We are pleased to invite you to a conference on October 24 - 25, 2008:
*"40 Years after Andrei Sakharov's /Reflections on Progress, Peaceful
Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom/: Russia Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow"*
The conference will bring together participants from the U.S., Russia,
and Europe to discuss reactions to Sakharov's essays /Reflections on
Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom/ (1968), /The
Inevitability of Perestroika /(1988), and the continued relevance of
Sakharov's humanist vision. The conference will also address the nuclear
issues he was concerned with and is conceived as a step to encourage
constructive dialogue at a time when the administrations of both Russia
and the U.S. are in the process of change.
* _Pre-registration is required_ as space is limited.
* _Conference venue_: American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Norton's Woods Conference Center in Cambridge.
For more information:
www.sakharovconference.org or contact:
daviscenter(a)fas.harvard.edu
Sponsored by Department of Physics, Harvard University, Sakharov Program
on Human Rights at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Harvard University, and The Andrei Sakharov Foundation.
Attachments: Agenda and Registration Form
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.4037
Fax: 617.495.8319
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu