*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies *
*Seminar Calendar*
*October 1-15, 2008*
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*Wednesday, October 1*
*Comparative Politics Seminar*
*Co-sponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar*
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/"//A Failed Transition of the Mind? Russian Economic Debates on
Transition"/
Joachim Zweynert, Scientific Head, Hamburg Institute of International
Economics, Thuringia (Erfurt)
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
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*Thursday, October 2*
*Comparative Economics Seminar*
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/"From Weddings to War: Reflections on a Summer as a Journalist in
Moscow//"/
Sara Rhodin, AM Candidate, REECA, Harvard; 2008 New York Times Moscow
Bureau Intern
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
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*Friday, October 3*
*Literature and Culture Seminar*//
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/Screening and Discussion of Recent Work/
Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Animated Film-maker
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050
12:00-3:00 p.m.
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*Monday, October 6*
*Book Talk*//
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/"Eurasia's New Frontiers: Young States, Old Societies, Open Futures"/
(Cornell University Press, 2008)
Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Lecturer,
Government Department, Harvard; Former US Ambassador to Poland and Pakistan
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
*Tuesday, October 7*
*Cold War Studies Seminar*//
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/"The 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 40 Years Later:
Reassessing East-Bloc and Western Reactions to the Prague Spring"/
Guenter Bischof, Professor of History, University of New Orleans
Mark Kramer, Program Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard
Peter Ruggenthaler, Senior Research Fellow, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut
fuer Kriegsfolgen-Forschung, Vienna
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
*Friday, October 10
Early Slavists' Seminar*
/"Dressing a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: The Composition of the Life of
Alexander Nevskii"/
Donald Ostrowski, Associate, Davis Center; Research Advisor, Division of
Continuing Education, Harvard
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
*For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit
our website: http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php. *
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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
https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl . 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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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
/*Please note the location change (from S354) for the following seminar:*/
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_**__**Wednesday, September 24*
*Director's Seminar*//
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/Valdai Debriefing
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Timothy J. Colton, Director, Davis Center; Professor of Government and
Russian Studies, Harvard University
Marshall I. Goldman, Senior Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Russian
Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College
Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard
University; Founding Editor, /Russia// Profile/
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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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
September 25, 4:15 p.m. - 6 p.m.
*"Tsen Brider: A Russian-Jewish Folksong Becomes a Concentration Camp
Requiem"
Speaker:* JOSHUA R. JACOBSON, Professor of Music, Northeastern University
*Sponsor:* Jews in Modern Europe Study Group
*Location: *Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cabot Room
*Contact Name:* Phyllis Albert
*Contact Email:* phyllisalbert(a)gmail.com
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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
The Soviet Story - A film by Edvins Snore
Premiering at the 2008 Boston Film Festival
Saturday, September 13, 1pm
Kendall Square Cinema
For more information, go to:
www.sovietstory.comwww.bostonfilmfestival.org
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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
*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies *
*Seminar Calendar
September 16-30, 2008*
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*Wednesday, September 24*
*Director's Seminar*//
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/Valdai Debriefing
/
Timothy J. Colton, Director, Davis Center; Professor of Government and
Russian Studies, Harvard University
Marshall I. Goldman, Senior Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Russian
Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College
Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard
University; Founding Editor, /Russia Profile//
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1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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*Friday, September 26*
*Literature and Culture Seminar*
*Co-Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures/ /*
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/"Letter in a Bottle, or Writing in a Cross-Cultural Context"/
Svetlana Boym, Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Slavic
Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature,
Harvard University
Dubravka Ugres(ic', Author, Croatia-Netherlands
12 Quincy Street, Barker Center, Kresge Room
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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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>
https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl
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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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
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
cordially invites you and your family to our annual
Fall Reception
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level
RSVP by Friday, September 12
(617) 495-4037 or daviscenter(a)fas.harvard.edu
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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
*Tuesday, September 2*
*Sakharov Seminar on Human Rights*
*Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar*//
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/"Political Instability and the Threat of Violence in the Caucasus" ///
Grigory Shvedov, Head of the Task Force on the Caucasus, Memorial
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
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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
