Book Cover: Informal Power in the Greater Middle East - Hidden Geographies
Book Cover: Informal Power in the Greater Middle East - Hidden Geographies

From Recognition to Restoration

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:47:00 BST

We are pleased to announce a new jointly-edited publication from the CRCEES network, resulting from a number of events held at the University of Glasgow in November 2008 to celebrate 90 Years of Latvian Independence.

David Frisby

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:52:00 GMT

David Frisby, Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow and London School of Economics, has died.

CEES hosts Glasgow participation in world-wide Estonian song festival

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:30:00 BST

"Having tens of thousands of people sing at the same time doesn’t seem like too much of a problem, but coordinating it across the world is a whole new level of impressive..."

Estonia hosts world's first digital song festival

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:31:00 BST

Estonia has a long tradition of big music festivals and is this week preparing to host the world’s first digital song festival. Staff and students of Central and East European Studies will be participating.

Professor Richard Berry
Professor Richard Berry

Honorary Professorship for Richard Berry

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:50:00 BST

Professor Richard Berry, director of the Centre for Russian, Central and Eastern European Studies, has been awarded an honorary Professorship by the University of Győr in western Hungary.

Professor Stephen White
Professor Stephen White

Politics professor to join British Academy

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:00 BST

Professor Stephen White is one of two academics from the University to have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy.

The Internet and Everyday Rights
The Internet and Everyday Rights

The Internet and Everyday Rights

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:00 BST

A two-year project to investigate whether the internet can champion the causes of citizens in non-democratic states has won funding from the ESRC.

New partners on International Masters programme

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:14:00 BST

CEES have successfully negotiated cooperation agreements with the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy and the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research. This offers students of Central and Eastern European Studies the opportunity to study at these institutions.

Euro-Dollar-Yen
Euro-Dollar-Yen

£1m grants for sociological research

Thu, 27 May 2010 10:00:00 BST

Sociology researchers have been awarded over £1m in grants towards a variety of projects.