Events

Are you looking to be in conversation with the world of Russian and Eurasian studies? You have come to the right place — pull up a seat.

Looking for a recording of a past event? Browse prior listings below, or see all of our event videos on our YouTube channel.

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Hear filmmakers Levan Lomjaria and George Sikharulidze explore the historical trajectory of Georgian cinema and the challenges it faces today, including attempts at state control over artistic expression.

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Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

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This talk argues language politics played an important role in the global Cold War.

Recording Available

Associate Professor of History, Tufts University

Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Boston University

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

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This lecture invites you to explore the works of poets born in the USSR, who moved to the United States in their childhood or youth and switched to writing poetry in English, including Olga Livshin, Ilya Kaminsky, and Eugene Ostashevsky.

Senior Lecturer in Russian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Kevin Platt presents his new book, Border Conditions: Russian-Speaking Latvians Between World Orders.

Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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Join veteran risk analyst Charles Hecker for a talk on the always complex, frequently unstable, and never boring relationship between foreign investors and Russia, based on his new book, Zero Sum.

Former Journalist at The Miami Herald and The Moscow Times; Independent Consultant and Writer

Independent Scholar

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Join us for the second in our two-part webinar series on genocide education as we explore the power of photography in teaching.

 

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

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Join the new initiative "Spark! Mini Talks from the Davis Center!", which highlights a small part of the diverse and exciting research being undertaken by various Davis Center affiliates. 

Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center

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Join us in discussing the core arguments of Intercommunal Warfare and Ethnic Peacemaking by Joldon Kutmanaliev.

Recording Available

Researcher, Leuphana University (Germany)

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

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An opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of Ukrainian studies in the context of contested memories and current cultural politics, with a focus on a recent book by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed.

Preceptor in Ukrainian at Harvard University

Dmytro Cyzevs’kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University

Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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In this workshop we will learn a method of historical analysis that capitalizes on AI’s capacity to speculate (wildly, at times). The exercise is designed to teach participants to develop a better sense of what we can and cannot know about the past. 

Director, Imperiia Project / Lecturer on History, Harvard University

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

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Russian language competition for high school students. 

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

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Join us for the third talk of a new online speaker series, "Kyiv Connection: Disciplinary Dialogues on Ukraine."  

Recording Available

Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University

Professor of Political Science, Kyiv School of Economics

Executive Director, Davis Center (On Leave 2024-2025); Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

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Join us to discuss how the Russo-Ukrainian war is impacting coercion and implicit threats in the Middle East.

Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University

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Join us for a discussion about Hungary during World War II and Joseph Stalin's impact on the country.

Peter A. Kadas Professor of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Join us for the discussion about the collectivization generation of the rural youth who participated in the transformation of Uzbekistan’s agricultural life in the 1930s. 

Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University

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

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This workshop will focus on understanding the origin, purpose, content, and value of various textual and visual primary sources.

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

Associate Professor of History, Boston University

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Join us for our upcoming Spring semester webinar series for educators devoted to using primary sources in the classroom. 
 
 

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Director, Imperiia Project / Lecturer on History, Harvard University

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This educator workshop, hosted by the Global Studies Outreach Committee at Harvard University, will be offered in person on Harvard's Cambridge Campus July 28-31, 2025. 

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

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Julia Nemirovskaya will discuss how translators and editors of bilingual anthologies such as Disbelief, Dislocation, and Rupture have created a repository of poems protesting the war and government persecution in Russia and Belarus, titled Kopilka. 

Recording Available

Poet, Writer, and Senior Instructor in Literature, University of Oregon

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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This film sheds light on the stories of six women from a nuclear-affected community in Kazakhstan. It explores topics such as technology-driven and state-sponsored gender-based violence, as well as the social stigma faced by nuclear-test survivors, particularly women.

Filmmaker, Producer, and Co-Founder of Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

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Join us for a timely and thought-provoking conversation at the intersection of journalism, diplomacy, and war, discussing the making of the podcast "Escalation," sharing behind-the-scenes insights, and exploring what lies ahead for Ukraine.

Recording Available

Editor-in-Chief, Lawfare; Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Ukraine Fellow, Lawfare

Managing Editor, Lawfare

Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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This talk focuses on the history of the 1960s-1980s Festival of Cinemas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, held in Soviet Tashkent — a unique historic cinematic formation irreducible to binaries of North-South, East-West, Orientalism, or Cold War.

Recording Available

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University

Professor of Film and Moving Image Studies, Concordia University, Montreal

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Sergey Radchenko's book provides a lengthy analysis of the evolution of Soviet foreign policy after 1945.

Recording Available

Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

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

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center