/You are cordially invited.../
On* Friday, February 24*, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies and the New Eurasia Foundation of Russia will co-sponsor a
one-day symposium on/* "Russia's Future: More of the Same, or Something
Different?"*/ (see program below), to be held at Harvard in the Center
for Government and International Studies (CGIS), South Building, 1730
Cambridge Street, Room S050. Russian and American scholars will analyze
current trends in Russia -- political, social, economic, and in the
international environment -- with an eye to drawing possible scenarios
for Russia's future.
Please feel free to circulate this to your colleagues and students. If
you have any questions, you may contact Penny Skalnik at
daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:daviscrs@fas.harvard.edu>.
We look forward to seeing you.
Lisbeth Tarlow
Associate Director, Davis Center
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*Symposium:*/* "Russia's Future: More of the Same, or Something
Different?"*/
Co-sponsored by the New Eurasia Foundation of Russia and the Davis
Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
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*Friday, February 24, 2006*
*1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room #S050*
/*Program*/
8:15 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome by* Lisbeth L. Tarlow* (Davis Center) and*
Andrei Kortunov* (New Eurasia Foundation)
*9:15 - 10:45 Panel I. Trends in Russian Domestic Politics*
Chair and Discussant:* Elise Giuliano* (University of Miami; Davis Center)
*Andrey Akhremenko* (Moscow State University): "Forces for Change"
*Alexey Shcherbinin* (Tomsk State University): "The View From Siberia"
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
*
11:00 - 12:30 Panel II. Shifting Social Values in Post-Soviet Russia*
Chair and Discussant:* Linda Cook* (Brown University; Davis Center)
*Mikhail Chernysh* (Russian Academy of Sciences): "The Evolution of
Social Identity in the Period of Transition"
*Artem Rykun* (Tomsk State University): "Values and Identity in
Post-Soviet Siberia: The Tomsk Initiative"
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch Break
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2:00 - 3:30 Panel III. Center-Periphery Economic Trends*
Chair and Discussant:* Gerald Easter* (Boston College; Davis Center)
*Rustem Nureev* (Moscow Higher School of Economics): "The View from Moscow"
*Timur Gareev* (Kaliningrad State University): "The View from Kaliningrad"
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
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3:45 - 5:15 Panel IV. Russia and Global Politics*
Chair and Discussant:* Martin Dimitrov* (Dartmouth College; Davis Center)
*Irina Busygina* (Moscow State University for International Relations):
"The Role of Moscow"
*Maria Guzikova* (Ural State University): "Future Scenarios for the Urals"
5:15 - 5:30 Concluding Remarks,* Timothy Colton* (Harvard
University; Davis Center)
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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
*Save the date...*
On* Friday, February 24*, the Davis Center will co-sponsor with the New
Eurasia Foundation of Russia a one-day symposium on */"Russia's Future:
More of the Same, or Something Different?"/* to be held at Harvard.
Russian and American scholars will analyze current trends in Russia --
political, economic, social, and in the international environment --
with an eye to drawing possible scenarios for Russia's future.
More information, including the symposium program, will be circulated
early next week. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please
contact Penny Skalnik <daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu>, 5-4037.
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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
*The *Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University cordially
invites you a documentary film screening
Monday, February 13, 2006
6:30 PM
*Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation*
* *
Film screening and discussion with director, Jan Novak
This 90-minute documentary recreates a trip around Czechoslovakia that
its future president Vaclav Havel took in 1985 when he was still the
country's most prominent dissident. In the course of one week, he was
twice thrown into jail for 48 hours of preventive detention and followed
by over 300 plainclothed policemen, who would helpfully point out to him
the right way whenever he got lost. Contrasted with the authentic Czech
TV news of the period (the harvest was going swimmingly), the stories of
Havel and his dissident hosts show that you can live a great life even
under the staggering pressure of a totalitarian juggernaut.
Photonics Center
Room 206
Boston University
8 St. Mary's Street, 2^nd floor
[Reception to follow]
*Jan Novak** *was born in the Czech Republic and emigrated to the United
States at the age of 17. He was educated at the University of Chicago
and has been making his living as a writer. Most recently he was awarded
the Czech Republic's most prestigious prize, the Magnesia Litera, for
//So Far, So Good, Petrov, //the Book of the Year of 2004. He has also
won two Sandburg Prizes for Chicago's Book of the Year (//The Willys
Dream Kit//, Hartcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1985, fiction; //Commies,
Spooks, Gypsies, Crooks & Poets//, Steerforth Press, 1995, non-fiction).
Among his other books are a novel, //The Grand Life//, and the
co-authored autobiography of Milos Forman, //Turnaround//, which was
translated into sixteen languages. His play //Ax murder in St.
Petersburg// was the finalist for the Slovak Play of the Year in 2001
and has been playing in the repertory of Bratislava's Astorka Theater
ever since.
* *
*Upcoming Events:*
* *
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
*The Future of **Europe* with *Mark Leonard*, Center for European Reform
Thursday, March 30, 2006
*Europe** and the Muslim World* with *Olivier Roy, *Research Director, CNRS
Details forthcoming
* *
*All events are free and open to the pubic*
*Inquiries: 617-358-2778 or ihs(a)bu.edu <mailto:ihs@bu.edu>*
* *
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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