DavisCenter-list October 2007

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Zipperstein Lectures on Forthcoming Book

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Jewish Societies and Cultures Seminar, Harvard Center for the Humanities and the Center for Jewish Studies present Steven J. Zipperstein with respondent, Ruth Wisse Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, Stanford University Gerard Weinstock Visiting Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University "I Have Not Told Half of What I Saw": On Reading Isaac Rosenfeld Essayist and novelist Isaac Rosenfeld was considered among the most promising of American Jewish writers during his brief lifetime (he died at the age of 38, in 1956). Coming of age in Chicago with his best friend, Saul Bellow, Rosenfeld was thought at first to be the better writer, and much of Bellow's work (Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, Humboldt's Gift) touches on, in one way or another, their intense, complex, lifelong friendship. Professor Zipperstein's biographical study of Rosenfeld, which will be published next year by Yale University Press, is based on extensive use of unpublished sources, including many thousands of letters, and six unpublished novels. In this lecture, Professor Zipperstein will read from his book, and he will discuss it in the larger framework of biographical study, and American Jewish cultural history. Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:15 pm Harvard Center for the Humanities Room 133, Barker Center Cambridge, MA 02138 ** All are welcome ** ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Islam in Context: A Globalized Look at the Religion of Islam

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*"Islam in Context: A Globalized Look at the Religion of Islam"* A Year Long Speaker Series The Outreach Program of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies <www.fas.harvard.edu/~nrc> and the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies <http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach> at Harvard University are proud to announce a new lecture series, "Islam in Context: A Globalized Look at the Religion of Islam". The series takes place in five sessions, each one examining the circumstances of Muslims in areas such as Russia, Central Asia, Egypt, Africa, and the West. The seminars are led by scholars from local institutions such as Harvard University and Boston University, and are scheduled on several Wednesday evenings from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in the Harvard Square area. NOTE: If you are an educator you can receive up to 15 PDPs by attending the entire series, and 25 PDPs by attending and completing the curriculum creation requirement. To complete the requirement educators need to produce a 2-3 day curriculum based on the content of the seminar series. The Outreach Centers at the Davis Center and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies can provide interested participants with additional resources to aid the completion of the curriculum project. Part one of this five part series focuses on Islam in Russia, and is led by Dr. Thomas Simons, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Lecturer, Government Department, Harvard University; Former US Ambassador to Poland and Pakistan. This event will take place November 14th, 2007 in Room S020 at 1730 Cambridge Street (CGIS South) in Cambridge, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. For more information on the entire series, and to register to receive professional development points, please see our website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~nrc/news.html You may contact the Outreach Program at the Davis Center at davisoutreach(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-8095 or the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at cmesoc(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-4078.

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Islam in the West, GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP

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*ISLAM IN THE WEST GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP * *First Meeting on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 6-8pm Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 208* We are pleased to invite all graduate students as well as young researchers from all departments and schools of Harvard to attend the Islam in the West Graduate Student Research Workshop. The seminar provides a forum for graduate students who are interested in topics related to Islam and Muslim communities in North America and Europe to: 1. Present and discuss their research areas and receive useful feedback from their peers; 2. Discuss relevant topics and new research in this important but still loosely organized research area; 3. Engage in valuable interdisciplinary collaboration; 4. Engage in discussion and cooperation with visiting scholars working on related issues. Graduate students who are interested in participating in this forum are welcome to bring their research projects or ideas to our first meeting and sign up for the workshop which will take place once a month. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to dkespos(a)fas.harvard.edu by Sunday October 28 noon. Coordinators: Diana Esposito (dkespos(a)fas.harvard.edu) Aurangzeb Haneef (ahaneef(a)hds.harvard.edu) David Motadel (motadel(a)fas.harvard.edu) Sponsored by the Islam in the West Program: http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/research/iw ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Renato Poggioli Symposium

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Renato Poggioli (1907-1963) An International Symposium Co-hosted by UMass Amherst, Brown University and Harvard University October 25-26-27, 2007 The year 2007 marks the centennial of the birth of Renato Poggioli, a world-renowned scholar in Slavic Studies, Comparative Literature and Italian Studies. Born in Florence, Italy, and trained as a slavicist at his hometown university, Poggioli left fascist Italy in 1938 to teach Italian at Smith College in Northampton, MA. A militant anti-fascist, Poggioli co-founded, while in Northampton, the Mazzini Society (perhaps the most active anti-fascist organization outside of Italy) with, among others, Michele Cantarella and Gaetano Salvemini. He eventually became a Professor of Italian at Brown University and then a Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. As a prolific translator and as an influential literary critic and theorist, Poggioli became a very well known figure in US literary circles and contributed largely to the diffusion of American and Slavic literatures in Italy, as well as to the diffusion of Italian and Slavic literatures in the US. The symposium is open to the public and no registration is required. For more information and for the complete program, please visit http://www.umass.edu/italian/poggioli_symposium/ and http://www.umass.edu/italian/poggioli_symposium/poster.pdf Sincerely, Roberto Ludovico

