Past Events

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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

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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

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We invite you to join us in celebrating and supporting the undergraduate research on Russian and Eurasian Studies. The Davis Center has hosted this colloquium since 1996, showcasing work by students from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton. 

Associate Professor of Russian; Chair of Russian Department, Wheaton College

Howard Mumford Jones Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica, Harvard University

Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies, Professor of History and Director of Russian Area Studies, Wellesley College

Associate Director, Davis Center

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

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Come for a special film screening of Waves, a period piece about the journalists of Czechoslovak Radio in the 1960s. The film was shortlisted shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at this year's (2025) Oscars. 

Senior Preceptor in Slavic Languages (Czech), Harvard University

Ph.D. Student in History, University of Chicago

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Join us for Dr. Lubin's presentation on the impacts of U.S. and international funding on corruption in Central Asia since the 1970s — has it helped fix problems or exacerbated them?

Recording Available

President, JNA Associates, Inc.

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