Welcome to the Department of Central & East European Studies

The Study of Central and Eastern Europe has a long tradition at Glasgow University. For over 50 years CEES has covered developments in communist and post communist societies and is recognised as one of the world's leading centres for research and teaching in its field.

The Department was delighted with its performance in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise which confirmed its leading position amongst departments engaged in Central and East European Studies in the UK. Submitting twice the number of staff as in 2001, including new entrants to the profession, 85% of its work was rated “international”, “internationally excellent” or “world leading”; in its unit of assessment the department was ranked first in Scotland and in the top 10 in the UK

Our courses offer an opportunity to study a variety of rewarding and fascinating topics in a fast changing region. The Department prides itself on offering an innovative and student-centred place of learning, with staff teaching and providing supervision on their own individual areas and countries of expertise.

Feel free to explore the rest of our site to find out more about CEES; the undergraduate and postgraduate courses we offer and activities in the Department.

Professor David Smith, Head of Department                  

Latest news

Please check our full News, Events and Seminars sections for details of what's happening in CEES.

New Partners Announced on International Masters programme

Professor David Smith and Dr Clare McManus recently travelled to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, where they successfully negotiated cooperation agreements with two new international partner institutions - the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP). Both agreements had prior approval from the Senate Office and the International Office. They offer CEES students at Glasgow the opportunity to study at these institutions as part of the International Masters in Russian, Central and East European Studies, and also provide a foundation for future collaboration in research and PhD training and exchange. Both institutions also expressed an interest in sending their own PGT students to Glasgow in future, as part of a reciprocal arrangement.
 
The agreement with ADA is an MoU and finance agreement, allowing Glasgow students to go to Baku for one or two semesters on an exchange basis.  The agreement with KIMEP is a fuller MoA providing for the award of a double degree by the two institutions.

Signing of the agreement has been reported in the Azerbaijan press (in Russian), where ADA's Rector makes reference to the importance of cooperating with a department in one of the world's top 100 universities.http://www.day.az/news/society/212338.html.


More details will be available shortly but for further information at this stage please contact Dr Clare McManus (c.mcmanus@lbss.gla.ac.uk) .

07.06.2010

AHRC Case Study: Historical analysis contributes to policy debates on minority rights in Europe

A new AHRC report on the value and impact of arts and humanities research will feature Professor David Smith’s project "Ending Nationalism? The Quest for Cultural Autonomy in Inter-War Europe" in a chapter entitled “Measuring our standing: benchmarking and sharing good practice” as a case study for a section of the report covering worldwide impact.

CEES Postgraduates awarded internships

PhD research student Eleanor Bindman has been awarded a scholarship by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) to carry out a traineeship at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from April to July 2010.

PhD research student Paul Jordan has been accepted to the ESRC and Scottish Government 2010 Student Internship Scheme from  December 2009 - March 2010.   The internship is sponsored by the Scottish Government Directorate General for Economy, Business Management and Support and is based in the Culture, External Affairs & Tourism (CEAT) Analytical Unit which focuses on areas such as migration, the Scottish diaspora, international development, public and cultural diplomacy, cultural participation, broadcasting, crosscutting areas of culture such as education, health and justice, tourism.