Past Events

Putting Russia on the Map: Using Geographic Resources to Understand Imperial Russian History

Kelly O'Neill, Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 8:30am to 4:00pm

Teacher Workshop, Imperiia Project

Poster for Interpreting Energy Dependence conference

Interpreting Energy Dependence in Eurasia

Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 9:00am to Friday, May 10, 2019 - 12:30pm

Conference/Symposium/Colloquium

SEMINAR CANCELED: The U.S. Government's Response to the Aftermath of the Soviet Collapse: A U.S. Insider's View

George A. Krol, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus (Retired)
Commentator: Thomas W. Simons, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Poland and Pakistan (retired); Center...

Friday, May 3, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:45pm

Cold War Studies Seminar

North Korea and the Soviet Union: Regional Integration over Time

James Jongsoo Lee, Partner, Brock Group; Associate, Davis Center

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:45pm

Cold War Studies Seminar

Vertov after Progress

John Mackay, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Film Studies, Yale University

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Literature and Culture Seminar

Russia’s Growing “Soft Power” in Uzbekistan

Rafael Sattarov, Columnist; Political Analyst, Carnegie Center Moscow (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Nozima Davletova, Independent Researcher, Central Asia Program, The George Washington University; Lecturer, University of World Economy and...

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Program on Central Asia, Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Empire of Friends: Soviet Power and Socialist Internationalism in Cold War Czechoslovakia

Rachel Applebaum, Assistant Professor, Modern Russia and Eastern Europe, Tufts University; Center Associate, Davis Center

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 4:30pm to 5:45pm

Historians’ Seminar, Book Talks, Cold War Studies Seminar

Arctic Shipping and the Northern Sea Route, Shipping Trends, and The New Polar Code Regulations: The Concerns and Contributions of The International Insurance Industry

Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates; Special Advisor, Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group, Arctic Council
Moderator:...

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Special Seminar

Akim Volynsky’s Journey to Ballet’s Magic Kingdom

Stanley Rabinowitz, Professor of Russian/Henry Steele Commager Professor, Amherst College; Center Associate, Davis Center

Friday, April 26, 2019 - 4:30pm to 5:45pm

Humanities Study Group

5 Central Asian flags hanging in building rotunda

Envisioning Opportunities for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in and with Central Asia

Marlene Laruelle, Associate Director of and Research Professor, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
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Friday, April 26, 2019 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Special Event

Allographic Writing among Early Modern Antitrinitarian and Orthodox Ruthenian Thinkers

Maria Ivanova, Director of the Russian Language Program at the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University

Friday, April 26, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:45pm

Early Slavists’ Seminar

The EU in Central Asia: A New Strategic Vision

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

SEMINAR CANCELED: The Anthropology of Reflexivity: Religious and Linguistic Communities in Russia

Ekaterina Khonineva, Visiting Fellow, Davis Center; Junior Researcher, European University at Saint Petersburg
Chair:...

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Fellows Seminar

Moscow 1991-1995: What Did We Think We Were Doing?

George A. Krol, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus (Retired)
Thomas W. Simons, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Poland and Pakistan (retired); Center Associate, Davis...

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Comparative Politics Seminar