Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar
March 1-15, 2009

For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website:  http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php.

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.
 
Presented in English with Russian subtitles.
 
 
Monday, March 2
Occasional Seminar
 
“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.
 
 
Tuesday, March 3
Occasional Seminar
 
“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.
 
 
Thursday, March 5
Comparative Politics Seminar
 
“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.
 
 
Thursday, March 5
Literature and Culture Seminar
 
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
 
“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


Wednesday, March 11
Special Seminar
Co-sponsored by the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University
 
“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
 
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
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu