Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Calendar of Events
October 16-31, 2012
Wednesday, October 17
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar
"Who Are the Islamists and the Separatists in the North Caucasus?"
Valeriy Dzutsev, Ph.D. candidate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State
University; North Caucasus Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 18
Literature and Culture Seminar
"The Theological and Philosophical Legacy of Fr. Georges Florovsky"
Fr. Robert Arida, Rector and Dean of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Boston
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 25
Historians' Seminar
"Political Imagination and Imperial Sovereignty: The Case of Kazan"
Jane Burbank, Professor of History, Russian & Slavic Studies, New York University
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 25
Literature and Culture Seminar
Igor Vishnevetsky reads from his novel, Leningrad
Igor Vishnevetsky, Poet, critic; Former Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 26
Film Screening
"Stilyagi<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239426/>"
(2008, 130 minutes, Russian with English subtitles)
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium)
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Monday, October 29
Book Talk
Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in
Russia<http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674066472>
(Harvard University Press, November 2012)
Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, IHS CERA, and Professor of Government, Georgetown
University
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
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