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he Cold War stimulated area patterns of capitalist development, dynamics not very transparent. We are especially
studies with government and of violence and oppression, and other global fortunate therefore to have the perspicacious
foundation funding, and 9/11/01 factors contributed to the Cold War. Still analyst Lilia Shevtsova begin our year’s
and the Iraq war have done others sought to identify ties that bind us engagement of contemporary Russia on
something similar for specific through the arts, everyday life, and the envi- September 26.
world regions. If serious and abiding conflict ronment. Regardless of political persuasion While America and Russia may have
inspires respect for and investment in area or effect, real scholarship was committed to defined the terms of the Cold War, the
studies, then what should we make of this the highest academic standards of evaluation. power to transform global geopolitics and
headline from June 5th: “Czech Minister That history is important to remember, espe- social relations in our times no longer rests
Says Russia Seeks to Spread Fear”? cially when the rhetoric of Cold War II fills so exclusively in the superpowers. We look
Regardless of the potentials for political the air. forward to observations of Timisoara’s Mayor
escalation, Russian and East European stud- Russian resistance to a missile defense Gheorghe Ciuhandu on how his pivotal city
ies during the Cold War were never a simple system in the Czech Republic and Poland initiated Romanian communism’s end and
reflection of politics. Research, training, and occasioned Minister Aleksander Vondra’s how it might influence Europe’s future.
scholarship were partly designed to know June 5 statement, but this conflict over mili- Another important foundation for a better
the enemy, but were also focused on tary postures only reinforces recent anxieties understanding of the region lies in our con-
explaining how enemies and alliances were over energy security and the intensity of tinuing focus on the arts. With Central Asian,
made in political and military arenas as well efforts to understand Russia’s intentions. Polish, Romanian, and Russian music and
as through cultural and social relations. While That, however, is the wrong focus. literature featured this fall, we find new
some scholars focused primarily on Russian There is no single actor named Russia, opportunities for extending our connections.
autocratic traditions and socialism’s totalitar- and thus we have to understand the power Whether we face the beginnings of Cold
ian tendencies, many worked to explain how relations that shape any particular Russian War II, we are confronting new challenges in
actor’s strategy. Second, it’s unpro- area studies. Much of what we had to learn
2 ductive to focus on strategy with- in the past remains important, but we need
out understanding its context and to develop new scholarship that connects
how it is influenced by relations the cultural ties, social relations, and institu-
with others. Gazprom’s relations tions across our region in articulation with
with German energy business are other parts of the world. We also need
very different than with Poland’s scholarship that helps us understand the
or Britain’s, and its vision of the conditions for freedom not only within com-
future is very different in Europe munities but across them. Given the caliber
than in East Asia. More than ever, of our guest presenters and programs, and
we need to develop a scholarship the exceptional networks of faculty and
that allows us to take into account students working at CREES, I am confident
the histories, cultures, and various that the scholarship critical to our times will
institutions shaping dynamics that be found in our milieu.
generate increased conflict or pro-
▲ Lilia Shevtsova, noted specialist on Russian domestic politics mote productive relations, espe-
Michael D. Kennedy
and political institutions, will speak at U-M on September 26 cially when the rules that shape
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(see p. 3 for details). these practices are themselves
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crees@umich.edu Cover: Kazakh performer of the Bardic Divas
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FIPRESSI Prize (Locarno). Co-sponsored with Room, Michigan League. Lecture. “El Lissitzky’s Jewish Signature and
the Center for Middle Eastern and North the Making of Modern Russian Art.” Olga
African Studies (CMENAS). Auditorium B, ★ Sat, Sept 29, 9 am–5 pm Litvak, assistant professor, History
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Angell Hall. Symposium. “‘A Tradition Continued’: A Department, Princeton University. Co-spon-
Symposium on Byzantine, Balkan & Church sored with the Frankel Center for Judaic
✹ Tue, Sept 11, 12–1:30 pm History in Honor of John V.A. Fine, Jr.” Studies. Room 2000, 202 S. Thayer St.
