DavisCenter-list October 2009

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/*Please note the following addition to the seminar calendar**:*/ *__* *Tuesday, November 3* *Comparative Economics Seminar* / / /"China's Economic Statecraft and Relations with the USSR/Russia"/ Shuguang Zhang, Professor of Economic History, University of Maryland 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd 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 https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. -- ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 5 months

Seminar Calendar, November 1-15, 2009

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies * *Seminar Calendar November 1-15, 2009__* *__* */For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website: http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php./* * * *Wednesday, November 4* *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"The Soviet Union and Left-Right Coalitions in Early Cold War-Era East Asia"/ James Lee, Assistant Professor of History, Stonehill College 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * * * *Thursday, November 5* *Literature and Culture Seminar* * * Cosponsored by the Department of English and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, and the Polish Cultural Institute of New York /"Polish Poetry Now"/ A Bilingual Reading and Discussion with poets Tadeusz Da;browski, Boz.ena Keff, Marzanna Kielar, and Tomasz R?z.ycki, accompanied by translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones 12 Quincy Street, Barker Center, Thompson Room (Room 110) 4:15-6:00 p.m. * * *Tuesday, November 10* *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"Thinking Back to 1989: What Was So Surprising?"/ Archie Brown, Professor of Politics Emeritus and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford University 1730 Cambridge Street, 4^th Floor, Room S450 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Thursday, November 12* *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"The Warsaw Pact: Soviet-East European Military Relations in Historical Perspective -- Assessments and Sources"/ / / A. Ross Johnson, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard University Deborah Lebo, Program Manager, CIA Declassification Branch Vojtech Mastny, Coordinator, Parallel History Project Aris Pappas, Deputy Director, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments Vladislav Zubok, Professor of History, Temple University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 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 at https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 6 months

10/23 Informal Talks by Undergraduate Researchers and 10/26 Internship Presentations

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*** *Friday, October 23 Informal Talks by Undergraduate Researchers CGIS S450 1:15-2:45* Researchers traveled with support from the Davis Center (Goldman Undergraduate Research Travel Grants), the Center for European Studies (Summer Senior Thesis Research Travel Grants) and the Office of International Programs. *Molly Moses* Folklore & Mythology "Ethnographic Study and Folklore Collection in North Baikal Villages" Moscow and Nizhneangarsk, Russia *Emily Saras* Anthropology; Music (Wellesley College) "Identity Through Dainos: The Use of Music in the Construction of Lithuanian Nationality and Ethnicity" Vilnius, Lithuania *Anna Shabalov* History "Latvia and the Soviet Historical Narrative" Riga, Latvia **** *Monday, October 26 Internship Presentations CGIS S250 3:00 - 5:00 * Interns traveled with support from the Davis Center (Goldman Undergraduate Internship Grants, Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Internship), the Office of International Programs (David Rockefeller International Experience Grants) and the Office of Career Services (Weissman International Internship Program). *Kevin McCarthy* History Serbian European Integration Office Belgrade, Serbia *Jenny Paramonov* Economics Knight Frank ZAO (real estate) Moscow, Russia *Elizabeth Ryznar* Chemistry; Physics Krakow Children's Hospice Krakow, Poland *David Schneider* Applied Mathematics CSoft (consulting on complex computer systems) Moscow, Russia *Emir Skokic* Undeclared Association of Concentration Camp Torture Survivors Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina *Marianna Tishchenko* Economics; Psychology The New York Times Moscow, Russia 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. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 6 months

SEMINAR REMINDER: 10/21 Occasional Seminar with Richard Pipes, R. Nicholas Burns and Marshall I. Goldman

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*/Please note the following seminar reminder: /***** *Wednesday, October 21* *Occasional Seminar* /"Russia in Limbo"/ / / Richard Pipes, Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University; Former Director of East European and Soviet Affairs, National Security Council (1981-1982) Comments by: R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. U.S. Department of State (2005-2008) Chair: Marshall I. Goldman, Senior Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College *__* 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Professor Pipes' talk will be based on his recent article published in the /Wall Street Journal. /For the text, please visit the /Wall Street Journal/ online: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020355060457435873379041… *__* 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. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 6 months

SEMINAR CANCELLATION: 10/29 Occasional Seminar with Pavel Palazhchenko

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***__**/Please note that the following seminar has been canceled: /****Thursday, October 29* *Occasional Seminar* /"Translating for Mikhail Gorbachev: An Inside Look at World Events"/ Pavel Palazhchenko, Author; Former Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and Eduard Shevardnadze 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 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 https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 6 months

