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Thanks to all who made our 60th anniversary event such a success. It was lovely to see so many there. Special thanks to speakers Edwin Bacon, Julian Cooper, Tracey German, Chris Hann and Vera Tolz for their contributions, and to @Prof_RBlack for his opening remarks. #CREESis60

[Call for Papers] BASEES 2026 Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, 10-12 April 2026 The deadline for paper and panel/roundtable proposals is 3 October 2025. The submission platform will open on 1 August 2025 baseesconference.org/call-for-paper… basees.org/news-1/2025/7/…

THE @GUARDIAN published a collective letter concerning Russia’s war & attacking Dr #FionaHill @durham_uni. As UK-based or British-educated experts in matters pertaining to Russia, we disagree. theguardian.com/politics/2025/… @BASEES @PolStudiesAssoc @REESOxford @CREESBham @KingsRussia

@ZMO_Berlin @UniEastFinland The third and final event of our online roundtable series with @ZMO_Berlin and the @UniEastFinland VERA Centre will be next Tuesday, 10 June. The theme this time is 'Academic Cooperation and Mobility'. zmo.de/en/events/lect…

The second event of our online roundtable series with @ZMO_Berlin and the @UniEastFinland VERA Centre is coming up Thursday 15 May. The theme for this second roundtable is 'Transnational Citizenship'. zmo.de/en/events/lect…

Starting on 2 April, we're co-hosting an online roundtable series, 'Borders and Mobilities in Eurasia', together with @ZMO_Berlin and @UniEastFinland's VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies. The first event is on 'Imperial and Soviet Borderlands'. zmo.de/en/events/lect…

@MarkAlanWebber We have one more seminar this academic year, with Julian Cooper speaking on 'Russia at War' on Wednesday 7 May at 12:30 in Muirhead 112. Do join us!

For our last seminar of the term, we have @MarkAlanWebber speaking on 'Has the West Failed Ukraine?'. Join us next Wednesday, 2 April at 12:30 in Muirhead 427 (please note the change from the usual room). All welcome.

Our first seminar of 2025 is tomorrow, 29 January at 12:30 in Muirhead 429. Dina Gusejnova (@lsehistory) will speak on 'Introducing Project 2022: The intellectual consequences of Russia's full-scale invasion on German and Slavic studies and their implications for educators'.

Research by CREES's @HaughtonTim on the 2023 elections in Slovakia is cited in this FT article.

Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia lit/culture postdoc? @StAntsCollege @UniofOxford ? Apply now! sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/max-… Deadline 28 Feb! @UCLSSEES @CREESBham @BASEES @EdinburghUni @UofGlasgow @univofstandrews @Cam_RuSS @durham_uni @UniofExeter @UniversityLeeds

🚨We're back! Our first episode of 2025 out now.🚨 This time host @adamjamesquinn is joined by @stefwolff and @MarkAlanWebber to take stock of the Russian war on #Ukraine, three years after it began. Its origins, its impact, and how it may end. 👇Audio links in thread below.👇

The English-Ukrainian Rule of Law Dictionary project has been shortlisted for the Halsbury Award for Rule of Law in the @LexisNexisUK Legal Awards! Congratulations to the whole team for their work on this amazing project 🎉 Find out more here: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

📢Shout out for one of our brilliant partner Warm Welcome spaces #HelpinBrum

A presidential elections that has turned out well: my thoughts on the outcome in Moldova for @navvortex -- navigatingthevortex.com/.../maia-sandu…... #Moldova #EuropeanUnion #Russia #Georgia

Some reflections on the latest elections in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 for ⁦@LSEEuroppblog⁩ from Emilia Zankina, Yuxiang Lin and me. ⁦@CEDAR_Bham⁩ ⁦@BhamPolsis⁩ ⁦@TempleUniv⁩ ⁦@ProfTimBale⁩ ⁦@sarahobolt⁩ ⁦@JanRovny⁩ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…