Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Seminar Calendar
April 1–15, 2007
 
 
Monday, April 2
Historians’ Seminar

“The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance and Its Implications for the Cold War”
Sally Paine, Professor of Strategy and Policy, Naval War College
1730 Cambridge Street, 4th Floor, Room S450
12:15–2:00 p.m.
 
 
Monday, April 2
Sakharov Seminar on Human Rights

“Sakharov the Physicist”
Bruno Coppi, Professor of Physics, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Richard Wilson, Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Harvard University Physics Department, Jefferson Lab, Lecture Room 250
4:15–6:00 p.m.

Directions to the Jefferson Lab from Harvard Square:
Upon exiting the T station, walk into Harvard Yard to the statue of John Harvard. Facing the statue, take the path to your left, exit the yard, and veer left, around the Science Center (modern white building).  The large red-brick building in front of you is Jefferson.  Elevator access to both Jefferson and Lyman is through Lyman.
More information can be found here: http://hetg.physics.harvard.edu/hetgdirections.htm
 
 
Tuesday, April 3
Director’s Seminar

“Of Novelty and Oblivion: What We Can Learn from Dissidents under Communism”
Aleksa Djilas, Writer, Sociologist, Historian, and Broadcaster; Fellow, Russian Research Center, 1987–1993
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15–2:00 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, April 3
REECA Thesis Research Presentations


Jessica Brozyna: “The Site of Change: The City in Pavel Filonov’s Paintings”
Catherine Drew: “The Foreign Policy of Small States: Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Policy under President Bakiyev”
Benjamin Sharma: “Idealism Betrayed: Alexander Yakovlev and Disillusionment with the Soviet System”
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, April 5
Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop

“Priests of Prosperity: The Transnational Central Banking Community and Post-Communist Transformation”
Juliet Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University
Papers are available on the web at http://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.
 
 
Thursday, April 5
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

“Political Instability in Kyrgyzstan: Sources of Hope and Despair”
Edil Baisalov, President, Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Thursday, April 5
Literature and Culture Seminar

“The Borderland Laboratory:  The Art of Bridge-Building in an Age of Multi-Ethnic Crisis”
Krzysztof Czyzewski, Founder, Borderlands Foundation of Arts, Cultures, and Nations; Editor, Krasnogruda
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Friday, April 6
Early Slavists’ Seminar

“Imam Shamil, the Great Caucasian War, and the Chechens: Historical Considerations in a Regional Perspective”
Emil Souleimanov, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Senior Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, Charles University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15–2:00 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, April 10
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

“The Rise of Islam in Eurasia: Comparative Perspectives and Potential Consequences”
Galina Yemelianova, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Tuesday, April 10
REECA Thesis Research Presentations

Nina Aron: “The Black Widow’s Web: Gender and Violence in the Chechen Conflict”
Boris Milman: “State and Soldier in the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War”
Christian Packard: “Buriat Intellectualism, Education, and Identity in Contemporary Buriatia”
Sogomon Tarontsi: Title TBA
1730 Cambridge Street, Room TBA
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Wednesday, April 11
Literary Study Group

“Art Is Inoculation: The Infectious Imagination of Lev Tolstoy”
Jacob Michael Emery, Lecturer on Literature, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Wednesday, April 11
Historians’ Seminar
Cosponsored by the Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

“Armenia and Russian Religious Policy in the Context of Caucasian Geopolitics”
Paul Werth, Professor of History, University of Nevada
1730 Cambridge Street, 4th Floor, Room S450
4:15–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Please save the date for the following upcoming event!

Friday, April 27
Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies

Multidisciplinary research presentations by students from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton colleges.
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Rooms S020, S040, S050, and 3rd floor, Room S354
2:00–5:45 p.m.
 
 
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