The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES). To mark this milestone we are holding a series of special seminars culminating in the annual conference. See details of our events and the 50 faces of CREES. Find out more about our current staff, research and teaching.
50 faces of CREES
- Description
- My dates at CREES were 1963-66 as undergraduate, 1968-71 post grad. Am now retired, or at least not being paid a salary. Also Professor Emeritus of Politics at the Open University, and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Sussex.
- Date:
- Thursday 11th April 2013
- Description
- When CREES was established on October 1, 1963, Britain and British universities were very different from today. Both the Conservative and Labour parties assumed that coal, electricity and the railways had been nationalised for ever; most capital investment was in the hands of the state. There were far less students than today, but it was taken for granted that the student population would rise rapidly, that higher education was free of charge, and that children of parents who were not well-off would receive a maintenance grant.
- Date:
- Thursday 11th April 2013
See all of our 50 faces of CREES. More of the 50 faces will be revealed throughout the course of the year.
Forthcoming 50th anniversary seminar series
Forthcoming events to be announced shortly
See all the forthcoming events as well as write ups and podcasts of past events in the series.