Policy. Forum Hall, Palmer

Commons, 100 Washtenaw Ave.

# Fri, Sept 28, 1011 am

Lecture. Alumni Career Conversation.

Anna Stinchcomb (MA REES/MPP 04),

Bosnia desk officer and regional rule-of-law

officer, Office of South Central European

Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Co-spon-

sored with the Ford School of Public Policy.

Steelcase Conference Room, 2120 Weill

Hall, 735 S. State St.

# Fri, Sept 28, 57 pm

Reception and Tribute. Honoring the life

and work of John V.A. Fine, Jr., professor,

Department of History, U-M. Co-sponsored

with CMENAS, Department of History,

Modern Greek Program, and Medieval and

Early Modern Studies Program. Vandenberg

Room, Michigan League.

# Sat, Sept 29, 9 am5 pm

Symposium. A Tradition Continued: A

Symposium on Byzantine, Balkan & Church

History in Honor of John V.A. Fine, Jr.

Presentations by Professor Fines current

and former students. For sponsors, see

related event on Sept 28. Henderson Room,

Michigan League.

Sat, Sept 29, 8 pm

Concert. Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in

a concert that includes Rachmaninoffs Piano

Concerto No. 2with Arthur Greene, profes-

sor of piano, U-M School of Music, Theatre

& Dance. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor

Symphony Orchestra. For ticket information,

call 734.994.4801 or see .

Hill Auditorium.

4 Tue, Oct 2, 8 pm

Concert. Chamber Music Concert that

includes works by Martinu, Kodaly, and

Grigoriu. Performed by Kyoko Kashiwagi,

violin; Marian Tanau, violin; Eva Stern, viola;

and Paul Wingert, cello. For ticket information,

call 734.769.2999 or see . Kerrytown Concert

House.

L Wed, Oct 10, 121 pm

Lecture. Islam and the Great Game in

Central Asia. Robert Crews, assistant

professor, Department of History, Stanford

University. Co-sponsored with the Russian/

Soviet History Workshop and CMENAS.

4 Thu, Oct 11, 4 pm

Conversations on Europe. From

Revolution to Reintegration: Romanias

Return to Europe. Gheorghe Ciuhandu,

mayor of Timisoara, Romania. Co-sponsored

with the Center for European Studies-

European Union Center (CES-EUC).

O Thu, Oct 11, 78:30 pm

Lecture. In the Storm: Sholem Aleichem

and the Revolution of 1905. Olga Litvak,

assistant professor, History Department,

Princeton University. Co-sponsored with the

Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. Room

2022, 202 S. Thayer St.

O Fri, Oct 12, 121:30 pm

Lecture. El Lissitzkys Jewish Signature and

the Making of Modern Russian Art. Olga

Litvak, assistant professor, History

Department, Princeton University. Co-spon-

sored with the Frankel Center for Judaic

Studies. Room 2000, 202 S. Thayer St.

Fri, Oct 12, 8 pm

Concert. Krystian Zimerman, piano.

Sponsored by the University Musical Society.

For ticket information, call 734.764.2538 or

see . Hill Auditorium.

4 Tue, Oct 16, 8 pm

Concert. Chamber Music Concert that

includes works by Enescu, Kodaly,

Bacewicz, Bolcom, and Sheng. Performed

by Detroit Symphony musicians and faculty

members at the University of Michigan,

Wayne State University, and Eastern Michigan

University. For ticket information, call

734.769.2999 or see . Kerrytown Concert House.

L Wed, Oct 24, 121:30 pm

Lecture-Demonstration. Mystics, Nomads,

and Troubadours in Central Asian Music.

Ted Levin, Parents Distinguished Research

Professor, Dartmouth College, and

performers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,Qaraqalpakstan, and Tajikistan. Co-sponsored

with the University Musical Society and

CMENAS.

L Wed, Oct 24, 8 pm

Concert. Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia:

Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours featuring

Alim Qasimov, Badakhshan Ensemble, and

Bardic Divas. Sponsored by the University

Musical Society. For ticket information, call

734.764.2538 or see .

Michigan Theater.


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Calendar continued

O Mon, Oct 29, 46 pm

Lecture. Refined Jews: Yikhes (Origins)

and Social Status in the (Post)-Soviet

Shtetl. Anna Kushkova, Department of

Anthropology and Jewish Studies Program,

European University at St. Petersburg. Co-

sponsored with the Frankel Center for Judaic

Studies; Departments of Anthropology,

History, Slavic Languages and Literatures;

and Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

(EIHS). Room 2022, 202 S. Thayer St.