10/26 - Presentations on Internships in Russia & Eurasia

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Have you ever wondered what kinds of internship opportunities students pursue in Russia and other countries across Eurasia? Do you want to learn more about where students get funding for these and other opportunities abroad? Then come to the Davis Center for our internship presentations! Students who interned in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Poland, Russia, and Serbia will tell you about their internships, how they lined them up and funded them, and what they learned from the experience. (You will also enjoy some treats from the region!) All are welcome! RSVP to griesenb(a)fas.harvard.edu is appreciated but not required. Please forward this invitation to interested members of the community. *Monday, October 26 Internship Presentations CGIS S250 3:00 - 5:00 * Interns traveled with support from the Davis Center (Goldman Undergraduate Internship Grants, Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Internship), the Office of International Programs (David Rockefeller International Experience Grants) and the Office of Career Services (Weissman International Internship Program) *Kevin McCarthy* History Serbian European Integration Office Belgrade, Serbia *Jenny Paramonov* Economics Knight Frank ZAO (real estate) Moscow, Russia *Elizabeth Ryznar* Chemistry; Physics Krakow Children's Hospice Krakow, Poland *David Schneider* Applied Mathematics CSoft (consulting on complex computer systems) Moscow, Russia *Emir Skokic* Undeclared Association of Concentration Camp Torture Survivors Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina *Marianna Tishchenko* Economics; Psychology The New York Times Moscow, Russia -- Donna Griesenbeck Student Programs Officer Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S334 Cambridge, MA 02138 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu <http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/> Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-MA/Davis-Center-for-Russian-and-Eur…> and join us on LinkedIn! <http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=1836214&sharedKey=3B21580FF…> griesenb(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:griesenb@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-1194 (tel) 617-495-8319 (fax)

14 years, 6 months

10/23 - Talks on Undergraduate Research in Russia & Eurasia

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Greetings! Please join us this Friday, October 23, at 1:00 to hear informal talks by undergraduates who received research grants from the Davis Center this past summer. Students will talk about how they arrived at their topics, share some highlights from their fieldwork, and report on the current status of their projects. While you listen, you can enjoy some special sweets from Russia and Eastern Europe. All are welcome! Your RSVP to griesenb(a)fas.harvard.edu is appreciated but not required. Please forward this invitation to interested members of the community. *** *Friday, October 23* *Informal Talks by Undergraduate Researchers* *CGIS S450* *1:15-2:45* Researchers traveled with support from the Davis Center (Goldman Undergraduate Research Travel Grants), the Center for European Studies (Summer Senior Thesis Research Travel Grants) and the Office of International Programs. *Molly Moses* Folklore & Mythology "Ethnographic Study and Folklore Collection in North Baikal and Trans-Baikal Villages" Moscow and Nizhneangarsk, Russia *Emily Saras* Anthropology; Music (Wellesley College) "Identity Through Dainos: The Use of Music in the Construction of Lithuanian Nationality and Ethnicity" Vilnius, Lithuania *Anna Shabalov* History "Latvia and the Soviet Historical Narrative" Riga, Latvia **** -- Donna Griesenbeck Student Programs Officer Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S334 Cambridge, MA 02138 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu <http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/> Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-MA/Davis-Center-for-Russian-and-Eur…> and join us on LinkedIn! <http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=1836214&sharedKey=3B21580FF…> griesenb(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:griesenb@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-1194 (tel) 617-495-8319 (fax)

