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Announcing the Decolonization in Focus Seminar Series

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?

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Siberia through 17th-Century Eyes

A gorgeous hand-painted atlas is tucked away at Houghton Library, waiting for someone to come along and unlock the secrets of Siberia.

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Abigail Gipson, Conor Cunningham, and Aruzhan Meirkhanova

Introducing the 2022–23 Innovation Fellows

REECA Master’s students are combining principles of scholarship and entrepreneurial activity to create a new model of academic work.

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Reimagining Regional Studies

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REECA Master’s Program

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Scholar-Entrepreneur Initiative

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Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Program on Georgian Studies

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Center Associates

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Secondary Field in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia

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Red Horizon

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Outreach Programming

Höfði House in Reykjavik, Iceland

Arms Control Negotiation Academy

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Russia’s War against Ukraine

Analysis, events, and resources for understanding the ongoing conflict.

The present-day Davis Center fosters understanding through dialogue, research, and scholarly exchange. Although geopolitical harmony has eluded us for many decades, we have always hoped for and promoted peaceful mutual understanding. Simmering violence in eastern Ukraine and elsewhere in the post-Soviet world has been alarming for years, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a definitive change in the political trajectory of the region.

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Statement on Russia’s War against Ukraine

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Red Horizon

Push your negotiation and decision-making skills to the next level in this immersive executive education experience.