Past Events

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Join us to learn about Solidarity’s progenitor, the Workers’ Defense Committee, and explore its impact on the struggle against authoritarianism in Poland and beyond.

Director, Davis Center; Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government; Senior Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Harvard University

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Join us to hear author Michael Dobbs discuss tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s, drawing on insights from his new book, The Six Minute War.

Writer and Historian; Former Moscow Bureau Chief, The Washington Post

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Come hear alumna Erin Hutchinson discuss her new book, telling the story of Soviet writers who pushed for change and of nationalism reemerging in the USSR in ways that still resound today.

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies and Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

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Join us for a talk by Lech Wałęsa, Poland’s former president and an iconic labor leader, as he shares his hopes for fundamental change in Russia.

Former President of Poland (1990-1995); Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient

Director, Davis Center; Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government; Senior Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Harvard University

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How do small countries transform cultural and national heritage into economic value via investment, tourism, export strategy, and economic competitiveness? Using the country of Georgia as a living case study, speakers will provide a case-based analysis of the development of different natural and cultural heritage assets and storylines that enable the marketing of those assets.

Director, Beka Museum at Rockefeller Center, New York

Chair, Georgian Studies Seminar, Davis Center