*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies *
*Seminar Calendar
March 1-15, 2009__*
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*/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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*Sunday, March 1*
*Film Screening*
Mikhail Bulgakov's /The Master and Margarita/
The Landmark Miniseries directed by Vladimir Bortko
February 8: Introduction, Chapters 1-2
February 15: Chapters 3-5
February 22: Chapters 6-8
March 1: Chapters 9-10, Conclusion
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Tsai Auditorium, Room S010
5:30 p.m.
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/Presented in English with Russian subtitles./
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*Monday, March 2*
*Occasional Seminar*//
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/"The Future of the Jewish Community in Ukraine" /
Shmuel Kaminezky, Chief Rabbi, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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*Tuesday, March 3*
*Occasional Seminar*//
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/"The Church's Strategic Choice"///
Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard
University; Founding Editor, /Russia// Profile/
1737 Cambridge Street, Knafel Building, 4th Floor, Room K401
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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*Thursday, March 5*
*Comparative Politics Seminar*//
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/"Trials and Tribulations: Russia and the European Court of Human Rights"/
Valerie Sperling, Center Associate, Davis Center; Associate Professor of
Government, Clark University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
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*Thursday, March 5*
*Literature and Culture Seminar*//
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/Title TBA/
Emily Van Buskirk, Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
*Friday, March 6- Saturday, March 7*
*Teacher Workshop*//
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/"Hitler and Stalin: Comparing Dictatorships in the Twentieth Century"/
1730 Cambridge Street
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
To Register: Contact 617-495-8095 or
davisoutreach[at]fas.harvard.edu
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*Wednesday, March 11*
*Special Seminar*
*Co-sponsored by the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University** *
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/"Perceptions of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in Contemporary Russia and Japan"/
Tetsuo Mochizuki, Professor of Russian Literature and Culture, Slavic
Research Center, Hokkaido University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
*Thursday, March 12*
*Sakharov Seminar on Human Rights*
*Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar*
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/The Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Controversy: A Discussion of /The Nuclear
Express: A Political History of the Bomb and its Proliferation
Roundtable Discussion:
David Holloway, Professor of International Relations, Stanford University
Paul Josephson, Chair and Professor of Russian and Soviet History, Colby
College
Priscilla McMillan, Center Associate, Davis Center
Chair:
Mark Kramer, Program Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard
1737 Cambridge Street, Knafel Building, Concourse Level, Room K031
12:15-2:00 p.m.
*Thursday, March 12*
*Central Asia** and the Caucasus Working Group*//
/"Market Reform's Impact on Bribery, Favoritism, and Clientelism:
Evidence from Central Asia and Other Postcommunist Countries"/
Kelly McMann, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Case Western
Reserve University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
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 301b
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.4037
Fax: 617.495.8319
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