Events

Join us for a brief overview of the Master's Degree Program in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA).

Military analysts Dmitry Gorenburg of CNA and Alexander Golts (via Zoom) of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs will discuss Russia's military capacity and its limits.

Come see this light-hearted tragicomedy exploring the lives of penniless artists from a commune in Tbilisi, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

Three Ukrainian Visiting Scholars discuss their work on reconstruction from perspectives that include physical planning, human experience, and the trauma of genocide.

Maps are anything but flat.

Join the Program on Georgian Studies for a screening of "Prime Meridian of Wine" and a subsequent discussion with director Nana Jorjadze and co-author George Shephard.

If you are interested in international travel and work experience, come to the talk by four of our interns who spent two months in the South Caucasus.

Alexis Peri will discuss her newly-published book and comment on how correspondence between American and Soviet women enabled them to see each other as friends - not enemies.

Come hear from a ground-breaking Georgian contemporary artist who will share the secrets behind his unique methods and the inspirations that drive his creativity.

Join us for the fourth installment of our new speaker series to hear David Hoffmann discuss the coming arms race with our eminent host, Yevgenia Albats.

George Krol will discuss the development of relations between the United States and the Central Asian republics from 1992 to the present time.

The Master and Margarita is an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic satire of Stalinist-era Soviet dictatorship. Released in Russia in January 2024, the film has drawn large audiences and been attacked by pro-Putin Russian nationalist propagandists, who declared the film anti-regime and called for a criminal investigation into Lockshin. 

Four former U.S. State Department officials discuss the evolution of U.S. policy during the Gorbachev era and in the first few years after the Soviet Union ended. 

Join us for the fifth installment of our new speaker series to hear Susan Glasser and Peter Baker discuss the new US administration and foreign policy towards Russia.

In his talk, Stuart Goldberg will present a working definition of the sincere voice in poetry and a semiotic framework to elucidate how sincerity is inscribed and read.

This seminar brings together three scholars from Japan to analyze the impact of the war in Ukraine and its meaning outside Eastern Europe.

Join us for the sixth installment of our new speaker series to hear recently released Russian political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza speak about his experience of the modern-day gulag.

Day-long workshop for educators interested in exploring the intersection of ecology and historical narratives in Ukraine.

 In this workshop, participants will consider new ways of teaching about Imperial, Soviet and Post-Soviet Eurasia through the use of maps, data, oral histories and more.  

Eugene Ostashevsky will offer a personal take on questions of translation, immigration, and language by discussing poems on the siege of Leningrad from his latest collection.

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