People

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

 

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

Graduate Student Associate
Luise Moerke is a writer, critic, and Ph.D. student in Harvard's Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies.
Graduate Student Associate
Yevhenii (Zhenia) Monastyrskyi is a Ph.D. student in history at Harvard University, in residence at the Davis Center in 2023-2025.
Graduate Student Associate
María Matilde Morales is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature.
Center Associate
Ainsley Morse's current project is "The Last and the First: Poets and Poetry in the Russian 1990s."
Center Associate
Steven Nafziger's current project is "The Black Repartition: Serfdom, Reform, and Economic Development in the Russian Empire, 1850 - 1914."
Visiting Scholar
Mie Nakachi is a historian of the Soviet Union with expertise in population policy, reproductive health and rights, gender, and family.
Graduate Student Associate
Masato Nakajima is a second year Masters in Public Policy candidate with a concentration in Political and Economic Development at Harvard Kennedy School.
Staff
Lizzie is the advisor to the Georgian Studies Program
Center Associate
Sarah Jane Nelson is an author and musician currently at work on a biography of émigré balalaika player Sasha Polinoff and his greater musical community.
Advisory Board
Edward (Ed) Nicholson has been involved in Russian financial markets since 1996 when he managed the first sale of Gazprom GDR’s to European investors for Kleinwort Benson.