Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar Reminder
For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please see our web calendar<http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php>.
Wednesday, September 29
Comparative Economics Seminar
"The Russian Revolution in Entrepreneurial Leadership"
Daniel McCarthy, Alan S. McKim and Richard A. D'Amore Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Innovation, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University; Center Associate, Davis Center
Sheila Puffer, Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University; Center Associate, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 30
Cold War Studies Seminar
"Rebels, Terrorists, Peacemakers: Conflict in the Philippine South and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Astrid Tuminez, Assistant Dean of Education and Director of Research, School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd 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<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to 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
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar
October 1-15, 2010
For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our web calendar<http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php>.
Friday, October 1
Early Slavists' Seminar
"Camels in Rus´"
Inés García de la Puente, Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 6
Public Lecture
"Why Kyrgyzstan Matters"
Baktybek Beshimov, Former Member of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan; Visiting Scholar, Davis Center
Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies; Chair, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room)
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Reception to follow in the concourse
RSVP to Joan Gabel<mailto:jgabel@fas.harvard.edu> by Oct. 1 if you plan to attend.
This event will address the major questions raised by the revolution, popular unrest, and ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan since April 2010. How do these events impact academic theories of post-Soviet countries' transformation? Conversely, how can existing theories of governance and international relations shed light on what happened? What potential areas for new research have been opened by these events? What major questions does the coup or revolution raise for the field of Central Asian area studies?
Thursday, October 7
Book Talk
"The Caucasus: An Introduction"
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
Thomas de Waal, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment; Author
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 12
Cold War Studies Seminar
"The Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact, and the Crisis with Czechoslovakia, 1968"
Peter Ruggenthaler, Senior Research Fellow, Boltzmann Institute for Research on War's Consequences
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 13
Historians' Seminar
Co-sponsored by the Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies
"Intimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the Shadow of the Holocaust"
Jason Wittenberg, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 15
Book Talk
Co-sponsored by the Davis Center Outreach Program
"The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them"
Elif Batuman, Author; PhD in Comparative Literature, Stanford University; Harvard College '99
1737 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room K354
4:00-6:00 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<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to 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
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Tomorrow!
Friday, September 24
Informal lunch with faculty, students, associates, visitors and staff of the Davis Center
Bring or buy your lunch
Fisher Family Commons and café, first floor of CGIS Knafel (directly across from our building)
1737 Cambridge St.
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Please join us for a very special event tomorrow at 12:15 (see details below). Mark Solonin, a path breaking, controversial Russian historian and a bestselling author, is coming to the Davis Center to speak about his book The Cask and the Hoops and analyze the reasons for the Red Army's collapse in the first phase of the WWII German invasion. Did Stalin really plan to attack Germany, as some authors recently claimed? What are the problems in Russian and Western established historiography on the Red Army? Why did Stalin's formidable army collapse so quickly, and what are the reasons for its recovery? In his book, Solonin attempts to answer these questions using hitherto undiscovered documents from Russian military archives.
All are welcome. Professor Terry Martin will chair the event.
Thursday, September 23
Occasional Seminar
The Cask and the Hoops: Why Did Stalin's Army Collapse during the First Days of Operation Barbarossa?
Mark Solonin, Author
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Talk will be delivered in Russian with English translation.
To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to 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
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Join librarians Brad Schaffner of Widener Library's Slavic Division and Hugh Truslow of the Davis Center Collection at Fung Library for the first library workshop of the year. They will present two recently acquired databases:
* Pravda Digital Archive, from East View: link available at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:udbrussn<http://e-research.lib.harvard.edu:80/V/13HKNJKVTNV85JUUYIILB38QGQTUID8KGDDJ…>
a fully searchable, full-image version of the entire contents of the newspaper from 1912 to 2008.
* Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL): http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ceeolibr
full-text articles in PDF from 519 humanities and social science journals on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
What: "Vpered!" Library workshop on New E-Resources in Slavic Studies
When: Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, 4:15-5:30 p.m.
Where: Room K018, Computer Training Room, CGIS Knafel Building (next to the Fung Library), 1737 Cambridge St.
Space is limited: If you would like to attend please RSVP to Hugh Truslow at truslow(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:truslow@fas.harvard.edu>.
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Dear affiliates of the Davis Center,
One of our new Visiting Fellows, Adele Del Sordi, is searching for housing near the Davis Center. If you know of anything that meets her requirements listed below, please email her directly at a.delsordi(a)imtlucca.it<mailto:a.delsordi@imtlucca.it>.
Adele in her own words:
"I am looking for a furnished one-bedroom apartment or studio (this would be my first preference), or for a room in a shared apartment (with one other person maximum). I would like to lease for six months, October through March. I am arriving on 24th of September, so I can see the place only after that. I do not have specific requirements about the location, only that is not too far from the Davis Center/Widener library (let's say 30 mins walk or less). Regarding the price, I can spend up to $1000-$1100 for the apartment, a bit less in case it is a room in a shared apartment."
Here is her biography:
Adele Del Sordi is a Ph.D. student in Political Systems and Institutional Change at the Institute of Advanced Studies IMT in Lucca. Adele completed her undergraduate studies at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale". Prior to her studies in Lucca, she spent a semester in Moscow, where she improved her Russian and audited seminars at the Moscow State University, and one year as a UN Volunteer in Kazakhstan, working as Communications Assistant for the UNV Office. Adele spent a term teaching and researching at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic in 2009, while in spring 2010 she visited the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. For the fall semester, Adele was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship as Visiting Student Researcher. For her Ph.D. thesis Adele is investigating the role of so-called "parties of power" and media in the political process in the post-communist area, in particular in Russia and Kazakhstan. Her research interests include: democratization processes in post-socialist countries, hybrid regimes, institutional transitions, and media law. Adele comes to Harvard as a Visiting Fellow through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Reminder
Please join us for a special roundtable tomorrow, Thursday, September 16, from 12:15 to 2 p.m. at the Davis Center.
Professors Timothy Colton<http://en.rian.ru/video/20100907/160505976.html> and Richard Pipes<http://en.rian.ru/video/20100907/160497428.html>, just back from the Valdai Discussion Club<http://en.rian.ru/valdai/>, will share insights on the latest developments in Russian political affairs. Don't miss this chance to hear about their meetings with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking officials!
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Thursday, September 16
Roundtable
Valdai Debriefing
Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Richard Pipes, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Chair: Terry Martin, Director, Davis Center; George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, History Department, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 16
Czech Language Table
Organizational Meeting
Cafe Gato Rojo, Dudley House, Harvard Yard
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Speakers of all levels are welcome and encouraged to join.
If you have questions, contact Philipp Penka at penka(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:penka@fas.harvard.edu>
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
Please note the following seminar time change:
Monday, September 13
Cold War Studies Seminar
"Ethnic Cleansing at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Mass Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945-1946"
Oldrich Tuma, Director, Ustav pro Soudobe Dejiny
1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Room S250
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<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to 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
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617.495.4037
F 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu