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Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
Recent News
CREES and WCEE support nonresident scholars from Ukraine through Big Ten Academic Alliance initiative
Each center will sponsor one scholar in 2025 through Indiana University program.
A Winning Strategy to End Russia's War Against Ukraine
Policy Recommendations from the University of Michigan Symposium on the Future of Ukraine.
The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) is dedicated to enhancing interdisciplinary knowledge about and public engagement with the institutions, cultures, and histories of Europe and Eurasia. WCEE and its affiliated centers — the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) and the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies (CCPS) — are housed in the University of Michigan International Institute.

Events
Mar
17
Multi
WCEE Exhibition. Threads of Tradition: The Art of Ukrainian Vyshyvanka
8:00 AM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
17
Multi
CREES Exhibition. Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity, an installation by Gluklya
Gluklya, artist
8:00 AM
Gallery, Room 547
Weiser Hall
Mar
20
Slavic Chocolate Party!
Discover Eastern European delights and explore wide-ranging academic opportunities!
12:00 PM
1st-Floor Lobby
Modern Languages Building
Mar
20
Annual Copernicus Lecture. The Post-Populist Predicament: On Redemocratization and Rule-of-Law Restoration in Poland since 2023
Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney, and professor, Center for Europe, University of Warsaw
5:30 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
20
II Cineforum: Italian Classics on Campus
Film Screening: "Le notti di Cabiria"
7:00 PM
Space 2435
North Quad
Mar
24
WCEE Distinguished lecture. Russia Beyond Putin
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian opposition politician, historian, and former political prisoner, current Vice President of the Free Russia Foundation
5:30 PM
Amphitheatre
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)