The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies is Stanford University's hub for the interdisciplinary study of a vast region stretching from the Berlin Wall to the Bering Strait.
CREEES objectives include:
- training an annual cohort of master’s students in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
- supporting undergraduate and graduate students throughout campus, especially in regards to funding for research and langauge study
- hosting renowned area specialists for guest teaching, lectures, and conferences
- developing endowed lecture series, conferences, and public events
- promoting language study
- expanding the area studies curriculum
- supporting community outreach activities
CREEES is funded by endowments from institutional grants and individual donors, annual operational support from the university, and Title VI funding.
History
Timeline
1919 Hoover Institution founded with one of the world's richest archives relating to Russia and East Europe
1940s-50s The library and archival holdings attract renowned Sovietologists to Stanford
1963 The East European Faculty Seminar is created
1969 The Center for Russian and East European Studies is founded
1973 CREES begins offering MA degrees
1977 The first Stanford-Berkeley Conference is held
1984 CREES becomes a National Resource Center and begins offering FLAS Fellowships
1993 Stanford-in-Moscow opens its doors to undergraduate students
2003 CREES adds Eurasia and becomes CREEES
2012 CREEES launches The Post-Soviet Post, an online media project
Past Directors
2013 - Present Pavle Levi, Art & Art History
2010 - 2013 Robert Crews, History
2007 - 2010 Gabriella Safran, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Autumn 2008 John Dunlop, Hoover Fellow
1999 - 2007 Nancy S. Kollmann, History
Autumn 1997, 1998-99 Richard Schupbach, Slavic Languages and Literatures
1995 -1998 Nancy S. Kollmann, History
1994 - 1995 Norman Naimark, History
1992- 1994 Alexander Dallin, History
1989 - 1992 Norman Naimark, History
1985 - 1989 Alexander Dallin, History
1972 - 1985 Wayne S. Vucinich, History
1969 - 1972 Ivo J. Lederer, History