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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Islamic Movements in Tajikistan, , Abdullo Hakim, Oct. 23

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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Islamic Movements in Tajikistan, Abdullo Hakim, Oct. 23 Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu> Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar "Official and Underground Islamic Movements in Tajikistan: A Comparison of Their Political Agendas" Abdullo Hakim Tajik National University, Dushanbe Tuesday, October 23 4:15-6:00 pm 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S-354 Harvard University Cambridge, MA Abdullo Hakim Rahnamo teaches in the Department of Political Science at Tajik National University in Dushanbe. He is a prominent voice in Tajikistan on political issues in the country, especially regarding the role of Islamic groups, and he was an advisor to the peace process which ended Tajikistan's civil war in 1997. He received his Candidate Degree in political science in 2004 with a dissertation on the role of power in Tajikistan's political processes. 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 and the Caucasus Tel: 617-496-2643 E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/ John Schoeberlein Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus Davis Center \ Harvard University 1730 Cambridge St., Room S-320 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA tel.: +1/617-495-4338 asst.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319 schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu Central Eurasian Studies World Wide: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu Central-Eurasia-L: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Seminar Calendar: November 1-15, 2007

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies * *Seminar Calendar November 1-15, 2007* * * * * *Thursday, November 1* *Comparative Politics Seminar* / //"Environmental Policy and Regulation: the Role of Risk. A Comparison of Approaches: Russia and Norway"/ Louis Skyner, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for European Law, Oslo University; Legal Expert for Projects on Housing and Property Rights in Russia, sponsored by the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe, World Bank, University of Oslo, and the Institute of Law and Public Policy in Moscow 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * * * *Thursday, November 1* *Exhibition Panel Discussion* *Sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research* / "Armenian Monuments of the Nakhichevan Region"/ National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, Massachusetts 8:00 p.m. /See website for more information: /http://www.nakhichevanmonuments.org///**** * * * * *Friday, November 2* *Exhibition Opening Reception* / "Armenian Monuments of the Nakhichevan Region"/ 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Gallery 5:00-7:00 p.m. /See website for more information: /http://www.nakhichevanmonuments.org///**** * * *Wednesday, November 7* *Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies* / "//Anti-Semitism without Jews in Communist Poland: Thoughts from 1971"/ Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Lecturer, Government Department, Harvard University; U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, 1968-1971 and 1990-1993 (as Ambassador) 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Thursday, November 8- Friday, November 9* ***Symposium on "The Cinema of Sergei Paradjanov"* *Co-sponsored by the Department of **Slavic Languages & Literatures, The Humanities Center, the Provostial Fund in the Arts & Humanities and the Davis Center*** / //"The Cinema of Sergei Paradjanov"/ 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 /See website for more information/: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~slavic/events/paradjanov/paradjanov.htm *Friday, November 9 ** **Early Slavists' Seminar* / //"The Slavonic 72 Names of the Lord: Between Christianity and the Kabbalah"/ Valentina Izmirlieva, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. ********* * *Tuesday, November 13 * *Cold War Studies Seminar* *Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies* / "//Terror in Beslan: A Reassessment of the September 2004 Crisis"/ John B. Dunlop, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Tuesday, November 13 * *Historians' Seminar* / //"/Res Publica/ in the Imperial State: A Discourse on Public Property in Russia"/ Ekaterina Pravilova, Professor of History, Princeton University 1737 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room N105 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Tuesday, November 13 * *Comparative Politics Seminar* / //"The Yukos Affair: A Cut and Dried Case?"/// Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kent> 1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S153 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Wednesday, November 14 * *Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"The Place of Russia in Global Capitalism"/ David Lane, Senior Research Associate in Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Emmanuel College 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 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 at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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Maxim Shrayer and Julie Buckler, Oct. 17 (REEJS)