Lecture. “The Gold of the Dacians and Two Presentations by Professor Fine’s current
Wars That Built the Forum Traiani in Rome.” and former students. For sponsors, see Fri, Oct 12, 8 pm 3
Maria Hunciag, former arts curator, Romanian related event on Sept 28. Henderson Room, Concert. Krystian Zimerman, piano.
Michigan League. Sponsored by the University Musical Society.
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Institute of Humanities. Room 2022, 202 S. For ticket information, call 734.764.2538 or
Thayer St. Sat, Sept 29, 8 pm see <www.ums.org>. Hill Auditorium.
Concert. Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in
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▲ Fri, Sept 14, 11 am–12 pm a concert that includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano ✹ Tue, Oct 16, 8 pm
Lecture. “Mahalla (Urban Neighborhood) in Concerto No. 2 with Arthur Greene, profes- Concert. Chamber Music Concert that
Central Asia.” Morgan Liu, assistant profes- sor of piano, U-M School of Music, Theatre includes works by Enescu, Kodaly,
sor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Dance. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Bacewicz, Bolcom, and Sheng. Performed
and Cultures and Department of Comparative Symphony Orchestra. For ticket information, by Detroit Symphony musicians and faculty
Studies, Ohio State University. Sponsored call 734.994.4801 or see <www.a2so.com>. members at the University of Michigan,
with CMENAS and the Department of Near Hill Auditorium. Wayne State University, and Eastern Michigan
Eastern Studies. 1528 CC Little Building. University. For ticket information, call
✹ Tue, Oct 2, 8 pm 734.769.2999 or see <www.kerrytownconcer-
❖ Thu, Sept 20, 12–2 pm Concert. Chamber Music Concert that thouse.com>. Kerrytown Concert House.
Colloquium Speaker. “Markets, Performance, includes works by Martinu, Kodaly, and
or Structure Earnings Inequality across Time Grigoriu. Performed by Kyoko Kashiwagi, ▲ Wed, Oct 24, 12–1:30 pm
and Space in Russia, 1991-2004.” Ted violin; Marian Tanau, violin; Eva Stern, viola; Lecture-Demonstration. “Mystics, Nomads,
Gerber, associate professor, Department and Paul Wingert, cello. For ticket information, and Troubadours in Central Asian Music.”
of Sociology, and director, Center for Russia, call 734.769.2999 or see <www.kerrytown- Ted Levin, Parents Distinguished Research
East Europe and Central Asia, University of concerthouse.com>. Kerrytown Concert Professor, Dartmouth College, and
Wisconsin-Madison. Sponsored by the House. performers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,
Department of Sociology. 4154 LSA Building. Qaraqalpakstan, and Tajikistan. Co-sponsored
▲ Wed, Oct 10, 12–1 pm with the University Musical Society and
❖ Wed, Sept 26, 4–5:30 pm Lecture. “Islam and the ‘Great Game’ in CMENAS.
Lecture. “Russia at the End of Putin’s Central Asia.” Robert Crews, assistant
Presidency: Domestic and Foreign Policy professor, Department of History, Stanford ▲ Wed, Oct 24, 8 pm
Challenges.” Lilia Shevtsova, senior associ- University. Co-sponsored with the Russian/ Concert. Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia:
ate, Carnegie Endowment for International Soviet History Workshop and CMENAS. Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours featuring
Peace (Washington) and Moscow Carnegie Alim Qasimov, Badakhshan Ensemble, and
Center. Co-sponsored with the Ford School Bardic Divas. Sponsored by the University
of Public Policy. Forum Hall, Palmer Musical Society. For ticket information, call
Commons, 100 Washtenaw Ave. 734.764.2538 or see <www.ums.org>.
Michigan Theater.
