Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

Giving to CREEES

Alexander Dallin, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and
History, served as Center Director from 1985-89 and 1992-94. The Alexander
Dallin Lecture in Soviet/Post-Soviet Affairs, established by CREEES in 1998,
brings a leading scholar in the field to the Stanford campus each year.
[Photo © Dietmar Hochmuth] Support from CREEES Alumni and friends helps ensure our continued leadership in the field of Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. A gift in support of our programs will enhance genuine understanding of the languages, literatures, religions, histories, and cultures of the region. Your donation will support general operations and programs at the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, or may be designated to support specific projects such as faculty and student research; the M.A. degree program in REEES; overseas study, research, or internship fellowships; or conferences, workshops, and public lectures. Gifts to CREEES are tax-deductible under applicable rules. As a unit of Stanford University, CREEES qualifies for tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3).

You can make a secure credit card gift to CREEES by using the Stanford Giving website.
http://givingtostanford.stanford.edu
1) In the scroll down menus provided, please direct your gift to School of Humanities and Sciences.
2) In the next step, select Dept or Program and specify Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies in the special instruction/designation field below.
You can also mail your contribution to the CREEES office. Checks should be made payable to “Stanford University.”
For assistance or more information, please contact:

Robert Wessling, Associate Director
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
417 Galvez - Encina Hall West, 2nd Floor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

Send an email
phone: 650-725-6852

A TRADITION OF GIVING
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford University was founded in 1969. Russian and East European Studies as a collective endeavor at Stanford started under the aegis of Wayne S. Vucinich, Professor of History at Stanford since 1946, who created the "East European Faculty Seminar" in 1963. Over the years the Center has been fortunate to receive institutional funding from philanthropic organizations (including the Ford and Mellon Foundations), and from the U.S. Department of Education. From the beginning, the Center has been loyally supported by gifts from private donors. Substantial endowment funds have enabled us to flourish, particularly in the areas of public outreach, student scholarships, and research support. The Center relies on such private gifts to expand our academic and outreach activities and respond to new programming opportunities.

WHY SUPPORT RUSSIAN, EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES?
Now is a particularly important time to support Russian, East European and Eurasian studies. Post-Cold War changes in the region have transformed the roles of these newly independent states both within Europe and vis-à-vis the United States. Renewed U.S. ties with Russia, the need for cooperation with the region to meet security concerns on, and the strategic importance of the Central Asia and the Caucasus re-emphasize the importance of this part of the world.

Nancy Kollmann, William H. Bonsall Professor of History,
served as CREEES director 1995-98 and 1999-2007. Professor Kollmann was
instrumental in building the Ukrainian Studies Program at CREEES and
continues to serve as its director. It is more important then ever that area-specific international education stays strong in American universities, and particularly that we expand our knowledge of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Our endowment funds, primarily the Wayne S. and Sally Stys Vucinich Fund, allow us to sponsor new courses, to support graduate students in our M.A. program, and to host visiting scholars from Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Central Asia, Europe and America. Other funds target general and more specific regions of interest, including: the Ukrainian Studies Fund, the Steve P. Rados Fund for Eastern European Studies, the Alexander Dallin Lecture Fund. Gifts can also be directed to the Center without naming a specific fund.

OUR GOALS
Gifts to the Center enable us to:
Expand the curriculum in exciting new areas
Support faculty and graduate student research
Support community outreach activities
Host reknowned area specialists for guest teaching, research, lectures and conferences
Develop endowed lecture series and conferences
Support MA students in their studies and career development