CREES Birmingham

The official twitter account of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Birmingham, UK.

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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

[ICCEES @icceesorg]

[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
https://t.co/utO5riQnE8

https://t.co/BgZugPqUiw

[Andreas Umland @UmlandAndreas]

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.

https://t.co/rbkzrXTtUv

@BASEES @PolStudiesAssoc @REESOxford @CREESBham @KingsRussia

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

@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'. https://t.co/6mLxAWHqsj

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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'. https://t.co/6mLxAWHqsj

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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'. https://t.co/6mLxAWHqsj

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

@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!

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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'.

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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.

[CREES Birmingham @CREESBham]

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

[Tony Barber @TonyBarber8]

European strongmen under siege #Serbia #Slovakia #Hungary #Georgia - https://t.co/rDT7EwXadv via @ft

[Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre @OxResc]

Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia lit/culture postdoc? @StAntsCollege @UniofOxford ? Apply now! https://t.co/MgCsLbKQEo Deadline 28 Feb!
@UCLSSEES @CREESBham @BASEES @EdinburghUni @UofGlasgow @univofstandrews @Cam_RuSS @durham_uni @UniofExeter @UniversityLeeds

[Political WorldView @PolWorldView]

🚨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.👇

[College of Arts+Law @artsatbham]

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: https://t.co/AWvAeySlAq

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

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

[Stefan Wolff @stefwolff]

A presidential elections that has turned out well: my thoughts on the outcome in Moldova for @navvortex -- https://t.co/fG07KI6f5i...

#Moldova #EuropeanUnion #Russia #Georgia

[Tim Haughton @HaughtonTim]

Some reflections on the latest elections in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 for ⁦@LSEEuroppblog⁩ from Emilia Zankina, Yuxiang Lin and me. ⁦@CEDAR_Bham⁩ ⁦@BhamPolsis⁩ ⁦@TempleUniv⁩ ⁦@ProfTimBale⁩ ⁦@sarahobolt⁩ ⁦@JanRovny⁩ https://t.co/Z7eFY5j5zN