Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Michigan is one of the leading institutes in the U.S. dedicated to advancing and disseminating interdisciplinary knowledge about the peoples, nations, and cultures of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Eurasia, including the Caucasus and Central Asia, past and present. A constituent unit of the University of Michigan International Institute since 1993 and an affiliate of the endowed Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia since 2008, CREES is one of 20 U.S. Department of Education-supported National Resource Centers for Russia, East Europe, and/or Eurasia.

The Center's outstanding faculty of over 70 area specialists and visiting scholars offer courses in 19 departments in the College of Literature, Science. and the Arts and in eight professional schools. Language instruction is offered in Armenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, and Yiddish. Over 200 students are enrolled in interdisciplinary REES B.A. and M.A. degree programs, REES minors and graduate certificate programs, graduate-level dual degree programs with professional schools (business, law, and public policy), and school and departmental graduate-level programs. CREES organizes over 40 public events each year, including lectures, conferences, films, and mini-courses. It serves as a regional center for expertise on the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and provides instructional and informational services to schools and colleges, media, and businesses in Michigan and the Midwest.