Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Calendar of Events: February 20­–28, 2007

Tuesday, February 20
Modern Russian History Search

“The Muslim Question in Late Imperial Russia”

Elena Campbell, Ph.D. in History, 1999, Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer on History, Harvard University

35 Quincy Street, Robinson Hall, First Floor Library
4:15–5:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact Janet Hatch (administrator, History Department) at (617) 496-4057.

Wednesday, February 21
Comparative Economics Seminar

“Cheap Gas, Black Market Cash, and Love for the Motherland: A Look at Turkmenistan’s ‘Golden Century’”
Alex Minier, Director, Ford Hall Forum

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30–2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 21
 Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Discussion

Cosponsored by the Davis Center, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Initiative on Art and Humanities 

“Nostalgic Technologies” 

Svetlana Boym, Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse

6:00–8:00 p.m.

Friday, February 23
Slavic Conference

Cosponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Davis Center, the Central and East European Society, and the Art and Politics Seminar

“The Post-Romantic Syndrome: German and Russian Anxieties in the 20th Century” 

Galin Tihanov, Professor of Comparative Literature, Lancaster University

12 Quincy Street, Humanities Center, Room 133

2:00–4:00 p.m.

Monday, February 26
Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop

“Building Modern Cities: Reform and Revitalization in Urban China”

Meg Rithmire, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

Papers are available on the website at 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.

Tuesday, February 27

Roundtable Discussion

“Turkmenistan after Turkmenbashi”

Erika Dailey, Director, Turkmenistan Project, Open Society Institute

Irina Liczek, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Niagara University

John Schoeberlein, Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus; Lecturer on Anthropology and on Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 28
Comparative Economics Seminar

“Russia: The New Energy Superpower–Is It for Real?”
Katherine Hardin, Associate, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30–2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 28
Russian and East European Jewish Studies Seminar

“On Communism and the Jews”
Anthony Michels, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature, Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.

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