O Tue, Oct 30, 8 pm

Concert. Russian Patriarchate Choir.

Anatoly Grindenko, director. Sponsored by

the University Musical Society. For ticket

information, call 734.764.2538 or see

. St. Francis of Assisi

Catholic Church, 2250 E. Stadium.

O Wed, Oct 31, 121 pm

Lecture. Ksenias Lament: Womens Voices

in the Muscovite Theater and Beyond.

Claudia Jensen, affiliate faculty of music

history, Department of Slavic Languages and

Literatures, University of Washington.

O Sun, Nov 4, 7 pm

Concert. St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Yuri

Temirkanov, conductor. Sponsored by the

University Musical Society. For ticket infor-

mation, call 734.764.2538 or see

. Hill Auditorium.

# Wed, Nov 7, 121 pm

Lecture. A CREES Grads Career. Dina

Smeltz (MA REES `92), deputy director and

Europe and Middle East branch chief, Office

of Research, Bureau of Intelligence and

Research, U.S. Department of State. Co-

sponsored with CMENAS.

L Wed, Nov 7, 79 pm

Film. Orator. Yasup Razikov, director. A politi-

cal comedy about the establishment of

Soviet power in Uzbekistan in the 1920s. In

Uzbek with English subtitles (90 min, 1998).

Co-sponsored with CMENAS. Auditorium A,

Angell Hall.

O Fri, Nov 9, 121:30 pm

Lecture. The Three Pigs: Rethinking the

Collapse of Authoritarian Regimes after the

Cold War. Lucan Way, assistant professor,

Department of Political Science, University of

Toronto. Sponsored by the Comparative

Politics Workshop, Department of Political

Science. Walker Room, 5th Floor, Haven Hall.

Fri, Nov 9, 124 pm

Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studie

Symposium. Practices and Power in

Everyday Life; Aspects of the History of th

Twentieth Century. Alf Ldtke, research

associate, Max Planck Institute for the

Research of Multireligious and Multiethnic

Societies, Gttingen, Germany. Co-spon-

sored with EIHS, CES, and other units. 10

Tisch Hall.

SatSun, Nov 1011

14th Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival.

Organized by the Polish American Congre

Ann Arbor Chapter, and U-M Polish Club. F

information, see

Michigan Theater.

L Mon, Nov 12, 45:30 pm

Lecture. Regional Conflicts in the South

Caucasus: The Azerbaijani Perspective. E

Suleymanov, Consul-General of Azerbaija

Los Angeles. Co-sponsored with ASP, CM

NAS, and CES-EUC.

# Wed, Nov 28, 121:30 pm

Student Presentations. Graduate and

undergraduate student presentations on th

summer research and internship experienc

funded by CREES.

ReVoLUtioNFrom

REINTEGRATION:toROMANIAS RETURNto Europe

Conversations on Europe

Gheorghe Ciuhandu,

Mayor of Timisoara, Romania

Thursday, October 11, 2007, 4 pm

1636 International Institute

Gheorghe Ciuhandu is rare among Romanian politicians. Bor

into a modest family of teachers who followed and respected

the traditions of their forbearers, he never belonged to theCommunist Party and refused to become a member. After the

bloody revolution in December 1989, he joined the National

Peasant Christian-Democratic Party, which had been banned

since the communists came to power in 1947, and was invite

to be part of the first post-revolutionary governing committe

By the end of 1990, he joined the opposition in Timisoara; in

2004, he became president of the National Peasant Christian

Democratic-Party. First elected mayor of Timisoara in 1996,

Gheorghe Ciuhandu began working on the citys economic

revival and improvements to its infrastructure. Following

reelection as mayor in 2004, he was nominated by his party

as their presidential candidate. After losing the election, he

returned to Timisoara to pave the way to the EU, culminating

in Romanias entry in 2007. Sponsors: CES-EUC and CREES


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News

Staff News

CREES staff members Marysia Ostafin and

Roberta Nerison-Low received service

awards in 2006 recognizing their 20 years ofservice at U-M.

Ingrid Peterson joined the CREES staff as

administrative associate in July 2007. She

has extensive international experience,

including study abroad in Ecuador and

England; English teaching in Japan; and

employment at non-profit, educational, and

corporate organizations with international

links. Ingrid holds a B.A. in international and

Latin American studies from Kalamazoo

College and M.A. in international relations

from the University of Sussex.

