People

We are a community of students, scholars, and staff who share a dedication to understanding the region more deeply.

Find scholars with specific areas of geographic or historical focus by using the “Location” and “Time Period” pull-downs below—these refer to the places and eras our affiliates study, not the ones in which they live.

And please remember: The views expressed by people affiliated with the Davis Center are as different as the people themselves and do not necessarily reflect institutional positions held by the center.

People

Center Associate
Marie H. Kurfirtova is currently compiling a lexicon of Czech and Sanskrit verbal roots that are common to both languages.
Center Associate
Graduate Student Associate
Rachel Landau is a recent graduate of Stanford CREEES.
Center Associate
Lawrence Langer's current project is "Rus' and the Mongols: Society and Economy in Appanage Rus', Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries."
Fields
Staff
Isabella Lau is the Senior Sponsored Grants Administrator at the Davis Center.
Center Associate
A.M. LaVey is a visual information scientist specialising in eastern Slavic spaces.
Graduate Student Associate
William is pursuing a master’s in the Davis Center’s REECA program, focusing on identity formation and cultural construction in contemporary Ukraine and Russia.
Alumni
John Leake is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
John LeDonne's current project is "Great Rivers and Russian Foreign Policy."
Center Associate
James Jongsoo Lee is a scholar and expert in national security, foreign policy, and Indo-Pacific, Eurasian and global affairs.