[Daviscenter-list] Seminar Calendar: Oct. 1-15, 2007

*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies October 1-15, 2007* *Seminar Calendar* * * * * *Monday, October 1* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / //"The Collapse and Resilience of Communist Regimes"/ Martin Dimitrov, Center Associate, Davis Center; Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College// 1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Room S250 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Wednesday, October 3** Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"Putin and His National Champions"/ Robert Price, ALM Candidate, Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. *Wednesday, October 3 ** Director's Seminar* / "//Current Russian Politics: Between Stability and Uncertainty"/ Boris Kagarlitsky, Director, Institute of Globalization and Social Movements, Moscow 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. ** *Friday, October 5 Historians' Seminar */ //"On the Relevance of Russian Legal History"/ William Butler, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 12:15-2:00 pm *Friday, October 5* *Literature and Culture Seminar */ "//Language and Tradition across Boundaries: A Screening and Discussion of the Documentary Film /Piemule/ (1984)"/ Jana S(evcíková, Director, /Piemule/ (1984) Tereza Porybna, Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University// 24 Quincy Street, Carpenter Center, Harvard Film Archive, Room B-04 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Friday, October 5 Comparative Economics Seminar */ "Comparison of Central Asian Economics//"/// Martin Spechler, Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. ** *Tuesday, October 9 Cold War Studies Seminar */ "//What Can We Expect of Europe?"/ Marten van Heuven, Senior Consultant, RAND Corporation; retired US Foreign Service Officer; former National Intelligence Office for Europe 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 pm * * ***** * *Thursday, October 11 **Occasional Seminar* / //"Japan's Northern Territorial Issue Going Forward"/ Akihiro Iwashita, Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University; Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution /"//Holidays in Kazan: City Duma, Public Opinion and Theological Politics among Muslims after 1905"/ Norihiro Naganawa, Assistant Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15- 2:00 pm *Thursday, October 11 Comparative Politics Seminar * *Cosponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar* / "//Organized Business, Political Competition and Property Rights across the Russian Federation"/ William Pyle, Associate Professor of Economics, Middlebury College 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 pm *Friday, October 12* *Early Slavists' Seminar* / "//The Philosopher's Speech and the Prehistory of the PVL"/ Alan Timberlake, Professor of Slavic Languages & Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Monday, October 15* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / / /"Trends in Political Party System Institutionalization in Russia and Brazil since Transition" /Dan Epstein, Dissertation Fellow, Davis Center; PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.