Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Calendar of Events

September 16-30, 2012

Thursday, September 20

Center for European Studies Public Lecture and Q&A

Co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

“The Euro Crisis and Its Impact on Central and Eastern EU Nations”

Jan Fischer, Former Chief of the Statistical Office of the Czech Republic, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Former Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Candidate for President of the Czech Republic

Chaired by Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for European Studies; Faculty Associate, Davis Center

Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Lower Level Conference Room

Reception to follow

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Friday, September 21

Historians’ Seminar

“Strategies of Imperial Integration: Diversity and Reciprocity in Russia’s Medieval and Early Modern Empires, 862-1584”
Val Kivelson, Professor of History, University of Michigan

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354

12:15-2:00 p.m.

Friday, September 21

Gender, Socialism and Postsocialism Working Group

Co-Sponsored by the Gender, Politics and Society Working Group, Center for European Studies

“Nashi Devushki: Gender and Youth Activism in Putin's Russia”

Valerie Sperling, Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Center Associate, Davis Center

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S153

2:00-4:00 p.m.

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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

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