JANUARY
FEBRUARY
Through Sun, Mar 27
Exhibition
Metamorphosis Chat. Ferhat Özgür, artist. For more information, see umma.umich.edu.
Sponsors: UMMA, CMENAS, IH, Institute for Research on Women & Gender, ISP, WCED.
UMMA, 525 S. State.
Wed, Jan 13, 5:30-7 pm
Frankel/CPPS Lecture
“Rising from the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.” Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, chief curator, Core Exhibition, POLIN Museum of the History of
Polish Jews; university professor emerita and professor emerita of performance studies,
New York University. Sponsors: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, CPPS. Stern Auditorium,
UMMA, 525 S. State.
Wed, Jan 20, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“Taking the Place of Stalin: The Story of Late Communism.” Paulina Bren, adjunct assistant
professor in the multidisciplinary programs, Vassar College. Sponsors: CREES, CES.
Thu, Jan 21-Fri, Feb 26
Exhibition
“Converging Paths: Photography of Paweł Figurski.” Sponsors: IH, CPPS, CREES. Institute
for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, 1022 Thayer Building.
Thu, Jan 21, 4-5:30 pm
EIHS Lecture
“Longing to Stay or Go? East-West Migration and the Making of the ‘Free World.’” Tara
Zahra (PhD history ’05), professor of East European history, University of Chicago.
Sponsors: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, CREES. 1014 Tisch Hall.
Wed, Jan 27, 4-5:30 pm
CREES Interview
“Converging Paths: The Artist in Conversation.” Paweł Figurski, photographer; interviewed
by Jeffrey Veidlinger, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies,
U-M; and Geneviève Zubrzycki, associate professor of sociology and CPPS director, U-M.
Reception to follow. Sponsors: CREES, CPPS, IH. 2022 Thayer Building.
Thu, Jan 28, 4-6:30 pm
ISP Film and Discussion
UnMosqued. Ahmed Eid, director (72 min., 2014). Moderator: Muzammil Hussain,
assistant professor of communication studies, U-M. Sponsors: ISP, Interdisciplinary
Islamic Studies Seminar.
Thu, Feb 4, 4-5:30 pm
CPPS Lecture
“Mrożek on Trial: On the Short Plays of Sławomir Mrożek.” Joanna Trzeciak, associate
professor of Russian and Polish translation, Kent State University. Sponsor: CPPS.
Through Sun, Feb 21
Exhibition
Sat, Feb 6
Films
4:30 pm
Branding the New Order: Soviet Constructivist Films from the 1920s
6:30 pm
October/Ten Days that Shook the World.
Sergei Eisenstein, director (103 min., 1928).
Sun, Feb 7
Fri, Feb 12
Zvenigora.
Aleksandr Dovženko, Georgi Astafyev, and
Vjačeslav Ovčinnikov, directors (67 min., 1927).
Films
4:30 pm
6:15 pm
The Love Triangle/Bed and Sofa.
Abram Room, director (87 min., 1927).
The Eleventh.
Dziga Vertov, director (52 min., 1928).
Panel Discussion
4:30 pm
Film
6:30 pm
“Branding the New Order: Soviet
The Man with the Movie Camera.
Constructivism.”
Dziga Vertov, director (68 min., 1926).
Lehti Keelmann, exhibition curator;
Herbert Eagle, associate professor of Slavic
languages and literatures, U-M; Jindřich
Toman, professor of Slavic languages and
literatures, U-M.
For more information, see umma.umich.edu. Films in Russian with English subtitles. Free and open to the public. Sponsors: UMMA, CREES, WCED.
Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S. State.
Mon, Feb 8, 4-5:30 pm
Conversations on Europe
“Cutting Water with a Knife: Refugees and Europe’s Mediterranean Question.” Maurizio
Albahari, assistant professor of anthropology, University of Notre Dame. Sponsors: CES,
CMENAS, WCED.
Tue, Feb 9, 4-5:30 pm
WCED Lecture
“Greece and the Eurozone: Where To?” Stathis N. Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of
Political Science; director, Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence; Yale University.
Sponsors: WCED, CES, MGP.
Wed, Feb 10, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“Of Secrecy and Laughter: Aesthetics, Governance, and the Covert Sphere in Soviet
Lithuania (1964-85).” Neringa Klumbytė, associate professor of anthropology, Miami
University. Sponsors: CREES, CES.
Thu, Feb 18, 4-5:30 pm
CPPS Lecture
“Class Act: How Helena Modjeska Conquered the Nineteenth-century Polish and American
Stage.” Beth Holmgren, professor of Slavic and Eurasian studies, Duke University.
Sponsor: CPPS.
Tue, Feb 23, 4-5:30 pm
WCED Lecture
“Learning from Europe? Prisons, Punishment, and American Exceptionalism.” Marc Morjé
Howard, professor of government, Georgetown University. Sponsors: WCED, CES.
Wed, Feb 24, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“‘Sarajevo, My Dearest City, We Fixed You for the Olympics’: Representations of Sarajevo,
1979-87.” Zlatko Jovanovic, postdoctoral scholar, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen;
CREES visiting scholar, U-M. Sponsors: CREES, CES.
All events are in 1636 International Institute/SSWB, 1080 S. University, unless otherwise noted.
MARCH
APRIL
Wed, Mar 16, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“The Thing-System of Soviet Productivism: Building the Economy of Storage in the Late
USSR.” Serguei A. Oushakine, associate professor of anthropology and Slavic languages
and literatures, Princeton University. Sponsors: CREES, ANTHRO.
