Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar
February 16-28, 2009

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

Wednesday, February 18
Comparative Economics Seminar
 
“Entrepreneurship in Russia and China:  The Impact of Formal Institutional Voids”
Daniel McCarthy, Professor of Global Management and Innovation, Northeastern University
Sheila Puffer, Professor of International Business, Northeastern University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, February 19
Comparative Politics Seminar
 
“Accountability under Authoritarianism: Why Communism Failed in Europe but Survived in Asia”
Martin Dimitrov, Center Associate, Davis Center; Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.

 
Thursday, February 19
Literature and Culture Seminar
 
“Poetry Reading and Discussion of Poetry in Translation”
Polina Barskova, Assistant Professor of Russian Literature, Hampshire College
Ilya Kaminsky, Assistant Professor of English, San Diego State University
12 Quincy Street, Barker Center, Kresge Room, Room 114
4:15-6:00 p.m.


Sunday, February 22
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.

 
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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