SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 9 A.M. - 3 P.M.
SYMPOSIUM in conjunction with "DESIGNING THE MODERN UTOPIA: SOVIET
TEXTILES FROM THE LLOYD COTSEN COLLECTION" at the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS,
BOSTON
A symposium on propaganda textiles and the early Soviet cultural context
will be held the morning of Sunday, December 3^rd in Remis Auditorium at
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The event is free and open to the
public, and no prior registration is required.
Speakers will include Pamela Kachurin of Duke University and curator of
the exhibition /Designing the Modern Utopia: Soviet Textiles in Lloyd
Cotsen Collection/, on Soviet textiles in the context of Soviet visual
culture; Michael O'Mahoney of the University of Bristol on sports in
Soviet culture; Jacqueline Atkins, of the Allentown Museum of Art, on
textiles and propaganda; Terry Martin, of Harvard University, on
utopianism in the late 1920s and 1930s; and Vida Johnson of Tufts
University, who will introduce "Enthusiasm" by Dziga Vertov (USSR, 1921,
67 minutes) a Soviet film to be screened in the afternoon.
Tickets are required for the film only ($8 / $9), and available through
Remis Box Office (617-369-3306) or online at mfa.org. For further
information please go to
http://www.mfa.org/calendar/sub.asp?key=12&subkey=3595
<http://www.mfa.org/calendar/sub.asp?key=12&subkey=3595> or contact Alex
Huff (ahuff(a)mfa.org; 617.369.3976).
SCHEDULE
*9:00 a.m.**:* Dr. Pamela Kachurin, Guest Curator of /Designing the
Modern Utopia: Soviet Textiles in Lloyd Cotsen Collection/; Assistant
Visiting Professor, Duke University
Topic: Soviet Thematic Textiles and their Visual Context, 1920s-1930s
*9:40 a.m.**: *Dr. Michael O'Mahoney, Lecturer in the History of Art,
University of Bristol, UK
Topic: "Fizkult-Hurrah!:" The Sports Theme in Soviet Art between the Wars
*10:20-10:30 a.m*.: BREAK
*10:30 a.m.**:* Jacqueline Atkins, The Kate Fowler Merle-Smith Curator
of Textiles, Allentown Museum of Art and curator of /Wearing Propaganda:
Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States
1931-1945/
Topic: Propaganda textiles
*11:10 a.m.**: *Dr. Terry Martin, Department of History, Harvard University
Topic: Utopias: Conflicting Visions of Revolutionary Transformation
*Noon-1:30 p.m.:* BREAK
*1:30-3:15 p.m.**:* Dr. Vida Johnson, Slavic Department, Tufts University
Topic: Introduction to screening of "Enthusiasm" by Dziga Vertov (USSR,
1921, 67 minutes)
Commemorating Human Rights Day
Sunday, December 10 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
Dashed Hopes: Human Rights in the Former Soviet Union
A community-wide Public Event in Observance of International Human Rights
Day
4:00 p.m.: Babitsky's War, an hour long film about the efforts of the
Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky to cover the war in Chechnya.
The film will be followed by a discussion with Alexander Verkhovsky and
Tatiana Lokshina, two human rights activists from Moscow.
7:00 p.m.: Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Jack Matlock
former U.S. ambassdor to the
Soviet Union under President Ronald Reagan
His book Reagan and Gorbachev is a seminal work on the dramatic events
surrounding Gorbachev's reforms and the eventual break-up of the Soviet
Union.
Following Ambassador Matlock's speech, there will be a panel
discussion with:
Nikolai Butkevich, Researcher, Union of Councils for Jews in the
former Soviet Union
Nozima Kamalova, Legal Aid Society in Uzbekistan Scholar at Risk
program, Harvard University
Tatiana Lokshina, DEMOS Center, Moscow
sponsors
American Jewish Committee
Amnesty International USA
Anti-Defamation League
Boston University Institute for Human Sciences
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Facing History and Ourselves
Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
International Committee for the Children of Chechnya
Jewish Community Relations Council
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
Physicians for Human Rights
Sakharov Human Rights Program, Davis Center for Russianand Eurasian
Studies
We would like to express our gratitude to the Reebok Foundation for its
generous support of this program.
DECEMBER 10 - PARKING All guests coming to the "Human Rights Day" are
welcome to use the Boston University - School of Management Parking from
3pm to 9:30pm. There is a single charge of $6 for the duration of the event
(pay on entry).
Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/northeastern/humanrightsday12102006.html
Please join us for a
baby shower honoring
*/Yoshiko (Yoi) Herrera Kydd/*
Thursday, November 30th, 12:30pm
CGIS South, 3rd floor lounge
Please respond by November 21st
to the Davis Center
daviscenter(a)fas.harvard.edu
617-495-4037
/Lunch provided
Registered at Amazon.com/
*/Please note the following calendar addition:
/*
*Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Central Asia and Caucasus Working Group *
/"From 'Normalisation' to 'Chechenisation': Exploring the Roots of the
Contemporary Inter-Chechen Violence"/
Emil Suleimanov, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room #S354
4:15 - 6:00 pm
CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- "Democratization in Uzbekistan:
Factors which Could Enable an Upturn," Jim Critchlow, Nov. 21
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar
"Democratization in Uzbekistan: Factors which Could Enable an Upturn"
Jim Critchlow is a long-time Associate of the Davis Center, and formerly
headed
Central Asian programing of Radio Liberty broadcasts. He has published
extensively on nationalism and politics in Uzbekistan and other Central
Asian
countries.
