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CREEES sponsors a variety of events which are open to the public. If you would like to receive information about these events by mail or email, please contact CREEES

"Report from the Stanford Overseas Seminar in Mongolia"

Mark Mancall
History Professor Emeritus, Stanford University with
Budruun Gardi ‘09 and Saya Kitasei ‘08

Monday, November 5, 2007 12:00 pm
Encina Hall West, Room 208

Film Maker Zelimir Zilnik at Stanford Screening Fortress Europe (2000) followed by Q&A


Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:00 pm
Cubberley Auditorium Stanford University

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Director's Workshop with Zelimir Zilnik

Friday, November 9, 2007 10:00am-12:30pm Building 120, S64 Stanford University Co-sponsored by CREEES, Stanford Humanities Center, Forum on Contemporary Europe, and Film and Media Studies

"The Sputnik Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable"

Donald Kennedy
Stanford University President Emeritus and
Bing Professor of Environmental Sciences Emeritus

David Holloway
Professor of History & Politics; Senior Fellow, FSI

J. David Powell
Professor Emeritus, Aeronautics, Astronautics & Mechanical Engineering

Pavel Podvig
CISAC Research Associate

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:15 pm
Building 370 Room 370, 450 Serra Mall

“How Firm Is President Lukashenko’s Grip on Power in Belarus?”

Jan Maksymiuk
Hoover Osher Fellow, Regional Analyst with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:00 pm
Encina Hall West, Room 208

"Cultural Heritage in Kosova/o: Violence, Healing and Legislation"

Ana Bezic
Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology Department, Stanford University

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:00 pm
Encina Hall West, Room 208

2007-08 Stanford Silk Road Lectures series presents:

"From Korea to Cairo:  Mamluks on the Silk Road"


Etienne de la Vaissiere
Associate Professor, Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes

Friday, November 30, 2007 7:30 pm
Building 200, History Corner, Room 203

Co-Sponsored by the Silk Road Foundation; CREEES & CEAS

2007-08 Stanford Lectures series on Ukraine presents:

“The Social Bases of Reform and Anti-Reform: 
A Comparative Study of Ukraine and Russia"

David Lane
Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Social & Political Sciences, Cambridge University

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 5:15 pm
Encina Hall West, Room 202

Co-Sponsored by the Silk Road Foundation; CREEES & CEAS

“When Languages Die: Tracking Global and Local Trends of Language Extinction”


K. David Harrison
Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, Swarthmore College
Research Director, Living Tongues Institute

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 4:15 pm
Bolivar House Conference Room, 582 Alvarado Row Directions

Co-sponsored by CREEES, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for African Studies &
the Center for South Asia

2007-08 Stanford Silk Road Lectures series presents:

“Cross-Dressing Heroines and Talking Horses: 
Documenting Tuvan Epic Tales from along the Silk Road”


K. David Harrison
Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, Swarthmore College
Research Director, Living Tongues Institute

Thursday, December 6, 2007 7:30 pm
Building 260, Pigott Hall, Room 113

Co-Sponsored by the Silk Road Foundation; CREEES & CEAS

Every Tuesday at 6:00 pm!

Come to the Russian Table at Slavianskii Dom!!!
Free Dinner! Practice your Russian language skills! All levels welcome - from first year to native speaker

Slavianskii Dom - 650 Mayfield Drive - Directions

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CENTER HAS MOVED TO ENCINA HALL WEST