Please join us for two very special events! Friday, April 13 Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies Multidisciplinary research presentations by advanced undergraduates from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton colleges Opening Remarks / 1:00 pm / Room S020 Timothy J. Colton, Department Chair and Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center Panel I / 1:15-2:15 p.m. / Room S020 Lavinia Mitroi, Harvard, From the Orfanotrofia to the Institutions for Irrecoverables: Tracing the Origins of Institutional Care for Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Romania Angela Lee, Wellesley, Making Tea or Making Plans? Soviet Dissident Kitchens as Networking Spaces Erica Sheftman, Harvard, A Cold-War Pas de Deux: Soviet-American Cultural Diplomacy through the Lens of the Iconic Bolshoi Ballet Krista Williamson, Wheaton, Buddhism and the Revival of a Cultural Identity Chair: Rossen Djagalov, Tutor in the Committee on History and Literature, Harvard University Panel II / 2:30-3:15 p.m. / Room S020 Katie A. Mosher, Wheaton, Managing Migrantophobia: The Human Security Approach and Central Asian migration to the Russian Federation Andrew Badger, Harvard, Learning Democratic Norms by Fire: The IRPT in Tajikistan Since 1997 Julia Gall, Wellesley, Russians Living and Leaving Uzbekistan in Post-Soviet Times Chair: Laura Adams, Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, Davis Center; Lecturer on Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Panel III / 3:30-4:15 p.m. / Room S020 Ke Feng, Wheaton, Perceptions of Democracy in Post-Communist Era-- A Comparison between Russia and China Ross Ford, Harvard, The Enigmatic Year: Neorealist Politics, Nationalism, and Irredentism in the First Balkan War Lela Jgerenaia, Wellesley, Ethnic Diversity in the Caucasus and its Role in Post-Soviet Conflicts Chair: Jeanne Wilson, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Russian Studies and Department Chair, Wheaton College; Center Associate, Davis Center Panel IV / 4:30-5:30 p.m. / Room S020 Talia Lavin, Harvard, Towards the Essence of Poetry: A Collection of Essays by Micah Yosef Berdichevsky, Translated, Annotated and Prefaced by Talia Lavin Stephanie Antetomaso, Wheaton, A Computational Analysis of Nabokov's Works Emma W. Wood, Harvard, Fleeing the Poetic Convent: Elena Shvarts's Works and Days and Problems of Female Authorship in the Late-Soviet Literary Underground Jasper N. Henderson, Harvard, Mystical Imagination: The Literary Icons of Vladimir Nabokov Chair: Maria Khotimsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) and Concourse 1:00-5:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 Student Photography Exhibition Opening "Enigmatic Eurasia" Photographs by Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton students 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse 5:45-6:45 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