Please join us for a very special event!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University
Opening Remarks | 1:45-2:00 p.m.
Terry Martin, George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Harvard University; Director,
Davis Center
Panel I | 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Angela Lee,
Made in the Kremlin: Nashi and the Artificial Pro-Regime Youth Movement, 2005-2012
Nicole Carter,
Chechen-Russian Relations in Moscow
Maria Smerkovich,
Treading Water in the Ibar: The Paradox of State-Building under Kosovo’s Status Neutral
Emily Keamy-Minor,
Civil Society and the Politics of HIV Prevention in Russia
Chair:
Timothy J. Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, and Chair of the Government Department, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Panel II | 3:15-4:15 p.m.
Alexander Herbert,
Reinterpreting Byzantine/Russian Relations and the Medieval Russ
Aparajita Tripathi,
Uncovering a Socratic Phenomenology of Dissent: Jan Patočka on Moral Responsibility
Samantha Barchard,
Russia in Space
Christopher Hopper,
Syllabus for Success: Creating a Realistic Educational Framework for the Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia through Effective Language and Integration Measures
Chair:
Jonathan Bolton, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Panel III | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Michael Goncalves,
Dialectal Variation in Adyghe: A Language Contact Analysis
James Salamon,
Alexander Scriabin: The Sound of Russia
Jesse Nee-Vogelman,
Dimitry Krymov and Kama Ginkas: Adaptation in Contemporary Moscow Theater
Christine Herrmann,
Witches, Healers, and Shamans - Figures in Russian and Siberian Folklore
Chair:
Thomas Dolack, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Wheaton College
1730 Cambridge Street, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) and Concourse
1:45-5:30 p.m.
Student Photography Exhibition Opening
“Traversing Eurasia”
Photographs by Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton students
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse
5:30-6:30 p.m.
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Harvard University
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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