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CREES 50 Year History

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    50 year history

    50 year history

  • Slavic and Soviet Area Studies Committee established with B.A. degree and graduate certificate.

  • The University’s Board of Regents approved a budget of $20,000 for expansion of language and area studies.

  • Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures created.

  • First summer Russian study program in Finland supported by Carnegie Foundation.Five-year grant from Ford Foundation for SSAS language and area studies.

  • Language and Area Center designation under National Defense Education Act.

  • 30 students on 9-week advanced Russian program at Moscow State University.First extension course on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for McPherson and other Kansas colleges.

  • 30 students on 9-week advanced Russian program at Moscow State University.First extension course on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for McPherson and other Kansas colleges.

  • Three-year sequence in Polish established

  • Library’s collection of Slavica grew by over 15,000 volumes—the largest yearly increase in the history of the University

  • Three students admitted to new Russian Master of Arts in Slavic and Soviet Area Studies

  • Kansas Slavic Reprint series established

  • First semester program at Leningrad State University through CIEE

  • Polish exchange program with University of Poznan inaugurated

  • Summer Program inaugurated at Leningrad State University

  • The library collection of South Slavica (25,000 volumes) ranks among major U.S. collections

  • Foreign radio broadcasts made available to KU language students by telephone

  • Courses in Russian for the Professions started

  • The Areas Studies program extended to the DDR

  • Czech offered for the first time as intensive course

  • Student exchange with University of Warsaw established

  • Soviet writer, Vitaly Korotich, offers “mini-course”

  • Hosted the 21st annual Central Slavic Conference

  • Received three-year National Resource Center and FLAS grants

  • Received $40,000 grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to create student exchange with USSR.

  • “Spirit of Poland” conference held featured lecture by Polish Ambassador Jan Kinast.

  • “New Concepts of Security After the August Coup” featured former KGB colonel

  • Collapse of the USSR

    Collapse of the USSR
    The collapse of the Soviet Union marked a significant time for SEES.

  • First comprehensive curriculum in Ukrainian studies in the U.S.

  • SEES becomes CREES

    KU's Soviet and East European Studies program becomes the KU Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

  • 35th Central Slavic Conference at KU with Michael Mandelbaum and Paul Globe.

  • 12th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore at KU

  • Moving into Bailey Hall

    Moving into Bailey Hall
    CREES moves from Lippincott Hall to Bailey Hall.

  • Center is renamed Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

  • 50th Anniversary Celebration!

    50th Anniversary Celebration!
    CREES marks it's 50th anniversary! Click here to view event information