Insights

Writing. Convening. Teaching. Training. Modeling. Experimenting. Engaging. Across time zones and international boundaries, members of our community are at work. Our “Insights” gallery is a multimedia guide to intellectual life at the Davis Center.

"In what language do you think?" I’m often asked during readings and literary events. "Is it Russian? English? Both?" I reply, honestly, that in a sense it does not matter for the creative outcome.

"Everyone wants this war to end. But calls for Ukraine to cede seized territory to Russia are misguided," writes Alexandra Vacroux in The Boston Globe.

Sifting through a mountain of maps is an art, a craft, and a continuous act of discovery.

This year’s In Focus series will be devoted to decolonizing Slavic studies. Why does it matter and what does it look like? How will these efforts impact teaching, research and professional outputs?

Key takeaways from a discussion between the Program on Central Asia and the CAREC Institute on climate change and water-energy nexus in Central Asia.

Photos documenting the construction of the Great Fergana Canal depict Soviet dreams of building a new environment for a new socialist people.

Dasha Bough, REECA A.B./A.M. '23, speaks with The Harvard Gazette about her animated documentary film.

We are at an inflection point in Russian and Eurasian studies.