UndergraduateStudent News

Our best wishes to the following REES stu-

dents who received Bachelor of Arts degrees

in 2007: Kathryn Gaylord-Miles (honors

REES/French), Svetlana Kanayeva

(REES/minor in economics), Benedict Lee

(honors history/political science/minor in

Russian studies), Frank Martin-Buck (honors

economics/minor in Russian studies), Colleen

OShea (REES/minor in history of art), and

Colin Venettis (honors REES/minor in history).

Alfred G. Meyer Prize: The Alfred G. Meyer

Prize for 2007 was awarded to Jonathan

Talbert (honors LSA) and Garrick Williams

(aerospace engineering). The Meyer Prize is

awarded in recognition of distinguished

undergraduate research and writing in

Russian and East European Studies.

Excellence in Polish Language Studies

Award: Rachel Enoch (environment)

received the 200607 Award for Excellence

in Polish Language Studies.

Excellence in BCS Language Studies:

Matthew Vanderwerff (REES MA) received

the 200607 Award for Excellence in

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language Studies.

Other Undergraduate Student Grant and

Award Recipients: International Institute

Individual Fellowships to support summer

projects in 2007 were awarded to Katherine

Fobear (REES/anthropology/sociology) in

Hungary, Sonia Isard (REES/economics/

minor in Judaic studies) in Russia and

Ukraine, and Benjamin Shepard (anthropol-

ogy/Russian) in Russia. CREES Research,

Internship, and Fellowship awards to support

summer projects were given to Katherine

Fobear, Sonia Isard, and Kole Kurti

(REES/political science) in Albania. Sonia

Isard also received funding for her research

from the Frankel Center and the undergradu-

ate honors program. Congratulations!

Graduate andProfessional StudentNews

Recent PhD Graduates: Congratulations to

200607 PhD graduates Vadim Besprozvany

(Slavic languages and literatures), Victoria

Gardner (Near Eastern studies), Anna

Kuxhausen (history), Sabina Pauta Pieslak

(musicology), and Brienna Perelli-Harris

(sociology).

Recent REES MA Graduates:

Congratulations to the following students

who received REES MA degrees in 2007:

Catherine Borden (REES/history), Adam

Courtman (REES), Shannon Hill (REES/pub-

lic policy), and Bertrand Metton (REES).

New REES MA Students: This fall we wel-

come seven new graduate students: Ryan

Aiken (Brigham Young University), Brett

Burnham (Brigham Young University, dual

with law), Elizabeth Everson (Macalester

College), Deborah Jones (Middlebury

College), Arielle Sokol (University of Denver),

Milena Todorova (Agnes Scott College, dual

with public policy), and Renee Underwood

(U.S. Military Academy at West Point).

New REES Graduate Certificate Student:

Jessica Lowen (anthropology doctoral student)

2007 Summer FLAS Fellowships: Sara

Feldman, Near Eastern studies doctoral stu-

dent (for study of Russian); Shannon Hill,REES and public policy masters student

(Russian); Jeremy Johnson, REES masters

student (Russian); Kristie Kachler, English

masters student (Lithuanian); Elana

Resnick, incoming anthropology doctoral stu-

dent (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian); Rachel

Schroeder, sociology doctoral student

(Russian); and Kevin Yamami, information

doctoral student (Uzbek)

200708 Academic Year FLAS Fellowships:

Ian Campbell, history doctoral student

(Uzbek); Deborah Jones, incoming REES

O Thu, Nov 29, 4 pm

Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Lecture. Breaking Eggs, Making Omelets:

Explaining Terror in Lenin and Stalins

Revolutions. Ronald G. Suny, Charles Tilly

Collegiate Professor of Social and Political

History and professor, Department of History,

U-M. Sponsored by EIHS. 1014 Tisch Hall.

" Wed, Dec 5, 34:30 pm

Lecture. When the Virgin is Your Queen:

Reflections of Gender and Nationalism in

Poland.Agnieszka Graff, assistant profes-

sor, Center for American Studies, University

of Warsaw. Co-sponsored with the

Copernicus Endowment, CES-EUC, and

Institute for Research on Women and

Gender. 2239 Lane Hall.

