Past Events

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Come to hear four former U.S. State Department officials speak on key moments, decisions, and figures that shaped U.S. policy toward the USSR and post-Soviet states from the Cold War’s final years through today.

Recording Available

Retired Career Diplomat; Adjunct Professor, U.S. Naval War College

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Join professor and former ambassador Bakhtiyor Islamov for first-hand insights on the evolution of Uzbek–Russian relations and the impact of China’s rise in Central Asia.

Professor, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Tashkent State Economic University; Uzbekistan’s Former Ambassador to Russia and Belarus

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

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Join us for a talk about the Smolensk Region during the 1930s–40s, where residents navigated life under both Stalinist and Nazi brutal rule. 

Recording Available

Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Online

Join us for a session to learn about the REECA Master's Degree Program. 

Student Programs Officer, Davis Center

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This educator workshop, hosted by the Global Studies Outreach Committee at Harvard University, will be offered in person on Harvard's Cambridge Campus July 28-31, 2025. 

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Associate Director, Davis Center