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Upcoming

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The War in Ukraine: Eight Months Later

It’s been almost eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine. What has the war taught us about Ukraine, Russia, and geopolitics in the 21st century? Join us for a conversation between Professor Timothy Colton and Professor Serhii Plokhii, moderated by Davis Center Executive Director Alexandra Vacroux.

Timothy J. Colton
Timothy Colton

Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University

Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History / Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute , Harvard University

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Executive Director

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The Holocaust Through the Eyes of Soviet Intelligence, 1939-1945

Drawing on archival discoveries in the former Soviet and Western archives, historian Yakov Falkov speaks about the Soviet intelligence community’s efforts to discover the extent and patterns of the mass extermination of Jews during WWII and the Shoah.

Yakov Falkov
Yaakov Falkov

Lecturer at Tel Aviv and Reichman Universities

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College and the Chair of the Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

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Interning in Tbilisi: Student Presentations

Hear from three students who spent the summer working in Georgia.

Nora Cyra
Nora Cyra

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies–REECA; Research Assistant, Negotiation Task Force

Seth Myers
Seth Myers

Master's Student, Harvard Kennedy School

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Screening of Saba

Saba is a tram operator whose life spirals downward when he loses his job in the wake of a violent, drunken night.

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Strategy, Outcome, and Prospects: The State of the Economies in Georgia and Armenia Today

What is the economic situation in the South Caucasus today?

Ia Eradze
Ia Eradze

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Social and Cultural Research; Research Network Legacies of Communism at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam

Vache Ghazaryan
Vache Ghazaryan

Economist, Central Bank of Armenia

Dimitri Gugushvili
Dimitri Gugushvili

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Sociological Research, University of Leuven

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

Director, Program on Georgian Studies
Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University

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(In)Visible Agency: Ukrainian Women’s Experiences of the Russian War on Ukraine

Oksana Kis, a scholar who lives in Lviv, Ukraine, discusses the complex effects of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian women and the women’s movement.

Oksana Kis
Oksana Kis

A Visiting Professor of Anthropology at the New School of Social Research in New YorkResearch and Fellow, and Chair at the Department of Social Anthropology, Institute of Ethnology, Ukraine National Academy of Sciences

Rochelle Ruthchild
Rochelle Ruthchild

Research Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

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Screening of Eliso

A story of deceit and betrayal, violence and resistance, passion and duty, Eliso is a pure tragedy, as sublime and pristine as only tragedy can be.

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Fall Reception: Khachapuri and Kharcho: The Georgian Feast and Its Meanings

A lecture about Georgian food and its role in Georgian history and culture--complete with food and wine.

Darra Goldstein
Darra Goldstein

Professor Emerita, Williams College

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Tango with Putin (aka: F@ck this Job) Screening and Discussion

Join the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for a discussion with the director and producer Vera Krichevskaya and Natasha Sindeeva, founder, owner, and chief executive officer of the Dozhd (TV Rain).

Vera Krichevskaya
Vera Krichevskaya

Co-Founder of Dozhd TV (TV Rain), Russia, the only independent news TV station in Russia

Natalya Sindeeva
Natalya Sindeeva

The Founder, Owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Dozhd (TV Rain) Media Holding