Special Events

Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (September-December, 2014) film schedule

“Making History”: An Intellectual Journey into the Hidden Polish Past. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Jan Gross, Princeton University (November 11, 2013) video

Ann Arbor in Russian Literature: Revisiting the Carl R. Proffer and Ardis Legacies (September 20-21, 2013)

Agnieszka Holland Film Retrospective and Annual Copernicus Lecture (September-October, 2012)

Affections/Afflictions/Afterlives. SOYUZ Symposium (March 23-24, 2012)

Miłosz: Made in America. Annual Copernicus Lecture in the Zell Visiting Writers Series (September 22, 2011)

Imperial Nation: Tsarist Russia and the Peoples of Empire. Conference (May 13-15, 2011)

CREES 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion: Alumni in Action (April 1-2, 2011) | related video

Looking Beyond the "Reset": U.S.-Russian Relations and Their Implications for the Caucasus. Annual Berj H. Haidostian Lecture by Fiona Hill, Brookings Institution (March 21, 2011) | video

The Longest War: A Front-line View of the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan. WCED lecture by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post correspondent (February 15, 2011)

Afghanistan 2011: Connections, Communities, Crises. A series including lectures, films, a course, and a workshop (Winter 2011)

Auschwitz in the 21st Century. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Piotr Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum (October 25, 2010) | audio | video

European Dimension of the Global Crisis. WCED lecture by Marek Belka, President of the National Bank of Poland (October 12, 2010) | audio | video

CREES Colloquium: Rosenberg's Russia (April 9, 2010) audio | video

Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg performs Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (March 24-27, 2010)

Focus: Russia, A Series of Lectures and Performances (Winter 2010)

U.S.-Russia Relations: Status of the ‘Reset’. CREES/WCED/Ford School lecture by John Beyrle, U.S. Ambassador to Russia (January 12, 2010)

How to Make a Revolution: A Guide to Romania’s Fin-de-Siècle Media Spectacle as Performed by a Dying Regime, a Willing Populace, and the International Press Corps. Lecture by Andrei Codrescu, poet, essayist, and novelist (December 9, 2009)

The Nines: Brinks, Cusps, and Perceptions of Possibility—from 1789-2009. Series of Lectures, Performances, and Conference (Fall 2009)

Focus: Romania, A Series of Lectures and Performances (Fall 2009)

Poland Since 1989: A Critical Appraisal, Annual Copernicus Lecture (October 29, 2009)

University of Michigan Library presents a Symposium on Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago and Film Screening (March 26-27, 2009)

Adam Zagajewski Poetry Reading, Zell Visiting Writers Series (December 4, 2008) | video |  Zagajewski Short Biography

Affinities/Podobnosti, An Exhibition of Ceramics by Ivica Virdrova and Georgette Zirbes (October 31-December 1, 2008)

Stasys Eidrigevicius Annual Copernicus Lecture in the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series and Exhibition (September-October 2008) video

Alena Ledeneva Lecture on "How Russia Works: Informal Practices in Politics and Society (April 2, 2008)

Nauryz with Roksonaki: Lecture/Demonstration and Performance (March 18 & 20, 2008)

Translation and Polish Literature in the West: A Round Table Discussion in Honor of Bogdana Carpenter (March 15, 2008)

Focus on Russian - A Series of Lectures and Performances (Winter 2008)

Europe: Heir to the Ages or Pregnant Widow - EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe and Copernicus Lecture by Neal Ascherson (January 17, 2008) video

New Europe / Old Problems - A Symposium and Lecture Series Featuring Agnieszka Graff and Neal Ascherson (December 2007-January 2008)

Focus on Central Eurasia - A Series of Lectures, Films, and Performances (Fall 2007)

Focus on Russia - A Series of Lectures and Performances (Fall 2007)

U.S.-Russia Relations: Present Realities - Future Prospects. Ford School/CREES Lecture by Ambassador James F. Collins (October 17, 2007) audio

From Revolution to Reintegration: Romania's Return to Europe. Conversations on Europe Lecture by Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timisoara, Romania (October 11, 2007) audio

Tribute and Symposium Honoring John V.A. Fine, Jr. (September 28-29, 2007)

Annual Copernicus Lecture - Krzysztof Czyzewski: "The Line of Return: Practicing Borderland in Dialogue with Czeslaw Milosz" (March 30, 2007)

The University of Michigan Chopin Project - Performances of Chopin's Complete Solo Piano Works by the Piano Studio of Arthur Greene and Symposium (Winter 2007) Chopin Project Website

Revisiting Yugoslavia's Dissolution - A Series of Lectures, Films, and Courses (Winter 2007)

"Democratic Revolutions, International Conflict, and Global Citizenship," lecture by Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, 1995-2005 (October 25, 2006) audio

Shostakovitch Centennial Festival (October 20-22, 2006)

Central Eurasian Studies Society Seventh Annual Conference (September 28-October 1, 2006)