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US-Georgia Relations

Georgia, the EU, and the US: Fiona Hill on the New Geopolitics of the Black Sea-Caspian Region

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Dr. Hill will share her perspective on the current geopolitical environment in the Black Sea-Caspian region and on Georgia's prospects for greater European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Fiona Hill

Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Mamuka Tsereteli
Mamuka Tsereteli

Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

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New Date! Imperiia Game Night: Jigsaws and Gingerbread

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Friends, please take note: we will gather Monday, December 11.

This game night features a set of custom-made puzzles that will take us into the dark forests and icy rivers of 17th-century Siberia. Come try your hand at re-assembling the empire of Peter the Great!

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Director, Imperiia Project / Lecturer on History, Harvard University

Lake Sevan

Navigating the Caucasus: A Workshop for Educators

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K-14 educators are invited to join us at our fall teacher workshop, where we will learn to navigate the Caucasus. 

 

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Natia Chankvetadze
Natia Chankvetadze

Ph.D. Candidate, George Mason University

Megi Kartsivadze
Megi Kartsivadze

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oxford

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Associate Director, Davis Center

Allison Elizabeth Hart

Program Coordinator, Program on Georgian Studies

Iveria porch fest 2023

Iveria: A Concert of Georgian Liturgical and Folk Music

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An afternoon of musical entertainment by Iveria, a Boston-area group singing Georgian melodies since 1985.

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Associate Director, Davis Center

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REECA Master's Program Info Session

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Online

Learn about the REECA  A.M. program in this virtual info session.

Donna Griesenbeck
Donna Griesenbeck

Student Programs Officer, Davis Center

Croatia

Postdoctoral Fellowship Q&A Session

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Online

Join us for an information and Q&A session about applying for postdoctoral fellowships at the Davis Center.

Kate Flaherty
Kate Flaherty

Research Programs Coordinator

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Critical Citizenship and Civic Participation in Three Generations of Russian Israelis

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Larissa Remennick talk highlights the long-term dynamics of civic attitudes and participation in three consecutive generations of ex-Soviet Israelis: from adult migrants (Gen 1.0) to their USSR/FSU-born children socialized mostly in Israel (Gen 1.5) and the Israeli-born Gen 2.0.

Recording Available
Larissa Remennick
Larissa Remennick

Professor of Sociology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

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

Past

We’ve hosted dozens of events, many of which we’ve recorded. Search past events for the topics you care about.

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Trade and Transport Along the Middle Corridor: World Bank Assessment and Recommendations

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The new World Bank report "Middle Trade and Transport Corridor — Policies and Investments to Triple Freight Volumes and Halve Travel Time by 2030" argues that with the right policies the Middle Corridor can boost regional trade, provide resilience and route diversification for the China-Europe container trade, and shield countries and supply chains from geopolitical shocks.

Recording Available
Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Visiting Scholar Colloquium

Visiting Scholar Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies

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Six scholars currently based at the Davis Center will present a broad range of research, from Georgian history, European migration, and Kazakh elites to feminism and informal governance in Russia.

Megi Kartsivadze
Megi Kartsivadze

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oxford

Beka Kobakhidze
Beka Kobakhidze

Professor, Ilia State University

Galina Miazhevich

Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University; Senior Researcher, Tampere University

Jakub Isański
Jakub Isański

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University

Piotr Majda
Piotr Majda

Early-Stage Researcher, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCL SSEES)

Malika Toqmadi
Malika Toqmadi

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Slavonic and East European Studies of the University College London (UCL)

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Rochelle Ruthchild
Rochelle Ruthchild

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

Oxana Shevel
Oxana Shevel

Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Khasan Redjaboev
Khasan Redjaboev

Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Map of Central Asia

In and Out: Central Asia as a Center of New Mobilities After the Outbreak of War in Ukraine

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Online

This panel will discuss the context and reasons for new migration trends in the post-Soviet space, focusing on Central Asia as an important migrant-receiving and migrant-sending region.

Recording Available
Caress Schenk
Caress Schenk

Associate Professor of Political Science, Nazarbayev University

Ekaterina Vorobeva
Ekaterina Vorobeva

EU Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate, Research Center for East European Studies, University of Bremen

Giulio Benedetti

Ph.D. Candidate, Stockholm School of Economics, Riga

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Post Communist Walking tour of Nowa Huta

Communist Intellectuals and Politicians in Cold War-Era Poland

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This seminar looks at the role of Communist intellectuals and politicians in post-1945 Poland.

Recording Available
Bartłomiej Kapica
Bartłomiej Kapica

Professor of History, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań)

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project

Come have Coffee & Donuts

SWB ASEEES Office Hours

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Coming to ASEEES? Join us to learn more about the Davis Center's new Scholars Without Borders Program!

Alexander Abashkin
Alexander Abashkin

Coordinator, Scholars Without Borders

Daniel Epstein

Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders