[Daviscenter-list] Seminar Calendar, November 1-15

*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies * *Seminar Calendar November 1-15, 2008* *__* */For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website: http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php./* *__* *Monday, November 3 * *Special Seminar * *Co-sponsored by the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Center for the Study of World Religions//* / / /"Christian Hajjis: The Forgotten Pilgrims of Ottoman Jerusalem" /Valentina Izmirlieva, Associate Professor of Slavic Studies, Columbia University// 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Wednesday, November 5* *Comparative Politics Seminar*// / / /"The Modern History of Russian Media- How Did We Get to Where We Are?"/ Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University; Founding Editor, /Russia// Profile/ 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Thursday, November 6 * *Occasional Seminar*// / / /"Winter Palace: >From Katherine the Great to Present Day" /Anna Konivets, Coordinator, Guggenheim-Hermitage Project; Senior Research Fellow, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Thursday, November 6 * *Comparative Economics Seminar*// / / /"The Real Truth about Russia" /John T. Connor Jr., Founder and Portfolio Manager, Third Millennium Russia Fund// 1730 Cambridge Street, 4th Floor, Room S450 4:15-6:00 p.m. * * * * *Thursday, November 6 * *Literature and Culture Seminar*// / / /"Polish-Jewish Intellectuals in Mainstream Entertainment, 1918-39: An Unfinished Adventure" /Knut Andreas Grimstad, Director of the Programme for Literary Studies and Associate Professor of Polish, University of Oslo// 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *Friday, November 7 * *Occasional Seminar*// /"The Politics of Survival: Reporting in Russia Today" /Yevgenia Albats, Professor of Political Science, State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow; Deputy Editor and Political Editor, /The New Times/; Talk Show Host, Ekho Moskvy Broadcasting 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Monday, November 10* *Comparative Economics Seminar*// / / /"//Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder and the Dark Heart of the New Russia"/ Steve LeVine, Chief Foreign Affairs Writer, /Business Week/ 1730 Cambridge Street, 4th Floor, Room S450 12:30-2:00 p.m. *__* * * *Monday, November 10* *Cold War Studies Seminar*// / / /"Cold War Between Pyongyang and Hanoi: North Korea, Vietnam, and the Cambodian Question, 1970-1989"/ Balazs Szalontai, Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Wednesday, November 12* *Comparative Economics Seminar*// / / /"Russia Matters: An Insider's Look at the Rise of Russia and the West's Failure to Engage the Heartland of Eurasia" /Alfred Kokh, Author; Former Deputy Prime Minister, Russian Federation 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * * * *Wednesday, November 12* *Comparative Economics Seminar*// / / /"Russian Energy and Foreign Policy: Beyond the Former Soviet Union" /Anita Orban, Director, Constellation Energy Institute 61 Kirkland Street, Seminar Room 4:15-5:30 p.m. * * * * *Thursday, November 13* *Literature and Culture Seminar *// / / Screening of /Current History/ (2006) Followed by a discussion with the director, Hannah Collins 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 4:15-6:00 p.m. * * *Friday, November 14* *Early Slavists' Seminar* /"'I//gor's retinue said to him' (Rekosha druzhina Igorevi): On Aleksei Gippius' Article about the Linguotextological Stratification in the /Initial Chronicle (Nachal'naia Letopis')/"/// Olga Strakhov, Independent Scholar; Library Assistant, Gund Hall Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard 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 at https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl. If you need to register a new visitor login to purchase a parking pass, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772.