Past Events

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an old photograph of the Hebrew Writers in Odessa in late 19 century

Jewish Émigré Writers in Search of Identity

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Professor Boris Lanin will discuss the Jewish destinies of Russian-language émigré writers of the so-called third and fourth waves of emigration.

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Boris Lanin
Boris Lanin

Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

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

Black and white photo of ballet dancers Nina Youshkevitch and Kari Karnakovski

Bronisława Niżyńska, Polish Ballet ‘Representative’ in Nazi Germany

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The Balet Polski Reprezentacyjny’s German tour provides new insight into the Second Polish Republic’s utilization of art and performance in its foreign affairs in the 1930s, and the precarity of identity in the Second Polish Republic’s national self-expression.

Jordan Lian
Jordan Lian

PhD candidate in Slavonic Studies at Clare College, University of Cambridge

Daria Khitrova
Daria Khitrova

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

U.S. military cargo ship in Poti, Georgia

Georgia and US Black Sea Strategy (Washington, DC)

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U.S. policymakers are navigating a new Black Sea strategy, focusing on the region's importance to U.S. strategic interests. This half-day event brings together experts and practitioners to share insights on regional security and Georgia's pivotal role in European-Central Asian connectivity.

Henry Hale
Henry E. Hale

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University; Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Mamuka Tsereteli
Mamuka Tsereteli

Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, American Foreign Policy Council; President, America-Georgia Business Council

Ostarbeiter photo

Our Life Behind Barbed Wire: Photography from Ukrainian Ostarbeiters in Nazi Germany

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Alex Averbuch will discuss his research on the Ostarbeiters and open the new Davis Center exhibit devoted to the topic. 

Alex Averbuch
Alex Averbuch

Independent Researcher

Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

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

mountains of slovakia

28th Annual Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies

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The Davis Center has hosted this colloquium since 1996, showcasing work in the field by students from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton. We invite you to celebrate undergraduate research and engagement in the region. 

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Executive Director, Davis Center

Eve Blau
Eve Blau

Director, Davis Center
Adjunct Professor of the History of Urban Form, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative

Thomas Remington
Thomas Remington

Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University

Thomas Hodge
Thomas Hodge

Professor of Russian, Wellesley College

Thomas Dolack
Thomas Dolack

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Wheaton College