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Conversations on Europe
From
Gheorghe Ciuhandu,
Mayor of Timisoara, Romania
Thursday, October 11, 2007, 4 pm
1636 International Institute
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College and M.A. in international relations 2006–07 PhD graduates Vadim Besprozvany
Gender. 2239 Lane Hall.
from the University of Sussex. (Slavic languages and literatures), Victoria
✧ Thu, Dec 6, 4–6 pm Gardner (Near Eastern studies), Anna
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Symposium. “New Lines of Tolerance and Undergraduate Kuxhausen (history), Sabina Pauta Pieslak
(musicology), and Brienna Perelli-Harris
Intolerance in Europe.” Participants:
Agnieszka Graff, assistant professor, Center Student News (sociology).
for American Studies, University of Warsaw;
Joshua Cole, associate professor, Department Our best wishes to the following REES stu- Recent REES MA Graduates: 5
of History, U-M; Michelle Kelso, doctoral can- dents who received Bachelor of Arts degrees Congratulations to the following students
in 2007: Kathryn Gaylord-Miles (honors who received REES MA degrees in 2007:
didate, Department of Sociology, U-M; and
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REES/French), Svetlana Kanayeva Catherine Borden (REES/history), Adam
Hadley Renkin, visiting assistant professor,
(REES/minor in economics), Benedict Lee Courtman (REES), Shannon Hill (REES/pub-
Department of Anthropology and Sociology,
(honors history/political science/minor in lic policy), and Bertrand Metton (REES).
Albion College. Moderator: Brian Porter-
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Szu”cs, associate professor, Department of Russian studies), Frank Martin-Buck (honors
economics/minor in Russian studies), Colleen New REES MA Students: This fall we wel-
History, U-M. Co-sponsored with the
O’Shea (REES/minor in history of art), and come seven new graduate students: Ryan
Copernicus Endowment and CES-EUC.
Aiken (Brigham Young University), Brett
Colin Venettis (honors REES/minor in history).
Burnham (Brigham Young University, dual
with law), Elizabeth Everson (Macalester
Alfred G. Meyer Prize: The Alfred G. Meyer
College), Deborah Jones (Middlebury
See <www.ii.umich.edu/crees> for early Prize for 2007 was awarded to Jonathan
College), Arielle Sokol (University of Denver),
winter semester events. Talbert (honors LSA) and Garrick Williams
Milena Todorova (Agnes Scott College, dual
(aerospace engineering). The Meyer Prize is
with public policy), and Renee Underwood
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Russian and East European Studies.
New REES Graduate Certificate Student:
To receive announcements about CREES Jessica Lowen (anthropology doctoral student)
events via email, please contact us at Excellence in Polish Language Studies
<crees@umich.edu>. Award: Rachel Enoch (environment)
2007 Summer FLAS Fellowships: Sara
received the 2006–07 Award for Excellence
Feldman, Near Eastern studies doctoral stu-
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dent (for study of Russian); Shannon Hill,
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programs, please join the [ii-announcements] Matthew Vanderwerff (REES MA) received student (Russian); Kristie Kachler, English
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Individual Fellowships to support summer doctoral student (Uzbek)
projects in 2007 were awarded to Katherine
Fobear (REES/anthropology/sociology) in 2007–08 Academic Year FLAS Fellowships:
Hungary, Sonia Isard (REES/economics/ Ian Campbell, history doctoral student
minor in Judaic studies) in Russia and (Uzbek); Deborah Jones, incoming REES
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master’s student (Ukrainian); Jessica the U.S. Department of State for an outstand-
Lowen, anthropology doctoral and REES ing policy paper on Eurasian Affairs. Meghan
graduate certificate student (Polish); Elana Hays (MA REES/MSI ‘02) is the archivist and
Resnick, incoming anthropology doctoral stu- local history librarian at Shaker Heights Public
dent (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian); Jessica Library, Ohio. Jeffrey Kahn (JD ‘02) is assis-
Robbins, anthropology doctoral and REES tant professor of law at Southern Methodist
graduate certificate student (Polish); University. Padraic Kenney (PhD history ‘92),
Matthew Vanderwerff, REES master’s stu- previously at the University of Colorado,
dent (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian); and Boulder, is now professor of history at Indiana
Katharine Wagner, law student (Ukrainian) University. Mara Schwartz Kore (MA
REES/MS natural resources and environment
Graduate Student Instructors for REES ‘05) teaches environmental science at
395, Survey of Russia: The Russian Empire, Southwestern Michigan College in Three
the Soviet Union, and its Successor States, Rivers. David Kostelancik (MA REES ‘88) is
Fall 2007: Jeremy Johnson (REES) and leaving the Department of States’s Office of
▲ CREES Director Michael Kennedy and
Rachel Schroeder (sociology) Bertrand Metton (MA REES ’07) at a North Central European Affairs for training
reception to honor graduates in April at the National Defense University in
Graduate Student Instructor for REES 396, Washington, D.C. before reassignment to
Survey of East Central Europe, Winter 2008: Moscow. Erica Lehrer (PhD anthropology
Pula (sociology) received an ACLS
Edin Hajdarpasic (history) ‘05) is assistant professor in the history of
Dissertation Writing Fellowship in Southeast
genocide at Concordia University in Montreal.