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Dear colleagues, I am writing to remind you of the opening session of the 2007-08 Russian and East European Jewish Studies Seminar at the Davis Center on Wednesday, October 17, at 4:15-6:00, in CGIS Room S354. *Maxim Shrayer*, Professor of Russian and English at Boston College and a long-time Associate of the Davis Center, will be commenting on his recently published /Anthology of Jewish Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry /(M. E. Sharpe, 2007)/. /*Julie Buckler, *Harvard Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Davis Center Faculty Associate, will comment on trends in Russian literary studies that include Jewish studies. A wine and cheese reception will follow the seminar. Steve Zipperstein and I look forward to seeing you there. Regards, Lis Tarlow P.S. Below please find the publisher's announcement of the Shrayer anthology. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Wednesday, October 17* "In Search of Jewish-Russian Literature" Maxim Shrayer, Professor of Russian and English, Boston College; Associate, Davis Center; Editor, /An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry /(M.E. Sharpe, 2007) Discussant: Julie Buckler, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Faculty Associate, Davis Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry (Two-volume set)* Edited by: Maxim D. Shrayer *Description:* For over two hundred years, a distinctive Jewish-Russian culture has been part of the ferment and flourishing of world culture. Edited by a leading authority on Jewish-Russian literature, this magnificent anthology introduces readers for the first time to the full range of the Jewish-Russian literary canon, with stories and excerpts from novels, essays, memoirs, and poems by more than 130 Jewish writers who worked in the Russian language, both in Russia and in the great emigrations. The selections were chosen both for their literary quality and because they illuminate questions of Jewish history, status, and identity. Each author is extensively profiled. With a comprehensive general introduction, chronological introductions, and headnotes by the editor, historical surveys by John D. Klier of University College, London, and extensive bibliographies, this anthology provides an encyclopedic history of Jewish-Russian culture. *Selected Contents:* *VOLUME 1: 1801-1953* Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration, Spelling of Names, Dates, and Notes Note on How to Use This Anthology Editor's General Introduction: Toward a Canon of Jewish-Russian Literature, /Maxim D. Shrayer/ Jewish-Russian Literature: A Selected Bibliography *The Beginning* Leyba Nevakhovich (1776-1831) *Gaining a Voice: 1840-1881* Leon Mandelstam (1819-1889) Afanasy Fet (1820-1890) Ruvim Kulisher (1828-1896) Osip Rabinovich (1817-1869) Lev Levanda (1835-1888) Grigory Bogrov (1825-1885) *First Flowering: 1881-1902* Rashel Khin (1861-1928) Semyon Nadson (1862-1887) Nikolay Minsky (1855-1937) Simon Frug (1860-1916) Ben-Ami (1854-1932) Avraam-Uria Kovner (1842-1909) *On the Eve: 1902-1917* David Aizman (1869-1922) Semyon Yushkevich (1868-1927) Dmitri Tsenzor (1877-1947) Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940) Leyb Jaffe (1878-1948) Sasha Cherny (1880-1932) Ossip Dymow (1878-1959) S. An-sky (1863-1920) Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939) Rahel (1890-1931) Samuil Marshak (1887-1964) Sofia Parnok (1885-1933) *Revolution and Betrayal: 1917-1939* Leonid Kannegiser (1896-1918) Mikhail Gershenzon (1869-1925) Elisheva (1888-1949) Valentin Parnakh (1891-1951) Ilya Selvinsky (1899-1968) Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) Vladimir Lidin (1894-1979) Lev Lunts (1901-1924) Veniamin Kaverin (1902-1989) Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) Andrey Sobol (1888-1926) Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) Matvey Royzman (1896-1973) Isaac Babel (1894-1940) Iosif Utkin (1903-1944) Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890-1969) Yury Libedinsky (1898-1959) Vera Inber (1890-1972) Mark Tarlovsky (1902-1952) Mikhail Kozakov (1897-1954) Viktor Fink (1888-1973) Semyon Kirsanov (1906-1972) Eduard Bagritsky (1895-1934) Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903-1942) Mark Egart (1901-1956) Arkady Shteynberg (1907-1984) *Emigrations: 1917-1967* Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939) Mark Aldanov (1886-1957) Evgeny Shklyar (1894-1942) Dovid Knut (1900-1955) Don-Aminado (1888-1957) Raisa Blokh (1899-1943) Anna Prismanova (1892-1960) Sofia Dubnova-Erlich (1885-1986) Sofia Pregel (1894-1972) Yuly Margolin (1900-1971) Andrey Sedykh (1902-1994) *War and Terror: 1939-1953* Boris Yampolsky (1912-1972) Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) Vassily Grossman (1905-1964) Margarita Aliger (1915-1992) Lev Ozerov (1914-1996) Pavel Antokolsky (1896-1978) Yury German (1910-1967) Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) Bibliography of Primary Sources for Volume I Outline of Jewish-Russian History Part I, 1772-1953 / John D. Klier/ The Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1772-1953: A Selected Bibliography Index of Translators Index of Authors About the Editor *VOLUME 2: 1953-2001* Note on Transliteration, Spelling of Names, and Dates Note on How to Use This Anthology *The Thaw: 1953-1964* Boris Slutsky (1919-1986) Vassily Grossman (1905-1964) Naum Korzhavin (b. 1925) Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) Yuly Daniel (1925-1988) Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913-1962) *Late Soviet Empire: 1964-1991* Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980) Genrikh Sapgir (1928-1999) Aleksandr Aronov (1934-2001) Vassily Aksyonov (b.1932) Aleksandr Galich (1919-1977) Yan Satunovsky (1913-1982) Aleksandr Kushner (b. 1936) Evgeny Gabrilovich (1899-1993) Yulia Neyman (1907-1994) Semyon Lipkin (1911-2003) Yury Karabchievsky (1938-1992) Inna Lisnyanskaya (b. 1928) Boris Slutsky (1919-1986) Iuliu Edlis (b. 1929) Anatoly Rybakov (1911-1998) Lev Ginzburg (1921-1980) Yury Trifonov (1925-1981) Leonid Tsypkin (1926-1982) Grigory Kanovich (b. 1929) Yuri Levitansky (1922-1996) Aleksandr Mezhirov (b. 1923) Evgeny Reyn (b. 1935) Sara Pogreb (b. 1921) Izrail Metter (1909-1996) Mikhail Sinelnikov (b. 1946) Bella Ulanovskaya (1943-2005) Vladimir Britanishsky (b. 1933) *The Jewish Exodus: 1967-2001* Lev Mak (b. 1937) Henri Volohonsky (b. 1936) Arkady Lvov (b. 1927) Ilia Bokstein (1937-1999) David Markish (b. 1938) Michail Grobman (b. 1939) Boris Khazanov (b. 1928) Yuri Kolker (b. 1947) Felix Roziner (1936-1997) Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) Michael B. Kreps (1940-1994) Philip Isaac Berman (b. 1936) Ruth Zernova (1919-2004) David Shrayer-Petrov (b. 1936) Igor Mikhalevich-Kaplan (b. 1943) Marina Temkina (b. 1948) Friedrich Gorenstein (1932-2002) Maxim D. Shrayer (b. 1967) *In Post-Soviet Times: 1991-2001* Vladimir Gandelsman (b. 1948) Ludmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943) Anatoly Nayman (b. 1936) Ian Probstein (b. 1953) Aleksandr Melikhov (b. 1947) Mikhail Zhvanetsky (b. 1934) Tatyana Voltskaya (b. 1960) Michail Bezrodnyj (b. 1957) Eduard Shulman (b. 1936) Anna Gorenko (1972-1999) Dina Rubina (b. 1953) Ilya Kutik (b. 1960) Yuri Leving (b. 1975) Bibliography of Primary Sources for Volume 2 Outline of Jewish-Russian History, Part II, 1954-2001 /John D. Klier/ The Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1954-2001: A Selected Bibliography Index of Translators Index of Authors Index of Names, Works, and Subjects About the Editor *Comment(s):* Maxim D. Shrayer's extraordinary presentation of Jewish writing in Russian, from the beginnings of secular Jewish writing in Imperial Russia to today's worldwide Jewish-Russian Diaspora, is sovereign in its selection. ... Every major writer known or considered, condemned or praised as Jewish is included. The translations are more than readable: they are literary in the best sense as they present a portrait of the cultural legacy and conflicted identity of the Jews of Russia, who ... are remaking the culture and literature of the next wave of the Jewish Diaspora. A must for every school or Temple, academic or major public library! -- /Sander L. Gilman, Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emory University/ Maxim Shrayer's massive two-volume anthology is an impressive achievement, admirably researched and wide-ranging. ... It will be a boon to those interested in Russian literature, in Jewish-Russian culture, and in dual cultural identity. -- /Victor Erlich, Emeritus, Yale University/ *Review(s):* This two-volume anthology of Jewish Russian literature is the most significant publication to date to deal with the contributions of Jewish writers to Russian literature and poetry from the 19th to the late 20th centuries. And what a massive, imposing work it is! ... Essential. All readers; all levels. / Choice, Vol.44, No.11 / ...the parts of An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature seem as great as the whole, are greater--they are, and it is, a wonder. / Forward /

