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Seminar Calendar, April 16-30, 2012

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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Seminar Calendar April 16-30, 2012 For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website<http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php>. Wednesday, April 18 Comparative Economics Seminar Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar "The Politics of the Cold War Everyday: Lifestyle Issues in Communist Hungary's Long-Term Planning, 1960-1975" György Péteri, Professor of Contemporary European History and Director, Program on East European Cultures and Societies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. Friday, April 20 Early Slavists' Seminar "Montage in the Litsevoi letopisnyi svod (Illustrated Chronicle Compilation)" Donald Ostrowski, Research Advisor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University Extension School; Faculty Associate, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Friday, April 20 Lecture Sponsored by the Study Group on the Jews in Modern Europe, Center for European Studies Co-sponsored by the Seminar on Russian and East European Jewish Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Harvard Center for Jewish Studies; German Study Group, Center for European Studies; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute "The Political Culture of Russian-speaking Jews in Germany, Israel and Ukraine" Olena Bagno-Moldavski, Research Fellow, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street 2:00-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 Historian's Seminar "How Capitalism came to Russia: 19th Century Petersburg as the Crucible of New Developments" Lev Lurie, Author and Cultural Historian 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 26 Comparative Politics Seminar "The Postcommunist Economies: Legacies and Convergence" Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Friday, April 27 Comparative Politics Seminar "More than Moscow: Protest in Russia, 1991 and 2011-2012" Harley Balzer, Associate Professor, Georgetown University 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. --- 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 http://www.facebook.com/DCRES

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Thursday, 4/5 Special Event: REECA Master's Thesis Presentations

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Please join us for a special event! Thursday, April 5 REECA Master's Thesis Presentations 4:15 - 6:00 PM CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S153 Ania Shapiro: "Blogs and Ballots: The Civic Potential of the Ukrainian Webspace" Alla Baranovsky: "Framing Chechnya: Changes in the News Coverage of Russia's Two Chechen Wars" Woongki Ahn: "The Various Definitions of Russianness in Russian State-building" Natalia Anker-Lagos: "The Rise of Non-Statist Civil Society in Russia" Anton Kunayev: "Agricultural Reform in Kazakhstan" Drew Peterson: "Provisioning Elephants: Arms Transactions with India and Russian Power in Asia, 1962-2012" Povilas Strazdas: "The Crash at Smolensk: A Failure of Rapprochement under the Best of Circumstances" --- 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. --- 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<http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/>

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4/16/2012: seminar with LESZEK CZARNECKI at The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

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You are invited! The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies presents: "Quo vadis Europe? Strategies to Overcome Europe's Downturn"<http://harvard.hosted.webevent.com/cgi-bin/webevent.cgi?cmd=listday&y=2012&…> Speaker: LESZEK CZARNECKI, Author, Entrepreneur, Chairman of the Board of Getin Holding Chaired by Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History Date: Monday, April 16th Time: 4:15 - 6:00 PM Location: Lower Level Conference Room, Center for European Studies, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge All CES events are open to the public. --- 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 http://www.facebook.com/DCRES

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April 14: Symposium on Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia and China

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The Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley presents Everyday Totalitarianism A Symposium on Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia and China 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Green Hall, Wellesley College Conveners: Anna Katsnelson, Princeton University and Alessio Ponzio, Newhouse Center Resident Fellow Participants: Michael Ebner, Syracuse University Catherine Epstein, Amherst College Peter Fritzche, University of Illinois Anna Katsnelson, Princeton University Serguei Alex Oushakine, Princeton University Mingwei Song, Wellesley College Alessio Ponzio, Newhouse Resident Fellow Gary Xu, University of Illinois Please see attached for details -- 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<http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/>

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4/3/12 (TODAY) seminar reminders

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Please note the following seminar reminders: Tuesday, April 3 Cold War Studies Seminar "The Soviet Bloc's Role in Failed Efforts to End the Vietnam War, 1965-1967" James G. Hershberg, Professor of History, George Washington University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 Comparative Economics Seminar Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar, Davis Center and the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, Harvard Kennedy School "The EU's Relations with Russia" Ivailo Kalfin, Member of European Parliament and former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. --- 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

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4/13/2012 Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies and Student Photography Exhibition Opening

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Please join us for two very special events! Friday, April 13 Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies Multidisciplinary research presentations by advanced undergraduates from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton colleges Opening Remarks / 1:00 pm / Room S020 Timothy J. Colton, Department Chair and Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center Panel I / 1:15-2:15 p.m. / Room S020 Lavinia Mitroi, Harvard, From the Orfanotrofia to the Institutions for Irrecoverables: Tracing the Origins of Institutional Care for Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Romania Angela Lee, Wellesley, Making Tea or Making Plans? Soviet Dissident Kitchens as Networking Spaces Erica Sheftman, Harvard, A Cold-War Pas de Deux: Soviet-American Cultural Diplomacy through the Lens of the Iconic Bolshoi Ballet Krista Williamson, Wheaton, Buddhism and the Revival of a Cultural Identity Chair: Rossen Djagalov, Tutor in the Committee on History and Literature, Harvard University Panel II / 2:30-3:15 p.m. / Room S020 Katie A. Mosher, Wheaton, Managing Migrantophobia: The Human Security Approach and Central Asian migration to the Russian Federation Andrew Badger, Harvard, Learning Democratic Norms by Fire: The IRPT in Tajikistan Since 1997 Julia Gall, Wellesley, Russians Living and Leaving Uzbekistan in Post-Soviet Times Chair: Laura Adams, Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, Davis Center; Lecturer on Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Panel III / 3:30-4:15 p.m. / Room S020 Ke Feng, Wheaton, Perceptions of Democracy in Post-Communist Era-- A Comparison between Russia and China Ross Ford, Harvard, The Enigmatic Year: Neorealist Politics, Nationalism, and Irredentism in the First Balkan War Lela Jgerenaia, Wellesley, Ethnic Diversity in the Caucasus and its Role in Post-Soviet Conflicts Chair: Jeanne Wilson, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Russian Studies and Department Chair, Wheaton College; Center Associate, Davis Center Panel IV / 4:30-5:30 p.m. / Room S020 Talia Lavin, Harvard, Towards the Essence of Poetry: A Collection of Essays by Micah Yosef Berdichevsky, Translated, Annotated and Prefaced by Talia Lavin Stephanie Antetomaso, Wheaton, A Computational Analysis of Nabokov's Works Emma W. Wood, Harvard, Fleeing the Poetic Convent: Elena Shvarts's Works and Days and Problems of Female Authorship in the Late-Soviet Literary Underground Jasper N. Henderson, Harvard, Mystical Imagination: The Literary Icons of Vladimir Nabokov Chair: Maria Khotimsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) and Concourse 1:00-5:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 Student Photography Exhibition Opening "Enigmatic Eurasia" Photographs by Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton students 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse 5:45-6:45 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. --- 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

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