Please join us to celebrate Central Asia week at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies! Monday, October 24 Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar "Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia" Baktybek Beshimov, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:00-1:30 p.m. To kick off the Davis Center's week of Central Asian studies, Baktybek Beshimov, a visiting scholar at the Davis Center, will give a talk on current and future prospects for the Ferghana Valley, a dynamic region shared by Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The talk will be based on the book of the same name that Beshimov co-authored. Monday, October 24 Film Screening Xinjiang Uyghur Film: Sarang (Crazy) Uyghur with English subtitles Introductory talk by Mettursun Beydulla 1737 Cambridge Street (Knafel Building), 2nd Floor, Room K262 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sarang is one of the best-loved Uyghur movies, and now it is the first Uyghur movie to be available with English subtitles. This lively mixture of comedy and tragedy, set and filmed in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is based on a short story by the celebrated author Memtimin Hoshur. Wednesday, October 26 Film Screening The Desert of Forbidden Art (2010) Directed by Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope Introduction by Anna Wexler Katsnelson, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room) 7:00 p.m. This screening is made possible by Title VI funding from the US Department of Education. Due to licensing restrictions by the film's distributor, the screening is open only to students, faculty, and staff of educational institutions. Friday, October 28 Special Event Co-sponsored by the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Turkmenistan Youth and Civic Values Foundation An Evening of Turkmen Culture In celebration of Turkmenistan's 20th anniversary of independence, a brief lecture on Turkmenistan by Laura Adams will be followed by a festive evening of Central Asian food, music and dance. 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Concourse and Room S030 7:30-9:30 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