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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
