Resources

CREEES Video Lending Library is designed to provide video resources on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia for teachers, researchers, and lecturers.

CREEES maintains a lending library of documentary films on Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia for educational use. Materials from the video lending library link are available for two-week checkout by instructors, for use in the classroom viewing and curriculum development. The user is responsible for paying return postage and postal insurance for the return package. To check out a video or for further information, please contact Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Events and Publicity Coordinator, at (650) 725-2563. CREEES makes no endorsement of political opinions expressed in any of the available documentaries.

Speakers' Bureau
CREEES arranges for Stanford area specialists and graduate students to give talks and lead discussions at schools and community non-profit organizations at no charge. Topics range from archaeology to contemporary issues facing Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. For information please call the Center at (650) 723-3562.

Libraries and Archives at Stanford house East European/Russian/Soviet collections totaling over half a million volumes. The major research resources in this area are in the Cecil H. Green Library's Slavic Collection and the Library and Archives of the Hoover Institution. These libraries have, in addition to monographs, American, foreign, and emigre scholarly journals and periodicals, and unique unpublished materials. Exchanges with major academic libraries in Russia and Eastern Europe assure the continued excellence of Stanford's collections. The Academic Computing Center at the Meyer Library houses the Language Laboratory and a substantial collection of documentary and feature films on videotape and has access to selected Russian television programming.

Slavianskii Dom is an undergraduate residence and theme house for students interested in Russian and East European Studies. It provides a focal point for many formal and informal activities (language tables, films, house seminars), and is the heart of social activities.

Zhe: Stanford's Student Journal of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary annual journal showcasing student scholarship relevant to the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. This journal was created to promote university-wide recognition of Stanford students' commitment to scholarship in the area and to foster an interest among the greater student body for further academic engagement in the region.

Stanford Homepage provides links to other departments and research centers, a news service, and a search engine.