Research Projects

Center for Russian and East European Studies Projects

CREES faculty and student affiliates conduct research about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia on a wide range of topics across the humanities, social sciences, and professions.

In addition, the Center has also administered several collaborative research initiatives supported by grants from external sponsors such as the Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Council for East European and Eurasian Research and United States Institute for Peace.

NSF-supported Workshop on "Cultural Politics of Globalization and Community in East Central Europe," Collegium Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (May 12-14, 2005)
Project Directors: Michael D. Kennedy and Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan

NSF Award Abstract
Final Workshop Program (PDF)
Paper Abstracts (PDF)
Participant Biographies (PDF)
Composite Bibliography (PDF)
Related Publication: "The Cultural Politics of Globalization and Community in East Central Europe." Journal of the International Institute 13(1)(2005).
Related NSF Initiatives: Human and Social Dynamics Priorities (e.g., Agents of Change); Strengthening Qualitative Research through Methodological Innovation and Integration

NCEEER- and USIP-supported Research and Curriculum Development Project on "Communism's Negotiated Collapse: The Polish Round Table, Ten Years Later" (1999-2000)
Project Directors: Michael D. Kennedy and Brian Porter, University of Michigan

Project Website

Ford Foundation-supported Research and Training Project on "Identity Formation and Social Issues in Estonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan" (1995-99)
Project Directors: Michael D. Kennedy, Barbara A. Anderson, Ted Hopf, and Marianne Kamp

Project Website
Related Publication: Nationalities Papers, Special Issue 33(3), 2005

Other University of Michigan REES-focused Research Initiatives

Center for European Studies-European Union Center - The Cultural Politics of Energy and Security in Europe and Eurasia 

Institute for Research on Women and Gender - Global Feminisms: Comparative Case Studies of Women's Activism and Scholarship (includes Poland)

School of Music, Theatre & Dance - The Chopin Project

Undergraduate Research at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum (Journal)

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program