" Thu, Dec 6, 46 pm

Symposium. New Lines of Tolerance and

Intolerance in Europe. Participants:

Agnieszka Graff, assistant professor, Center

for American Studies, University of Warsaw;

Joshua Cole, associate professor, Department

of History, U-M; Michelle Kelso, doctoral can-

didate, Department of Sociology, U-M; and

Hadley Renkin, visiting assistant professor,

Department of Anthropology and Sociology,

Albion College. Moderator: Brian Porter-

Szucs, associate professor, Department of

History, U-M. Co-sponsored with the

Copernicus Endowment and CES-EUC.

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masters student (Ukrainian); Jessica

Lowen, anthropology doctoral and REES

graduate certificate student (Polish); Elana

Resnick, incoming anthropology doctoral stu-

dent (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian); Jessica

Robbins, anthropology doctoral and REES

graduate certificate student (Polish);

Matthew Vanderwerff, REES masters stu-

dent (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian); and

Katharine Wagner, law student (Ukrainian)

Graduate Student Instructors for REES

395, Survey of Russia: The Russian Empire,

the Soviet Union, and its Successor States,

Fall 2007: Jeremy Johnson (REES) and

Rachel Schroeder (sociology)

Graduate Student Instructor for REES 396,

Survey of East Central Europe, Winter 2008:

Edin Hajdarpasic (history)

CREES Research, Internship, and

Fellowship Program

The CREES Research, Internship, and

Fellowship Program supported the following

graduate students projects in 2007:

Alexander Angelov (history) in Bulgaria,

Wojciech Beltkiewicz (history) in Poland and

Ukraine, Alexandra Gerber (sociology) in

Poland, Edin Hajdarpasic (history) in Bosnia

and Herzegovina, Stephanie Hitztaler (nat-

ural resources and environment) in Russia,

Michelle Kelso (sociology) in Croatia andRomania, Lori Khatchadourian (classical art

and archaeology) in Armenia, Alicja Kusiak-

Brownstein (history) in Poland, Alexander

Reusing (anthropology) in Macedonia,

Jessica Robbins (anthropology/REES gradu-

ate certificate) in Poland, Rachel Schroeder

(sociology) in the U.S., and Matthew

Vanderwerff (REES) in the U.S.

The Ronald and Eileen Weiser Awards for

Student Research and Internships in

Slovakia: A Weiser award for 200708 was

granted to support the research of Laura

Hilburn (history) in Slovakia.

Other Graduate Student Grant and Award

Recipients: Alex Gerber (sociology) was

awarded a Fulbright IIE award to support

dissertation research in Poland. Eva-Marie

Dubuisson (anthropology) won an

Outstanding GSI award for Winter 2007.

Guntra Aistars (natural resources and envi-

ronment), Lori Khatchadourian (classical art

and archaeology), and Sonja Luehrmann

(anthropology and history) received Rackham

Predoctoral Fellowships for 200708. Besnik

News continued

Pula (sociology) received an ACLSDissertation Writing Fellowship in Southeast

European Studies for 200708. 2007

International Institute Individual Fellowships

for overseas research and internships were

awarded to Natalia Forrat (education) in

Russia, Dagmar Francikova (history/womens

studies) in Czech Republic, Igor Grossman

(psychology) in Russia, Alexandra Hoffman

(comparative literature) in Russia and

Ukraine, Jeremy Johnson (REES) in

Armenia, and Kate Wagner (law) in the

United Kingdom. Paul Duffy (anthropology)

received a 2007 Rackham International

Research Award for research in Hungary.

Alumni/ae News

Richard Brody (PhD history 94, MA REES

89) has returned from six years in Moscow

and is continuing his work for United

Technologies. Leslie Davis (PhD Slavic 96) is

assistant director in Duke Universitys Office

of Study Abroad, managing the semester

program in St. Petersburg among others.

