Past Events

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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.

Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Professor of Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet Studies, Temple University

Artist; Associate Professor, University of San Diego

Political Economist, OECD

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

Events Manager, Davis Center

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Join us for an exhibition opening and artist talk by Farrah Karapetian to view and learn about her ongoing  project "Fieldwork," which represents people involved in the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan and Mexicali.

Recording Available

Artist; Associate Professor, University of San Diego

John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Curatorial Fellow in Photography, Harvard Art Museums

Events Manager, Davis Center

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The Cold War was waged on many fronts, in nations and whole continents, in the oceans and outer space, from hockey rinks to chess boards. In this talk, Michael Kunichika considers how it played out in the study of prehistory when Western and Soviet scholars debated the origins of art—and of the human—as they contested who would be the best interpreter and, thus, inheritor of the past. 

Professor of Russian, Amherst College

Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Join a discussion with Davis Center scholars about the impact of rapid U.S. policy shifts on the foreign policies of the EU, Russia, and Central Asian countries.

Independent Scholar

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

Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

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Join us for a book talk with visiting scholar Irina Busygina, who will discuss how a specific combination of geographic and institutional variables largely determined Russia's domestic and foreign policy, including its war against Ukraine. 

Independent Scholar

Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University