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

Fellow
Natia Seskuria is an associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and a founder and director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS).
Visiting Scholar
Yelena Severina is working on her first monograph, which focuses on the history and development of tableaux vivants from the Russian Empire from 1795 to the present.
Faculty Associate
Mzia Shanava is a linguist, journalist, and educator.
Fields
Center Associate
Oxana Shevel's research and teaching focus on the post-Soviet region, especially Ukraine and Russia, and topics such as nation-building and identity.
Center Associate
Vera Shevzov's research focuses on Orthodox Christianity in imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia.
Center Associate
Andrey Shlyakhter is an international historian of the Soviet Union and its neighbors.
Graduate Student Associate
Pauline Shongov is a P.h.D Candidate in Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University who works on media and ruination studies on the Balkan space.
Center Associate
Angela Shpolberg's research focuses on cultural relations between the U.S. and the nascent U.S.S.R in the 1920s.
Center Associate
Maxim D. Shrayer is Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College & the Chair of the Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center