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TODAY: Russian Mentality through the Mirror of Language

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Dear colleagues, Please note our special Literature and Culture Seminar to be held TODAY in our usual room at the Davis Center: *Wednesday, October 10* *Literature and Culture Seminar * /"//Russian Mentality through the Mirror of Language"/ Valentina Apresjan, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Russian State University of Humanities** 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 pm Valentina Apresjan, a Regional Fellow at the Davis Center and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Russian Language in Moscow, examines Russian cultural mythology, stereotypes, and emotional and spiritual introspection through their reflection in the Russian language, seeking to reconstruct the Russian linguistic model of emotions. Her work examines how the resulting model is related (or opposed) to 1) stereotypes and introspection found in the Russian culture, especially literature; 2) images and stereotypes that people of other languages and cultures (in particular, Americans) have of Russian emotions and mentality ("Russian mentality in the eye of the beholder"); and 3) the corresponding linguistic model of emotions in the English language. Her talk will also consider certain related fields of emotion studies (such as psychology, physiology, neuroscience), as they provide a valuable insight both into the similarities and differences between the linguistic model of emotions and their scientific counterpart, as well as into the basis for similarity and variation in conceptions of emotions across different languages and cultures.

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Paper for Norihiro Naganawa talk, October 11

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Please note the attached paper by Norihiro Naganawa, one of two scholars from the Slavic Research Center in Hokkaido who will give a seminar on October 11. *Thursday, October 11 **Occasional Seminar* /"Japan's Northern Territorial Issue Going Forward"/ Akihiro Iwashita, Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University; Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution /"//Holidays in Kazan: City Duma, Public Opinion and Theological Politics among Muslims after 1905"/ Norihiro Naganawa, Assistant Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15- 2:00 pm

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Seminar Calendar: Oct. 16-31, 2007

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies October 16-31, 2007 Seminar Calendar * *Tuesday, October 16 Comparative Politics Seminar*/ / /"Media Freedom, Quality of Government, and the Resource Curse: An Application to Russia" /Kostantin Sonin, Assistant Professor, New Economic School (CEFIR), Moscow 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Wednesday, October 17 Comparative Economics Seminar* / "Russian Multinationals: Natural Resource Champions//"/ Daniel McCarthy, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Northeastern University Sheila Puffer, Professor of International Business & Strategy, Northeastern University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. * * *Wednesday, October 17 Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies* /"In Search of Jewish-Russian Literature" /Maxim D. Shrayer, Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Russian and English, Boston College; Editor, /An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry /(M.E. Sharpe, 2007) Discussant: Julie Buckler, Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Friday, October 19 **Special Seminar **Co-sponsored by the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies **and the Davis Center//* /"//The City of War: A Planned Cosmogony"/ Ekaterina Taratuta, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Political Science, Saint Petersburg State University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. *Monday, October 22 Lecture/Concert Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Davis Center* /"The Social Philosophy of the Genre of Popular Song in the Post-Industrial Network Society"/ Psoy Korolenko (Pavel Lion), Ph.D., Moscow State University Harvard Yard, Dudley House, Junior Common Room 4:15 p.m. *Wednesday, October 24 Co-sponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar and the Comparative Politics Seminar* / //"Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness"/ Scott Gehlbach, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 pm *Thursday, October 25 Co-sponsored by the Literature and Culture Seminar and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures* **/Reading of Poems and Stories/* *Ksenia Golubovich, Writer, Critic, Translator and Editor, Moscow 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. */Please note: The reading will be in Russian, with discussion in English or Russian./* * * *Monday, October 29 **Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// /"The Trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev - a Show Trial or an Anti-Show Trial?"/ Elizabeth Wood, Associate, Davis Center; Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Papers are available on the web at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/. There is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the paper in advance of the meeting./ / 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * *Wednesday, October 31 Comparative Economics Seminar* /"//Gazprom's New Skyscraper: Saint Petersburg at Risk?"/ Arkadi Nebolsine, President, International Society for Preservation of Russian Monuments and Landscape 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m.* * * * *Wednesday, October 31 Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies* / "//The Bund and the Jewish Religion, 1897-1917: A Reconsideration"/ David Fishman, Professor of Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary; Director, Project Judaica 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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