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.
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) 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.
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