CREEES is a center of interdisciplinary intellectual exchange; a community of students, scholars, and practitioners; and a resource for anyone with a passion for all matters Russian, East European and Eurasian.
The Helena Brandt Visiting Scholar Program: “A Conversation with Gary Shteyngart”
Join NYT bestselling author Gary Shteyngart, a Soviet-born satirical writer, in conversation with Molly Antopol, Stanford Creative Writing Program, on the topic of absurdities and realities Soviet and post-Soviet life. Shteyngart is the author of Super Sad True Love Story, Lake Success, and Vera, or Faith.
This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Creative Writing Program, Stanford Humanities Center, and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies and is made possible by the Helena Brandt Visiting Scholar Program.
CREEES 2026 Vucinich Fellow: Katarzyna Kwiatkowska-Moskalewicz
CREEES is proud to welcome our 2026 Vucinich Fellow, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska-Moskalewicz. Kwiatkowska-Moskalewicz is a historian specializing in Eastern European history and focuses particularly on the experiences of Jewish communists. She is affiliated with both the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought. To learn more about Katarzyna's research, attend her presentation, "Jewish "Reds": Radicals in Poland, 1918–1968 — A Collective Biography" on Friday, May 15.
