Daviscalendar-list April 2011

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Seminar Calendar, April 16-30, 2011

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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Seminar Calendar April 16-30, 2011 For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website: http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php. Monday, April 18 Literature and Culture Seminar "Writing after Yugoslavia: Literature in Politics and Politics in Literature" Igor Štiks, CITSEE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh; author of the novels A Castle in Romagna and Elijah's Chair 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 Cold War Studies Seminar "Dealing with a Communist Dictatorship: U.S. Policy and the Softening of Soviet-Style Rule" László Borhi, Visiting Professor of History, Indiana University; Senior Fellow, Institute of History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies "Russian Jewry in Motion: Relations with Israel, the Kremlin, and Itself" Yuri Kanner, President, Russian Jewish Congress 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar "Land and Power in Khorezm: Farmers, Communities and the State in Uzbekistan's Decollectivisation" Tommaso Trevisani, Postdoctoral Fellow, Berlin Graduate School for Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin 1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Room S250 4:15-6:00 p.m. To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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4/26/2011 Workshop, Chernobyl: 25 Years Later

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The Outreach Program at the Davis Center is pleased to announce a one-day workshop commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The workshop will feature lectures devoted to the political, historical and ecological consequences of the disaster, as well as comparisons between the event in Chernobyl and the recent nuclear disaster in Japan (for more details, please see complete agenda below). The workshop is free and open to the public. Full day attendance is not required. RSVPs are also not required, but are appreciated. Workshop, Chernobyl: 25 Years Later Sponsored by the Davis Center Outreach Program Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9am--4pm 1730 Cambridge Street, S450 9:00-9:30 AM Welcome and Introductions Cris Martin, Davis Center 9:30-11:00 AM Lecture: History of the Chernobyl Disaster Igor Lukes, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University 11:00-11:15 AM Break 11:15-12:45 PM Lecture: Ecological Consequences of Chernobyl Disaster Paul Josephson, Professor of History and Chair, Colby College 12:45-1:30 PM Lunch Break 1:30-2:30 PM Lecture: Chernobyl's Impact on Local Life and Politics Tammy Lynch, Independent Researcher 2:30-4:00 PM Lecture & Discussion: Nuclear Power in the 21st Century Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government 5:00-7:00 PM Opening Reception: Photo Exhibit, "...the day the Ferris wheel stood still..." Tania D'Avignon, Photographer The exhibit, sponsored by Harvard's Ukrainian Research Institute, will be held in Fischer Commons in the Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. For more information about this workshop, please contact Cris Martin at clmartin(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:clmartin@fas.harvard.edu> --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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4/28 Study Group on Jews in Modern Europe with Maxim Shrayer

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Please note the last session of this academic year's Study Group on Jews in Modern Europe at the Center for European Studies: Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM Topic: Jewish-Russian Poets Bearing Witness to the Shoah Speaker: Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College Location: Goldman Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge Sponsor: Study Group on Jews in Modern Europe<http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/sg21.html> Contact: Phyllis Albert, phyllisalbert(a)gmail.com<mailto:phyllisalbert@gmail.com> --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Date correction: Save the Date: Book Talk with Slavenka Drakulic, Thursday, April 14!!

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Please note that this event will be held on Thursday, April 14 . We are very pleased to announce that Slavenka Drakulić -noted Croatian journalist, essayist and novelist-will be at the Davis Center later this month to discuss her new book, A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, & a Raven. In his review of the book in The New republic, Tim Snyder argues "...Slavenka Drakulić summons her own group of animals, each with its own literary genre, and each with a story to tell about life in a communist country... these stories are not really fables (despite the subtitle's promise) because the animals do not reveal the problems of human nature through their own actions, foolish or wise. Instead they are there to instruct us, and what they are all saying, in their different ways, is: remember. At bottom this book is the work of a very gifted novelist who is using every imaginable trick, and some fairly unimaginable ones, to help us recall what seems like the very recent past." To learn more about this new work, please attend Slavenka's book talk (details below). Please share this announcement with your (current and former) students and colleagues as it's sure to be of interest to many. Thursday, April 14 Book Talk Sponsored by the Davis Center Outreach Program A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, & a Raven Slavenka Drakulić, Author 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) 4:00-6:00 p.m. If you would like paper copies of the attached flyer for distribution or postering, please contact Cris Martin at clmartin(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:clmartin@fas.harvard.edu>. [cid:image003.jpg@01CBF3AC.24BF4370] --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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4/8 Seminar with Bryan Rennie

