Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Calendar of Events

October 16-31, 2012

Wednesday, October 17

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

“Who Are the Islamists and the Separatists in the North Caucasus?”
Valeriy Dzutsev, Ph.D. candidate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University; North Caucasus Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354

4:15-6:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 18

Literature and Culture Seminar

“The Theological and Philosophical Legacy of Fr. Georges Florovsky”

Fr. Robert Arida, Rector and Dean of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Boston

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354

4:15-6:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 25

Historians’ Seminar

“Political Imagination and Imperial Sovereignty: The Case of Kazan”
Jane Burbank, Professor of History, Russian & Slavic Studies, New York University

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354

12:15-2:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 25

Literature and Culture Seminar

Igor Vishnevetsky reads from his novel, Leningrad

Igor Vishnevetsky, Poet, critic; Former Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354

4:15-6:00 p.m.

Friday, October 26

Film Screening

“Stilyagi”

(2008, 130 minutes, Russian with English subtitles)
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium)