Events Back to 'Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies' Keep up to date with the latest news and events from around the Centre and the wide-ranging projects our staff and students get involved with. More events throughout the School of Government and Society. Recent events: 2014 06-08 June - Annual CREES Conference, Cumberland Lodge 08 May – Joint Birmingham-Foreign and Commonwealth Office seminar on the Balance of Competences Review focusing on EU Enlargement 01 May – Motors of Change, Sources of Stability: Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe 26 March – From Revolution to Annexation? Ukraine, Russia and the West 07 March – The Production of Migrants in Contemporary Capitalism 12 February – Bribes that are Gifts? Theorising Informality from the Ground Up in Russia 04 February – Protest, Participation and the Patterns of Party Politics in Post-Communist Europe (joint event with ULB in Brussels) 30 January – Red Nations: the Nationalities Experience in and after the USSR 29 January – In a Cross-Fire of Integration: Russia, Europe and Political Crisis in Ukraine 2013 4th December - Legacies and Memories of Dictatorship: the Communist Past and the Present 4th December - Living in Interesting Times: Russian Politics and Economics in Putin's Third Term 16th October - In the Shadow of Violence: The Political Economy of Putin's Russia 2nd October - The Syrian Crisis: Perspectives and Prospects 6th May - JCMS Annual Review Lecture - Rethinking European Integration 20th March - Putin, Pussy Riot and Protest: A Turbulent Year in Russian Politics 18th March - Eastern Europe after 1989 - a laboratory for the sustainability of democracy? 6th March - Putin and the Russian Economy 27th February - The EU Crisis - What Next? 23rd January - 27 Up: the Challenges and Prospects of EU Enlargement 17th January - What Are Elections Good for? Authoritarianism and Democracy in the Post-Soviet Space' 2012 21st November - CREES 50th Anniversary Seminar Series: Why do Caucasian Studies Matter? 5th October - Russia and Security in the 21st Century 2nd October - "Eurasia. Does it Exist?" 25th May - Farewell to the microphone 27th April - Russia after Putin's Re-election 16th April - Voting and/or Protesting: the future of democratic participation in Putin's third term Annual reports of activities Annual Report 2013-14 (PDF 674KB) Annual Report 2012-13 (PDF, 650KB) Annual Report 2011-12 (PDF, 440KB) Annual Report 2009-10 (PDF, 460KB) Annual Report 2008-09 (PDF, 230KB) Annual Report 2006-07 (PDF, 300KB) Annual Report 2005-06 (PDF, 260KB)