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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

Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies Presents:

"How the War in Afghanistan Was Lost"

Professor Gilles Dorronsoro
Political Science, Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Author of Revolution Unending: Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present.

Monday, September 24, 2007 5:00 pm
Encina Hall West, Room 208


"Do Autocracies Perform Better than Democracies? Evidence from Russia under Yeltsin and Putin"

Michael A. McFaul
Director at CDDRL and

Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
Associate Director of Research at CDDRL

October 9, 2007 12:00 PM
CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor
RSVP required audrey.mcgowan@stanford.edu

Sponsored by CDDRL and CREEES


“Choices People Make in Wartime: The War in Bosnia and Its Aftermath”

Dr. Svetlana Broz
Cardiologist, Author and Lecturer

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:15 pm
CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor


"Russia After Putin"

Lilia Shevtsova
Researcher at Carnegie Center Moscow

October 17, 2007 12:00 PM
CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor


International Symposium

"The Life of Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago”: Culture and the Cold War"


Friday, October 19, 9 - 6 & Saturday, October 20, 9 - 3 pm
Tresidder Union, Oak West Room, Stanford University


“Turkmenistan in Transition"

Muhammad Tahir
Osher Fellow; Broadcaster,Turkmen Service, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:00 pm
Encina Hall West 2nd Floor Room 208, Stanford University

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


UNAFF- 10th United Nations Association Film Festival:

“Camera as Witness”


Wednesday, October 24 - Sunday, October 28, 2007
Stanford University & Palo Alto Locations vary, please check the Film Festival Schedule

Sponsored by CREEES and many other organizations


UNAFF- 10th United Nations Association Film Festival:

“Orange Revolution”


Internationally acclaimed film
Sunday, October 28 1:40 pm
Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford University
Information about this film

Sponsored by CREEES and many other organizations


“Galicia in the Age of Metternich and Fredro"

Larry Wolff
History Department, New York University

Monday, October 29, 2007 12:00 pm
Encina Hall West 2nd Floor Room 208, Stanford University


“The Legendary Wayne Vucinich: His Memoir”


Larry Wolff
History Department, New York University

Norman Naimark
History Department, Stanford University

NEW TIME!!! Monday, October 29, 2007 4:30 - 6:00 pm NEW TIME!!!
Oak West Lounge, Tresidder Union, Stanford University
Information about this film

Sponsored by CREEES and many other organizations


The CREEES 2007 Alexander Dallin Lecture in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

“Russia before the Parliamentary and Presidential Election: Towards a New Authoritarian Regime"

Lev Gudkov
Levada Center Moscow

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:00 pm
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building, Stanford University
Directions


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 -