European Studies for 2007–08. 2007
CREES Research, Internship, and Andrea M. Lopez (MA REES ’99, PhD
International Institute Individual Fellowships
Fellowship Program political science ’02) is associate professor
for overseas research and internships were
The CREES Research, Internship, and of political science and director of the interna-
awarded to Natalia Forrat (education) in
6 Fellowship Program supported the following tional studies program at Susquehanna
Russia, Dagmar Francikova (history/women’s
graduate students’ projects in 2007: University. Mary Elizabeth Bird Malinkin
studies) in Czech Republic, Igor Grossman
Alexander Angelov (history) in Bulgaria, (MA REES ‘06) is a program assistant at the
(psychology) in Russia, Alexandra Hoffman
Wojciech Beltkiewicz (history) in Poland and Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C. Kelly
(comparative literature) in Russia and
Ukraine, Alexandra Gerber (sociology) in Miller (PhD Slavic ‘02) and Margarita
Ukraine, Jeremy Johnson (REES) in
Poland, Edin Hajdarpasic (history) in Bosnia Nafpaktitis (PhD Slavic ‘03) curated an
Armenia, and Kate Wagner (law) in the
and Herzegovina, Stephanie Hitztaler (nat- exhibition of early 20th-century Russian
United Kingdom. Paul Duffy (anthropology)
ural resources and environment) in Russia, children’s books at the University of Virginia.
received a 2007 Rackham International
Michelle Kelso (sociology) in Croatia and Margarita received the University Alumni
Research Award for research in Hungary.
Romania, Lori Khatchadourian (classical art Board of Trustees’ Teaching Award. Patrick
and archaeology) in Armenia, Alicja Kusiak- Moran (MA REES ‘06) is senior coordinator
Brownstein (history) in Poland, Alexander Alumni/ae News of trainee programs at the Council on
Reusing (anthropology) in Macedonia, International Education Exchange in Portland,
Jessica Robbins (anthropology/REES gradu- Richard Brody (PhD history ’94, MA REES Maine. Sarah Perrine (MA REES/MPP ‘06)
ate certificate) in Poland, Rachel Schroeder ‘89) has returned from six years in Moscow is a program analyst at the USAID Bureau
(sociology) in the U.S., and Matthew and is continuing his work for United of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian
Vanderwerff (REES) in the U.S. Technologies. Leslie Davis (PhD Slavic ‘96) is Assistance in Washington, D.C. Daniel Soller
assistant director in Duke University’s Office (MA REES ‘02) was promoted to Lieutenant
The Ronald and Eileen Weiser Awards for of Study Abroad, managing the semester Colonel, has completed a second master’s
Student Research and Internships in program in St. Petersburg among others. degree in military art and science at Ft.
