Visiting Scholars 2007-08

Svetlana Arkina (Ph.D. Economics, Université Paris Sorbonne) recently completed her Ph.D. and will work on the project “Investment Tax Incentives in Russia and the United States: Historical and Comparative Aspects.

Martin Dimitrov (Ph.D. Government, Stanford University) is assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College. As a visiting scholar during spring semester, he will work on intellectual property rights laws in Russia and China.

David Engerman (Ph.D. History, University of California, UC Berkeley) is associate professor of history at Brandeis University. As a visiting scholar, he will work on a project on America’s Russia experts and the making of the Cold War.

Timothy Frye (Ph.D. Political Science, Columbia University) is professor of political science at Columbia University. He will conduct research on property rights in Russia.

Paul Josephson (Ph.D. History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is associate professor of history at Colby College. While at the Davis Center he will be working on the project “Stalin, Soviet Engineering, and Technology in Eastern Europe, 1945-1964.” (spring 2008)

Thomas Remington (Ph.D. Political Science, Yale University) is professor of political science at Emory University. As a visiting scholar, he will be working on a project called “Inequality, Governance, and Democracy.”