[Daviscenter-list] Calendar of Events: November 1-15, 2012

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Calendar of Events November 1-15, 2012 Thursday, November 1 Book Talk Boris Rabbot: Shestidesiatnik, kotorogo ne uslyshali [Boris Rabbot: An Unheeded Voice of the 1960s] (R.Valent, 2012) Dr. Lynn Visson, Author; Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 1 Special Event "Valdai 2012: What We Saw" Timothy J. Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, and Chair of the Government Department, Harvard University; Executive Committee, Davis Center CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 5:00-6:00 p.m. Friday, November 2 Gender, Socialism and Postsocialism Working Group Co-Sponsored by the Gender, Politics and Society Working Group, Center for European Studies "The Femen Phenomenon: Reflections on New Grassroots Feminisms in Ukraine" Maria Mayerchyk and Olga Plakhotnik CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S153 2:30-4:30 p.m. Talk will be conducted in Russian. Translation can be provided if needed. Friday, November 9 Early Slavists' Seminar "Russia-Where Is It? A Voyage of Discovery into Historical Cartography" Denis Khotimsky, Independent Scholar CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 15 Literature and Culture Seminar Askold Melnyczyk reads from his forthcoming novel, Smedley's Secret Guide to World Literature Askold Melnyczyk, Associate Professor at University of Massachusetts, Boston; member , core faculty, Bennington College fiction writing program; founder of Agni magazine and Arrowsmith press CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies<http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/> Harvard University Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), South Building 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617-495-4037 F 617-495-8319 Find us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/DCRES> Davis Center Calendar of Events<http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php?v=m> Directions to the Davis Center<http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/contact/directions.html>