Past Events

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From Warsaw with Love Book Cover

Polish Foreign Intelligence Assistance to the U.S. Military during the 1991 Gulf War: Switching Sides after the Cold War

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Join John Pomfret as he discusses his new book From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance. Out October 26, 2021

Recording Available
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John Pomfret

Writer and former Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Thomas W. Simons, Jr.
Thomas W. Simons, Jr.

U.S. Foreign Service Officer (1963-1998); U.S. Ambassador to Poland (1990-1993) and Pakistan (1996-1998)

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Does Data Ever End?

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In our first Studio session, we begin digging into the nature of data.

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Director of Graduate Studies, REECA Program, and Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

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Enter the (Digital Scholarship) Studio

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A year-long workshop for those engaged in digital scholarship. 

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Director of Graduate Studies, REECA Program, and Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

Monument to Isaac Babel

Isaac Babel’s Diary as Ego-Document: An Experimental Approach

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This talk will propose an experimental re-reading of Isaac Babel's 1920 Diary in line with recent theoretical musings on reading diaries as ego-documents. 

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Michael Stanislawski

Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Columbia University

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

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

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The 'Improbable' Fiona Hill

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Fiona Hill, in conversation with Alexandra Vacroux, discusses her deeply personal new book, There Is Nothing for You Here.

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Fiona Hill

Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center; Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics