Past Events

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In his new book, Stephen Jones asks questions about how the major ideologies of the 20th century, such as nationalism, socialism, and liberalism, both clashed and fused in Georgia to establish something no one was expecting: a social democratic state on the periphery of Europe.

Chairman, Advisory Board, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Chair, Georgian Studies Seminar, Davis Center

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Join us for a seminar on Spain’s 1986 referendum on NATO membership. Drawing on multinational archival research and interviews, the talk explores how Spain navigated allies' expectations and domestic political pressures while defining its role in NATO. 

Recording Available

UKRI Global Fellow, Yale University

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Join us for the annual Davis Memorial Lecture, exploring how Indigenous representation operates under conditions of political constraint, with a focus on the growing repression faced by Indigenous activists in Russia.

Visiting Scholar, Davis Center (AY 2025-26)

Executive Director, Davis Center

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 Join us for the talk examining the causes and the consequences of the Aral Sea disaster. 

Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park

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

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Come hear more than 20 outstanding young scholars present on topics as diverse as energy, child care, migration, managed successions, and much, much more

Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park

Adjunct Professor, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC

REECA, Class of '26

Visiting Assistant Professor

Independent Scholar

REECA, Class of '26

REECA, Class of '26

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