Jesse Howell

Guest Contributor

Associate Director of Research Initiatives, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

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Anchoring Black Sea

Anchoring the Black Sea: Conversations About Contingency

Monday, May 12, 2025
1 to 5pm EDT

In person

Join us for an afternoon of conversations hosted by the Black Sea Lab. Student research reports, expert roundtables, and a micro-exhibit will generate new questions and identify new possibilities for studying the Black Sea in the geopolitical and environmental context of the 21st century.

Kelly O’Neill

Director of Graduate Studies, REECA Program, and Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

Natia Chankvetadze

Ph.D., George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Independent Scholar

Coordinator, Imperiia Project

Coordinator, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

Nadia Boyadjieva

Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Anastasiia Pereverten

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Julian Gonzales-Poirier

Innovation Fellow, Program on Georgian Studies

Natia Gamkrelidze

Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Political Scientist; Project Manager, Center for European Studies at Harvard University

Associate Director of Research Initiatives, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University