Kathleen Evans-Romaine (PhD linguistics

98) is the research administrator at Arizona

State Universitys Melikian Center: Russian,Eurasian and East European Studies. Dan

Glasson (MUP urban planning/REES certifi-

cate 06) is a Presidential Management

Fellow and project manager in the Office of

Economic Adjustment, U.S. Department of

Defense. Brian Grodsky (PhD political

science 06), assistant professor of political

science at the University of Maryland,

Baltimore County, was a Short-term Scholar

at the Woodrow Wilson Centers Kennan

Institute in JanuaryFebruary 2007. He also

won the 2006 Title VIII Award sponsored by

the U.S. Department of State for an outsta

ing policy paper on Eurasian Affairs. Megh

Hays (MA REES/MSI 02) is the archivist a

local history librarian at Shaker Heights Pub

Library, Ohio. Jeffrey Kahn (JD 02) is ass

tant professor of law at Southern Methodis

University. Padraic Kenney (PhD history 9

previously at the University of Colorado,

Boulder, is now professor of history at India

University. Mara Schwartz Kore (MA

REES/MS natural resources and environme

05) teaches environmental science at

Southwestern Michigan College in Three

Rivers. David Kostelancik (MA REES 88)

leaving the Department of Statess Office o

North Central European Affairs for training

at the National Defense University in

Washington, D.C. before reassignment to

Moscow. Erica Lehrer (PhD anthropology

05) is assistant professor in the history of

genocide at Concordia University in Montre

Andrea M. Lopez (MA REES 99, PhD

political science 02) is associate professor

of political science and director of the inter

tional studies program at Susquehanna

University. Mary Elizabeth Bird Malinkin

(MA REES 06) is a program assistant at th

Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C. Kelly

Miller (PhD Slavic 02) and Margarita

Nafpaktitis (PhD Slavic 03) curated an

exhibition of early 20th-century Russian

childrens books at the University of Virgini

Margarita received the University AlumniBoard of Trustees Teaching Award. Patrick

Moran (MA REES 06) is senior coordinato

of trainee programs at the Council on

International Education Exchange in Portlan

Maine. Sarah Perrine (MA REES/MPP 06

is a program analyst at the USAID Bureau

of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian

Assistance in Washington, D.C. Daniel So

(MA REES 02) was promoted to Lieutena

Colonel, has completed a second masters

degree in military art and science at Ft.

Leavenworth through a specialized Army

program, has served two tours in Baghdad

been stationed in Germany, and in Warsawfacilitated the training of a Polish Division

headed to Iraq. Anna Stinchcomb (MA

REES/MPP 04) is the Bosnia desk officer

and regional rule-of-law officer in the Office

of South Central European Affairs in the U.

Department of State. She has also served

a political officer at Embassy Sarajevo and

the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

Marcy Wheeler (PhD comparative literatur

00) is a self-employed business consultan

and a researcher and writer at The Next

Hurrah, a political blog.

L CREES Director Michael Kennedy and

Bertrand Metton (MA REES 07) at a

reception to honor graduates in April


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Post-Secondary Curriculum Development

Program in Russian, East European, and

Eurasian Studies

CREES is accepting applications for the 2008

Post-Secondary Curriculum Development

Program in Russian, East European, and

Eurasian Studies. The program provides

small grants to faculty at two- and four-year

colleges and universities in the Midwest and

at historically and predominantly black col-

leges and universities to support three- to

five-day visits to the University of Michigan

for curriculum development related to the

former Soviet Union and/or Eastern Europe.

The visits must be between May 1 and

August 14, 2008. Deadline: March 15, 2008

CREES K16 OutreachHighlights, 200607

CREES participated in the International

Institute Pavilion with a book display and

information handouts at the 4th annual Ann

Arbor Book Festival, attended by over 9,000

people. Sasha (left) and Zelik Czernyak per-

formed Russian folk music, and Sylvia

Meloche taught folkdances from Eastern

Europe and Russia. Henry Julicher (U-M

undergraduate) demonstrated Russian callig-

raphy, and children crafted pisanki designs.

Display books were donated to Lincoln

Consolidated Schools.

Other activities: Catherine Borden (MA

REES/history 07) demonstrated Russian cal-

ligraphy during Hartland High Schools World

Languages Week. Over 900 language stu-

dents and teachers participated in programs

organized by area studies centers at the U-M

International Institutes collaborative World

Languages Week. Five visiting-scholar

awardees met with CREES faculty and used

U-M library facilities to develop area-focused

curricula for their courses. Presentations

were given to social-studies teachers in

Programs for Teachers


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Intolerance is a problem that transcends time and place, but in

every context it takes on specic forms. In Europe today we

see the emergence of new prejudices and the reconguration

of old ones, as people draw upon familiar rhetoric to talkabout unfamiliar problems. The formation and expansion of

the European Union, the inux of new immigrants, the new

visibility of old immigrants, and the changing position of

Europe on the global stageall this has transformed the ways

people think about themselves and their communities, calling

into question the boundaries between us and them,

between approved and deviant. Against this backdrop,

Europeans have had to think anew about how to understand

and cope with intolerance, and how to cultivate new forms of

tolerance. Our panelists will explore the intermingling of old

and new attitudes towards race, nationality, sexuality, and

gender in the evolving cultural and political landscape of 21st

century Europe.