Theatre of the Eighth Day (Teatr Ósmego Dnia) Residency
Thu, Mar 17, 7 pm
Fri, Mar 18, 6 pm and 8 pm
Performances
Theatre of the Eighth Day (Teatr Ósmego Dnia) performs The Files (Teczki). Ewa Wójciak,
director. Sponsors: U-M’s CPPS, THEATRE, Third Century Initiative; Culture.pl. Video
Studio, Room 1356, Duderstadt Center, 2281 Bonisteel.
Mon, Mar 21, 5:30-7 pm
Annual Copernicus Lecture
“Breaking Boundaries before and after Censorship: A Personal Story of When and How
You Should Say No.” Ewa Wójciak, actor and director, Theatre of the Eighth Day. Sponsors:
U-M’s CPPS, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, THEATRE; Culture.pl. Reception to
follow. Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin.
Mon, Mar 21, 4-5:30 pm
ISP Lecture
“Why Early Ottoman History Is Not Written.” Rudi Lindner, professor of astronomy and
history, U-M. Sponsor: ISP.
Thu, Mar 24, 4-5:30 pm
Conversations on Europe
“Refugees and Health Care Policies: How Does Europe Cope?” Saime Ozcurumez, assistant
professor of political science and public administration, Bilkent University; 2015-16 visiting
scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University. Sponsors: CES, School of
Public Health Office of Global Public Health, WCED.
Mon, Mar 28, 5:30-7 pm
ISP Lecture
“American Qur’an.” Sandow Birk, illustrator and graphic artist. Sponsor: ISP.
Co-presenter: Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series. Stern Auditorium, UMMA,
525 S. State.
Tue, Mar 29, 4-5:30 pm
WCED Lecture
“Let Freedom Ring? Ethnic Diversity and the Politics of Values in Today’s Europe.” Erik
Bleich, professor of political science, Middlebury College. Sponsors: WCED, CES.
Wed, Mar 30, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“Re-Awakening Sleeping Beauty: The Lively Debate over Alexei Ratmansky’s New
Production.” Tim Scholl, professor of Russian and comparative literature, Oberlin College.
Sponsors: CREES, UMS.
Thu, Mar 31-Sat, Apr 2,
7:30 pm
Sun, Apr 3, 2:30 pm
Performance
The Sleeping Beauty. American Ballet Theatre. For ticket information, call 734.764.2538
or see ums.org. Sponsors: UMS, Michigan Opera Theatre. Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway, Detroit.
Wed, Apr 6, 12-1:30 pm
CREES Noon Lecture
“Urban Hunters: Hustling and Gathering in Postsocialist Ulaanbaatar.” Morten Axel
Pedersen, professor of social anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Sponsors: CREES,
ANTHRO, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.
Thu, Apr 7, 4-5:30 pm
WCED Lecture
“Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?” Karen Dawisha, Walter E. Havighurst professor
of political science and director, Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies,
Miami University. Sponsors: WCED, CREES.
Mon, Apr 18-Tue, Apr 19
ISP Conference
“After Alexander: Classical Texts in Arabic, Persian, and Armenian.” Convener: Karla
Mallette, ISP director. Sponsors: ISP, CES, others. Henderson Room, Michigan League.
MAY
Fri, May 20-Sat, May 21
WCED/CPPS Conference
“The Contemporary Interpretation of Historical Legacies in East Central Europe.”
Conveners: Anna Grzymala-Busse, WCEE/WCED director; Geneviève Zubrzycki, CPPS
director. Sponsors: U-M’s WCED, CPPS; Institute for Social Studies; POLIN Museum.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw.
Buying and Selling, States and Markets
This series focuses on various aspects of economies in Russia, Eastern Europe, and
Eurasia. How did socialist regimes theorize money, consumption, wages, and pricing? How
did markets during state socialism actually work, and what is their legacy in contemporary
times? What are the social roles of commodities and economic transactions today?
ii.umich.edu/wcee
Tel: 734.764.0351
Fax: 734.763.4765
Email: [email protected]
For more information about programs and activities of
Weiser Center affiliates, please see our websites:
Copernicus Program in Polish Studies
Center for European Studies
Islamic Studies Program
ii.umich.edu/ces
Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
ii.umich.edu/crees
ACRONYM KEY:
ANTHRO - Department of Anthropology
CES - Center for European Studies
CMENAS - Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
CPPS - Copernicus Program in Polish Studies
CREES - Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
IH - Institute for the Humanities
ISP - Islamic Studies Program
THEATRE - Department of Theatre & Drama
UMMA - U-M Museum of Art
UMS - University Musical Society
WCED - Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
Video recordings of programs organized by WCEE affiliates are available on our websites
and on YouTube.
ii.umich.edu/crees/polishstudies
ii.umich.edu/isp
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
ii.umich.edu/wced
Photos this side (top, clockwise from left): Metamorphosis Chat, 2009, Video, 9:25
minutes, courtesy of the artist, ©2015 Ferhat Özgür; photo by Paweł Figurski; Unmosqued;
Blue Sky M, by Daniele Albahari; (top right, left to right): Anonymous, Russian, 20th century,
October, 1928, lithograph, 75.57 cm x 159.39 cm (Gift of James T. Van Loo, 2013/2.225); N.
Chelovsky, Russian, 2oth century, Man with a Movie Camera, 1926, lithograph, 113.03 cm x
81.28 cm (Gift of James T. Van Loo, 2013/2.232); (bottom left, clockwise from left): Serguei
Oushakine; American Ballet Theatre Sleeping Beauty, by Fabrizio Ferri; Karen Dawisha;
American Qur’an: Sura 71, 2011, by Sandow Birk; (bottom right, left to right): Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, by Marta Kusmier; photo by Paweł Figurski.
Reverse (cover, from top): American Ballet Theatre Sleeping Beauty, by Gene Schiavone;
Lampedusa, by Maurizio Albahari; POLIN Museum; (inside): Theatre of the Eighth Day
(Teatr Ósmego Dnia). Design: MC 160181