Keep up to date with the latest news and events from around the school and the wide-ranging projects our staff and students get involved with.
- Description
- I was a Master's student in CREES during 2011-2012. Though the graduation and completion of my degree happened only a few months ago, I can already sense that this intellectually highly stimulating time at CREES will have a lasting effect on my future endeavors.
- Date:
- Tuesday 5th March 2013
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- Former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Iveta Radicova, delivered a lecture, "The EU Crisis What Next" as part of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES)'s 50th Anniversary Seminar Series and was held in conjunction with the Graduate Centre for Europe, the European Research Institute and the School of Government and Society.
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- Tuesday 5th March 2013
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- Professor Sarah Birch from the University of Essex joined CREES scholars Dr Kataryna Wolczuk and Dr Matthew Frear to discuss electoral practice and malpractice in former Soviet republics.
- Date:
- Tuesday 5th March 2013
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- My attachment to CREES was somewhat unusual: I was formally at Aston University (1978-81), but it quickly became clear that the expertise I needed for my research on Soviet and East European foreign trade was at CREES, and Phil Hanson very kindly agreed to supervise my PhD, on foreign trade in centrally planned economies; that made all the difference.
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- Monday 4th March 2013
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- Richard Connolly presents his views on the prospects for the Russian economy at a corporate event for members at Chatham House (Royal Institute for International Affairs) in London on Wednesday 28th February.
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- Friday 1st March 2013
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- Benedict XVI told the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square on 24 February 2013 that his retirement 'doesn't mean abandoning the church'. Many Catholics, though, including those who are not church goers, consider his unexpected resignation as the Vicar of Christ, an ill-thought out decision that will lead to an irreparable desacralization of the role.
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- Friday 1st March 2013
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- A high profile political resignation following a legal scandal, allegations of sexual misconduct, two political 'partners' tearing at each other's throats, controversial candidates grabbing the headlines for the wrong reasons and the future positions of the Prime Minister and his Deputy placed under the microscope.
- Date:
- Thursday 28th February 2013
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- The University of Birmingham is joining forces with Yale to support the development of a pioneering global justice programme at the University of Delhi.
- Date:
- Thursday 28th February 2013
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- I studied and worked at CREES from 1999 until 2006, first as a PhD student and then as an ESRC postdoctoral fellow. Following a year as a lecturer with King's College London at the Royal Air Force College I am now a lecturer in International Security at the University of Nottingham's School of Politics & International Relations.
- Date:
- Tuesday 26th February 2013
- Description
- CREES was an extraordinarily vibrant place to study. The interchange between all the different members of the centre, staff and students alike, was one aspect. But also having a focal point like the Baykov library coupled with regular seminars and the annual conference exposed you to a bewildering array of ideas and research.
- Date:
- Tuesday 26th February 2013