Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar
February 16-29, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, February 20
Comparative Economics Seminar
 
“Parties, Statist Stakeholders, and Informalization in Post-Soviet Welfare State Reform”
Linda J. Cook, Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Center Associate, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, February 21
Literature and Culture Seminar
 
“Framed? The Dialogical Performance of Space in Stalinist Comedy”
Anna Wexler Katsnelson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
 
 
Monday, February 25
Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop

Introduction to “Understanding the Management of Energy Dependency in the Post-Soviet World”  
Margarita Balmaceda, Center Associate, Davis Center; Associate Professor, The Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
 
Papers are available on the web at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/. There is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the paper in advance of the meeting.
 
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
 
 
Monday, February 25
Comparative Economics Seminar
Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar

“Russia and a New Cold War?”
Edward Lucas, Former Moscow Correspondent, The Economist
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, February 28
Special Performance

“Rossiya, My Native Land” in Russian poetry and songs
Students of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard
12 Quincy Street, Barker Center, Thompson Room 110
4:30 p.m.
 
 
Friday, February 29
Historians’ Seminar

“Russia’s Place in Eurasia: A Reconsideration”
John LeDonne, Center Associate, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
 
 
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