[Daviscenter-list] Seminar Calendar, February 10-29, 2012

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Seminar Calendar February 10-29, 2012 For upcoming events not yet published in this calendar, please visit our website<http://thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu/davis/index.php>hp>. Friday, February 10 SSRC Webinar and Discussion "By the Numbers: Quantitative Data Sources in Eurasian Studies" Topics include: Data Availability and Access Linking Available Data to Research Questions The Importance of Engaging with Quantitative Data Training Opportunities Cynthia Buckley, Program Director, SSRC; IC2, University of Texas at Austin Nicole Butkovich Kraus, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ani Sarkissian, Political Science, Michigan State University Christopher Whitsel, Sociology, North Dakota State University 1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S153 2:00-4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 16 Informing Eurasia Seminar "Translation as Information Channeling: The Soviet Case" Maria Khotimsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:00-6:00 p.m. Papers will be distributed in advance. Contact Robyn Angley (rangley@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:rangley@fas.harvard.edu>) for more information. Friday, February 17 Film Screening Co-sponsored by the Gender, Socialism and Postsocialism Working Group "BALKA" (2010, 36 minutes, Russian with English subtitles) Film screening will be followed by a conversation with the producer, Sophie Pinkham Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHlPqJ6e0E For more information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720868/ and https://www.facebook.com/pages/BALKA/338397962554 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) 12:15-2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 21 Historians' Seminar "How to Reconceptualize Imperial Russian History in a Eurasian Context" John P. LeDonne, Independent Scholar; Center Associate, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22 Special Event Co-sponsored by Causa Artium "New Voices in Russian Literature: Finalists for Russia's Debut Literary Prize Share Their Work" A new generation of Russian writers visits Harvard: Young authors, including finalists for Russia's Debut Prize, will read their work and discuss art and freedom in today's Russia. This is a critical juncture in the history of Russia-the Perestroika and post-Soviet generations are being displaced by a new generation for which the USSR is mere history. Theirs is a complex new Russia, which they strive to represent in their literary works. For over a decade, the Debut Prize has sought out young Russian-speaking literary talent the world over. Receiving as many as 70,000 submissions annually, Debut is a landmark in the Russian literary scene. Participants at the talk will include: Olga Slavnikova, Debut Prize coordinator; author of 2017, winner of the Russian Booker Prize Dmitry Biryukov, author of Uritsky Street. Irina Bogatyreva, author of Off the Beaten Track. Alisa Ganieva, author of Salam, Dalgat! Igor Savelyev, author of Pale City. Moderated by Adam Ragusea, Reporter, WBUR-FM The book talk and discussion will feature both spoken English and Russian. This event is free and open to the public. 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) Book talk: 5:00-6:30 p.m. Reception: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 23 A conversation with Luke Harding, Senior International Correspondent and former Moscow Bureau Chief, The Guardian; author of "Russia: the Mafia State" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 29 Comparative Economics Seminar Co-sponsored by the Cold War Studies Seminar "NATO's Relations with Russia" Todor Churov, Bulgarian Ambassador to NATO 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 29 Modern Jewish Worlds Workshop, Jews in East European Cities Series Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies; Russian and East European Jewish Studies Seminar at the Davis Center; Study Group on Jews in Modern Europe at the Center for European Studies; and the Ukrainian Research Center "'A Russian Zion,' or a Jewish Nightmare?: Jewish Life in Tsarist Kiev" Natan Meir, Lorry I. Lokey Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, Portland State University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services<https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl>pl>. To register a new visitor login, choose "Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies" and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu