*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies
_Calendar of Events: February 20-28, 2007_*
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*Tuesday, February 20
Modern Russian History Search
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/"The Muslim Question in Late Imperial Russia"/
Elena Campbell, Ph.D. in History, 1999, Russian Academy of Sciences;
Lecturer on History, Harvard University
35 Quincy Street, Robinson Hall, First Floor Library
4:15-5:30 p.m.
/For more information, please contact Janet Hatch (administrator,
History Department) at (617) 496-4057.///
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*Wednesday, February 21
Comparative Economics Seminar
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/"Cheap Gas, Black Market Cash, and Love for the Motherland: A Look at
Turkmenistan's 'Golden Century'"/
Alex Minier, Director, Ford Hall Forum
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
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*Wednesday, February 21
* *Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Discussion*
/Cosponsored by the Davis Center, the Department of Slavic Languages and
Literatures, and the Initiative on Art and Humanities /
/"Nostalgic Technologies"/
Svetlana Boym, Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Slavic
Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature,
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse
6:00-8:00 p.m.
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*Friday, February 23
Slavic Conference *
/Cosponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the
Davis Center, the Central and East European Society, and the Art and
Politics Seminar/
/"The Post-Romantic Syndrome: German and Russian Anxieties in the 20th
Century" /
Galin Tihanov, Professor of Comparative Literature, Lancaster University
12 Quincy Street, Humanities Center, Room 133
2:00-4:00 p.m.
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*Monday, February 26
Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop *
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*/"Building Modern Cities: Reform and Revitalization in Urban China"/
Meg Rithmire, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University
Papers are available on the website at
www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/.
There is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the
paper in advance of the meeting.
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
*Tuesday, February 27*
*Roundtable Discussion
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/"Turkmenistan after Turkmenbashi"/
Erika Dailey, Director, Turkmenistan Project, Open Society Institute
Irina Liczek, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Niagara University
John Schoeberlein, Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus;
Lecturer on Anthropology and on Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations, Harvard University
Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Lecturer on
Government, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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*Wednesday, February 28
Comparative Economics Seminar
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/"Russia: The New Energy Superpower-Is It for Real?"/
Katherine Hardin, Associate, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.
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*Wednesday, February 28
Russian and East European Jewish Studies Seminar
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/"On Communism and the Jews"/
Anthony Michels, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature,
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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