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You are invited to a lecture by Professor Bryan Rennie Westminster College, PA, Friday, April 8th, 2011, 4 PM Davis Center, Room S354, CGIS, 1730 Cambridge Street Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Mircea Eliade, facts and interpretations Mircea Eliade, the great Romanian historian of comparative religion, wrote on Yoga, the ancient Balkan god Zalmoxis, alchemy, and many other subjects. He almost single-handedly invented the field of the study of shamanism; and edited the Encyclopedia of Religion during his tenure at the University of Chicago. He was also an important and prolific prose writer whose darkly surrealistic contrivances remind one of Borges, or of a new Gogol. Eliade's scholarly reputation has in recent years been overshadowed by discussion of his political activity before and during the Second World War in and on behalf of the fascist regime in Romania. Professor Rennie has devoted much of his career to the study of Eliade's voluminous corpus; and this lecture will address the philological, phenomenological, and political facets of Eliade's fascinating work and life. The lecture will be moderated by J.R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, and is supported by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Save the Date: Book Talk with Slavenka Drakulic, April 14!!

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We are very pleased to announce that Slavenka Drakulić -noted Croatian journalist, essayist and novelist-will be at the Davis Center later this month to discuss her new book, A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, & a Raven. In his review of the book in The New republic, Tim Snyder argues "...Slavenka Drakulić summons her own group of animals, each with its own literary genre, and each with a story to tell about life in a communist country... these stories are not really fables (despite the subtitle's promise) because the animals do not reveal the problems of human nature through their own actions, foolish or wise. Instead they are there to instruct us, and what they are all saying, in their different ways, is: remember. At bottom this book is the work of a very gifted novelist who is using every imaginable trick, and some fairly unimaginable ones, to help us recall what seems like the very recent past." To learn more about this new work, please attend Slavenka's book talk (details below). Please share this announcement with your (current and former) students and colleagues as it's sure to be of interest to many. Friday, April 14 Book Talk Sponsored by the Davis Center Outreach Program A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, & a Raven Slavenka Drakulić, Author 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) 4:00-6:00 p.m. If you would like paper copies of the attached flyer for distribution or postering, please contact Cris Martin at clmartin(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:clmartin@fas.harvard.edu>. [cid:image003.jpg@01CBF3AC.24BF4370] --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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4/15/11: Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies and Exhibition Opening

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Please join us for the following special events: Friday, April 15, 2011 Davis Center Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies Opening Remarks / 1:00 p.m. / 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 Terry Martin, Director, Davis Center; George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Harvard University Panel I / 1:15-2:45 p.m. / 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 Ellen Bryson, Harvard College, Victim and Accomplice: Poland and Italy in the Danube Basin, 1938 Svetlana Dotsenko, Harvard College, State Capacity, Political Commitment, and Health: A Comparative Study of Tuberculosis in Post-Soviet States, 1990-2009 Annemarie Hanson, Wheaton College, The "War of Memories:" Post-World War II Observations in Russian-Estonian Ethnicity Expectations and Geopolitical Relations Paul Sawyier, Harvard College, Extremism and Neo-Nazism in Russia, 1990s to Present Alena Svobodova, Wheaton College, The Terrorism in the Caucasus and Its Influence on the Russo-Georgian Relations Alex Welles, Wheaton College, The Soviets and Weimar: Rearmament and Revolution Chair: Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University Panel II / 3:00-4:15 p.m. / 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 Beth Bryant, Wellesley College, Abortion in the Soviet Union Ivana Djak, Harvard College, Women's Organizations in Post-Conflict Periods: The State and Nationalism in the Balkans Erin Ryan, Wheaton College, Conflict, Peace, and Nongovernmental Actors in Nagorno-Karabakh Kaitlin Terry, Harvard College, Milada Horáková: A Story of Past and Present Alice Underwood, Harvard College, Rights on Parade: The Russian LGBT Community's March toward Equality Chair: Jeanne Wilson, Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College Panel III / 4:30-5:45 p.m. / 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 Jordan Bryant, Harvard College, Russia's Appian Way: How the Classics Shaped Imperial Identity from Peter I to Alexander I Anne Burke, Wellesley College, Examining the Igor Tale and Its Authenticity Jessica Flakne, Harvard College, The Role of Religion in the Thought of T.G. Masaryk: An Inquiry into the Implications of Religion on Theories of Democracy and Nationalism Danielle Guillette, Harvard College, Perceptions and Realities: Solidarity through the Lens of Media and the Soviet Politburo Aseem Shukla, Harvard College, Spoken Identities: Trends of Language Choice in the Ukrainian Parliament Chair: Thomas Hodge, Professor of Russian, Wellesley College Friday, April 15, 2011 Photography Exhibition Opening Student photographers from Harvard, Wellesley and Wheaton 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level 5:45-6:45 p.m. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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