14 years, 6 months

10/27 and 10/28 Film Screenings

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*Karel Vachek: Poet Provacateur -- two film screenings with director in person.* *Film title:* /Závis(, the Prince of Pornofolk under the Influence of Griffith's 'Intolerance' and Tati's 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday', or The Foundation and Doom of Czechoslovakia [1918 -- 1992]/ (2006) *Film format:* 35mm *Date:* Tuesday, October 27, 2009 *Time:* 7:00 to 10:00 PM. *Film title:* /Elective Affinities/ (1968) *Film format:* 35mm *Date:* Wednesday, October 28, 2009 *Time:* 1:00 to 4:00 PM. *Location:* Main Lecture Hall, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA *Admission:* Free and open to the public *Website:* http://www.filmstudycenter.org/events/vachek.html *Information:* fsc(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:fsc@fas.harvard.edu> *Details:* Little known outside his own country, the poet provocateur and philosopher Karel Vachek (b. 1940) is one of the Czech cinema's most original talents. His recent works, so-called "film-novels," are antic, obsessive, kaleidoscopic epics of impressive cinematic skill and enormous scope and ambition. His works reveal the proximity between the serious and absurd sides of life with a viewpoint that is belligerent, comic and shrewd. A teacher at FAMU, the Czech National Film Academy, since 1994, and head of its documentary department since 2002, Vachek has gained a growing reputation as one of the Czech Republic's greatest living directors. Sponsored by the Film Study Center at Harvard University, the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Davis Center Literature and Culture Seminar, and Balagan Film Series. This presentation is part of a touring series curated by Irena Kovarova and Alice Lovejoy. Produced by Radim Procházka Productions with the support of The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography. *Reviews:* "Mixing cinema verité, improvisation, and staged scenes, Vachek's polyphonic films border on chaos; yet for those who are patient, his carefully selected threads weave into a fascinating and informative perspective on the political and intellectual history of the Czech Republic" --- Kathy Geritz, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive "If you haven't figured it out by now, these movies resist easy descriptive grasp --- their restlessness, sprawl and genre-defying sense of play must be experienced, heavy a time investment as that might seem. They are not, however, 'heavy' films, but frequently delightful ones." --- Dennis Harvey, SF360 "Like Michael Moore, whose desire for provocation he shares, or Ross McElwee, like Vachek at times a picaresque figure, Vachek is a central presence in all of his films, in deep conversation (often argument) with his subjects." --- Alice Lovejoy

14 years, 6 months

Seminar Calendar, October 16-31, 2009

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies * *Seminar Calendar October 16-31, 2009__* *__* */For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website: http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php./* *__* *Monday, October 19* *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"Twenty Years Later: The Opening of the Berlin Wall and the End of the Cold War"/ Charles Maier, Professor of History, Harvard University Mary Sarotte, Professor of History, University of Southern California 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Tuesday, October 20* *Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar* /"Sharia Courts in Central Asia: Evidence from Qazi Documents"/ Elyor Karimov, Professor of History, Institute of History, Uzbek Academy of Sciences 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Wednesday, October 21* *Occasional Seminar* /"Russia in Limbo"/ / / Richard Pipes, Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University; Former Director of East European and Soviet Affairs, National Security Council (1981-1982) Comments by: R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. U.S. Department of State (2005-2008) Chair: Marshall I. Goldman, Senior Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College *__* 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Professor Pipes' talk will be based on his recent article published in the /Wall Street Journal. /For the text, please visit the /Wall Street Journal/ online: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020355060457435873379041… *Thursday, October 22* *Literature and Culture Seminar* /"Facing Two Faces of Totalitarianism - The Poetry of Vladimir Holan and his Contemporaries, 1938-1954"/ Urs Heftrich, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Professor and Chair of Slavic Literatures, University of Heidelberg 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Friday, October 23* *Early Slavists' Seminar* /"The Moral Economy of Magic in 17th-Century Muscovy"/ Valerie Kivelson, Professor of History, University of Michigan 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Tuesday, October 27 * *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"Stalin and the European Communist Parties after World War II"/ Silvio Pons, Director, Gramsci Foundation (Rome); Professor of Modern History, University of Rome 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. ** *Thursday, October 29* *Occasional Seminar* /"Translating for Mikhail Gorbachev: An Inside Look at World Events"/ Pavel Palazhchenko, Author; Former Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and Eduard Shevardnadze 1730 Cambridge Street, 3^rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 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 https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. ---------------------------------------------------- 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

14 years, 6 months

REMINDER: 10/6/09 seminar with Stefan Karner and Barbara Stelzl-Marx, TODAY 4:15-6 p.m.

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*/Please note the following seminar time and location reminder:/ Tuesday, October 6* *Cold War Studies Seminar* /"The Soviet Army in Austria, 1945-1955"/ Stefan Karner, Director, /Boltzmann Institut für Kriegsfolgenforschung/ (Graz) Barbara Stelzl-Marx, Senior Research Fellow, /Boltzmann Institut für Kriegsfolgenforschung/ 1737 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room K354 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 at https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login in order to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020 on the online registration form. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. -- ---------------------------------------------------- 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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