Jim Critchlow's presentation will be very informal, with a presentation
on the
political and social factors rooted in Uzbekistan's rich past, which
could move
the country away from its current authoritarianism, as well as the negative
factors which work against progress. Note that there will be no paper
distributed, but rather there will be a presentation followed by discussion.
Tuesday, November 21
4:15-6:00 pm
1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138
For further information, contact:
Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:centasia@fas.harvard.edu>
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Kazakh Film and National Identity,
Nov. 14
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar
Kazakh Film and National Identity
Seminar discussion of "Kazakh Film and National Identity" with Kazakh
filmmaker Kenzhebai Dusembaev, Kazakh film critic Gulzhan Nauruzbaeva
and Jane Knox-Voina (Bowdoin College). The presentation will feature
excerpts from Kazakh films.
The discussion will address how Kazakh filmmakers are implicated in
national myth-making and ideological production that serve to delineate
both otherness (from Russian culture, from the West) and legitimate
selfhood in the "empty space or landscape left when the Communist State
imploded from the center outward to all areas of the former Soviet
Union. While "new wave" Kazakh films of the 1990s portray that empty
space in the Kazakh villages, other film makers such as Kenzhebai
Dusembaev and Rustem Abdrashev make it clear that the village still is a
source of Kazakh culture and tradition.
Tuesday, November 14
4:15-6:00 pm
1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S-153
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
* Please note change in location.
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus/Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138
For further information, contact:
Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
invites you and your family to our annual
*Holiday Party*
*Thursday, **December 7, 2006***
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room #S030
4:30 - 6:30 pm
/If you plan to attend, kindly RSVP to the Davis Center at /
/daviscenter(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:daviscenter@fas.harvard.edu> or
(617) 495-4037/
/by Tuesday, November 28./
//
Hello,
My name is Susan Yam and I am the VP of the International Students
Consortium (ISC) at Boston University. On November 16, ISC will be
holding two forums that will focus on Central Asia. Topics include:
energy, human rights, democracy, and Central Asia's relationship with
the United States, Russia, Europe, and Turkey.
We have been extremely honored with the participation of:
Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Zamira Sydykova
Ambassador of Azerbaijan Yashar Aliyev
Ambassador of Turkmenistan Meret Orazov
Ambassador of Tajikistan Khamrokhon Zaripov
Below is an itinerary of the forums if you wish to attend, and I have
also attached a flyer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to e-mail me back.
We hope to have the opportunity to see you there!
Respectfully,
Sue Yam
VP of ISC
syam(a)bu.edu
isc(a)bu.edu
http://people.bu.edu/isc
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Central Asia Forum: Energy Section
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Date: Thursday, November 16th 2006
Location: Metcalf Ballroom, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Topics on Energy:
A) Water and Hydro-electrical Power in Tajikistan
Speaker: Ambassador of Tajikistan, Khamrokhon Zaripov
B) Natural Gas in Turkmenistan
Speaker: Ambassador of Turkmenistan, Meret Orazov
C) Petroleum of Azerbaijan, The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Speaker: Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Yashar Aliyev
D) Business Opportunities for the best future of Kyrgyzstan
Speaker: Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Zamira Sydykova
Moderator: Thomas Barfield, Chairman, Anthropology at Boston University
Time: 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Break/Networking
Central Asia Forum: History, Civilization, Culture and Relations with-in
the Central Asia and Caucuses Section
Free and Open to the Public
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: Thursday, November 16th 2006
Location: Metcalf Ballroom, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Topics Include:
1. Human Rights
2. Democracy
3. Relations with Europe, USA, Russia and Turkey
Speakers: Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Zamira Sydykova
Ambassador of Azerbaijan Yashar Aliyev
Ambassador of Turkmenistan Meret Orazov
Ambassador of Tajikistan Khamrokhon Zaripov
Moderator: Shahla Haeri, Chairman of Women Studies at Boston University
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301B
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.4037
Fax: 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Please join us for a
baby shower honoring
*/Yoshiko (Yoi) Herrera Kydd/*
Thursday, November 30th, 12:30pm
CGIS South, 3rd floor lounge
Please respond by November 21st
to the Davis Center
daviscenter(a)fas.harvard.edu
617-495-4037
/Lunch provided
Registered at Amazon.com/
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Invites you to a lunchtime lecture:
*Manduhai Buyandelgeriyn*
Lecturer on Anthropology,
Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University
will speak on
Raised Corpses: Transformation in the Constituency
of Shamanic Spirits in Post-Socialist Mongolia
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Seminar Room S050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.
*Please note the change from our usual meeting day.
You may bring your own Lunch to the Seminar Room.
The cafeteria is located in the CGIS North building. Snacks will be
Provided.