Participants:Agnieszka Gra, assistant professor, Center for American Studies,

University of Warsaw;Joshua Cole, associate professor, Department of History,

U-M; Michelle Kelso, doctoral candidate, Department of Sociology, U-M; and

Hadley Renkin, visiting assistant professor, Department of Anthropology and

Sociology, Albion College

Moderator:Brian Porter-Szcs, associate professor, Department of History, U-M

Sponsors: Copernicus Endowment, CREES, and CES-EUC

Agnieszka Gra teaches American studies and

gender studies at the University of Warsaw. The

author ofwiat bez kobiet. Pe w polskim

yciu publicznym [A World Without Women:

Gender in Polish Public Life] (Warsaw: W.A.B.,

2001), she is a regular contributor to Gazeta

Wyborcza, Krytyka Polityczna, Res Publica

Nowa, and many other Polish periodicals. She

is also the translator of Virginia Wols A Room

of Ones Own and a leading gure in the

Polish womens movement.

The New Lines of Tolerance

and Intolerance in EuropeSymposium

Thursday, December 6, 2007, 46 pm

1636 International Institute

C R E E S is a U.S. Department of

Education National Resource Center for

Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia and

a constituent unit of the International

Institute at the University of Michigan.

Visiting Scholar

For information on funding opportunities

offered by CREES and the InternationalInstitute, visit the Centers Website at

.

Funding Sources

A complete list of REES and

REES-related courses is available

at .

REES Courses

Maria Kovalskaya, research scientist at the

Independent Center of Social Research and

Education in Irkutsk, Russia, received a

Carnegie Research Fellowship from

NCEEER to support her visit to U-M in Fall

2007. She will conduct research on Chinese

migration to Siberia and the Far East in the

late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her host

advisor will be Barbara Anderson, professor

of sociology.

Oakland County by Sylvia Meloche and U-M

graduate students Edin Hajdarpasic, Ron

Alquist, and Catherine Borden. In the

Oakland Global Trade Mission, 200 students

learned about trade issues and cultural diver-

sity in Russia and other countries in order to

design business export plans.

For information about these and other K16

programs: Sylvia Meloche; 734.647.4185;

email .

K16 Outreach continued


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Regents of the University of Michigan

Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor

Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms

Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich

Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor

Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor

Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park

S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms

Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor

Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio

Center for Russian andEast European Studies

University of Michigan

1080 South University Avenue

Suite 4668


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Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional

Development Fellowship Awards

Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Fellowship Awards

for 2007 were awarded to seven scholars. During this third round of the

program, four U-M faculty received awards for research in Slovakia:

Matthew Biro, associate professor of art history; Steven Donn, professor

of pediatrics and communicable diseases; Jindrich Toman, professor of

Slavic languages and literatures; and Georgette Zirbes, professor of art.

Three Slovak scholars received awards for research at U-M: Peter Blesak,

Slovak University of Technology; Dagmar Kopcanova, Research Institute

for Child Psychology; and Gabriel Piricky, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

CREES invites applications from U-M faculty to the 2008 Ronald and

Eileen Weiser Professional Development Fellowship Awards Program.

Applicants are invited to propose two- to three-week projects in any fieldof research or teaching with a faculty partner at a Slovak institution of

higher education. Applications must be submitted by October 12, 2007 for

travel to Slovakia between January and May 2008 or September and

December 2008. For complete information and an application, see

.

McReynolds (University of North Carolina)

and Robert Crews (Stanford University), and

U-M graduate student Josh First (history). If

graduate students or faculty would like to

attend or be put on our mailing list, please

contact Ron Suny or

Doug Northrop .

Since sessions require reading a paper in

advance, are held in a faculty home, and

include dinner, we need to know in advance

who intends to attend a particular workshop.

And What About You?

Please send us news about your activi-

ties since graduation via snail mail,

email at , or fax

(734.763.4765). Let us know your

name, class year(s), degree(s), currentactivities, as well as address updates

so that we may continue to send you

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about special programs. Please also

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