Slovakia: A Weiser award for 2007–08 was Kathleen Evans-Romaine (PhD linguistics Leavenworth through a specialized Army
granted to support the research of Laura ‘98) is the research administrator at Arizona program, has served two tours in Baghdad,
Hilburn (history) in Slovakia. State University’s Melikian Center: Russian, been stationed in Germany, and in Warsaw
Eurasian and East European Studies. Dan facilitated the training of a Polish Division
Other Graduate Student Grant and Award Glasson (MUP urban planning/REES certifi- headed to Iraq. Anna Stinchcomb (MA
Recipients: Alex Gerber (sociology) was cate ‘06) is a Presidential Management REES/MPP ’04) is the Bosnia desk officer
awarded a Fulbright IIE award to support Fellow and project manager in the Office of and regional rule-of-law officer in the Office
dissertation research in Poland. Eva-Marie Economic Adjustment, U.S. Department of of South Central European Affairs in the U.S.
Dubuisson (anthropology) won an Defense. Brian Grodsky (PhD political Department of State. She has also served as
Outstanding GSI award for Winter 2007. science ‘06), assistant professor of political a political officer at Embassy Sarajevo and in
Guntra Aistars (natural resources and envi- science at the University of Maryland, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
ronment), Lori Khatchadourian (classical art Baltimore County, was a Short-term Scholar Marcy Wheeler (PhD comparative literature
and archaeology), and Sonja Luehrmann at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kennan ‘00) is a self-employed business consultant
(anthropology and history) received Rackham Institute in January–February 2007. He also and a researcher and writer at “The Next
Predoctoral Fellowships for 2007–08. Besnik won the 2006 Title VIII Award sponsored by Hurrah,” a political blog.
Programs for Teachers
CREES Needs Your Help!
Post-Secondary Curriculum Development
Program in Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies
We ask you to SUPPORT the Center for Russian and East European Studies Endowment.
CREES is accepting applications for the 2008
Post-Secondary Curriculum Development Your gifts will ensure:
Program in Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies. The program provides • Continuation of exceptional programs such as the 2003 Celebrating
small grants to faculty at two- and four-year St. Petersburg festival, the Annual Copernicus Lectures, and the 2005
colleges and universities in the Midwest and Reintegrating Bosnia series;
at historically and predominantly black col- • Development of innovative study abroad opportunities for our students in
leges and universities to support three- to Russia and Poland;
five-day visits to the University of Michigan • Enlargement of the CREES Research, Internship, and Fellowship (CRIF)
for curriculum development related to the Program, which supports student projects in the region.
former Soviet Union and/or Eastern Europe.
The visits must be between May 1 and
Since the mid-1980s, CREES has sought to build its endowment, and to support intern-
August 14, 2008. Deadline: March 15, 2008
ships, faculty and student travel, visiting lecturers, and special courses on the region.
2007
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Other activities: Catherine Borden (MA
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Maria Kovalskaya, research scientist at the see the emergence of new prejudices and the reconfiguration
Independent Center of Social Research and of old ones, as people draw upon familiar rhetoric to talk
Education in Irkutsk, Russia, received a
about unfamiliar problems. The formation and expansion of
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Carnegie Research Fellowship from
NCEEER to support her visit to U-M in Fall the European Union, the influx of new immigrants, the new
2007. She will conduct research on Chinese visibility of old immigrants, and the changing position of
migration to Siberia and the Far East in the
Europe on the global stage—all this has transformed the ways 8
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her host
advisor will be Barbara Anderson, professor people think about themselves and their communities, calling
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of sociology. into question the boundaries between “us” and “them,”
between “approved” and “deviant.” Against this backdrop,
Funding Sources Europeans have had to think anew about how to understand
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and cope with intolerance, and how to cultivate new forms of
For information on funding opportunities
offered by CREES and the International
tolerance. Our panelists will explore the intermingling of old
Institute, visit the Center’s Website at and new attitudes towards race, nationality, sexuality, and
<www.ii.umich.edu/crees>. gender in the evolving cultural and political landscape of 21st
century Europe.
REES Courses
Participants: Agnieszka Graff, assistant professor, Center for American Studies,
A complete list of REES and University of Warsaw; Joshua Cole, associate professor, Department of History,
REES-related courses is available U-M; Michelle Kelso, doctoral candidate, Department of Sociology, U-M; and
at <www.ii.umich.edu/crees>. Hadley Renkin, visiting assistant professor, Department of Anthropology and
Sociology, Albion College