Past Events

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Ostarbeiter photo

Our Life Behind Barbed Wire: Photography From Ukrainian Ostarbeiters in Nazi Germany

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Alex Averbuch will discuss his research on the Ostarbeiters and open the new Davis Center exhibit devoted to the topic. 

Alex Averbuch
Alex Averbuch

Independent Scholar

Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

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

mountains of slovakia

28th Annual Undergraduate Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies

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The Davis Center has hosted this colloquium since 1996, showcasing work in the field by students from Harvard, Wellesley, and Wheaton. We invite you to celebrate undergraduate research and engagement in the region. 

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

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

Eve Blau
Eve Blau

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

Thomas Remington
Thomas F. Remington

Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science (Emeritus), Emory University

Thomas Hodge
Thomas Hodge

Professor of Russian, Wellesley College

Thomas Dolack
Thomas Dolack
a book cover" Non-Democratic Federalism and Decentralization in Post-Soviet States"

Russia's Center-Regional Relations in Time of War: Are There Any Signs of Model Erosion?

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Visiting scholar Irina Busygina will present key arguments from her latest book, considering Russian regions’ role in the war against Ukraine and in the resilience of Moscow’s authoritarian system.

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Irina Busygina
Irina Busygina

Independent Scholar

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

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

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Film Screening: 'White Nights' (1985)

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Come see this classic Cold War film with dance greats Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, with a post-screening discussion led by Dr. Ilya Vidrin.

 


 

Ilya Vidrin
Ilya Vidrin

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

black and white photo of the building dropping shadow

Infrastructure’s Long Shadow: From Central Asia to Ukraine

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Drawing on social science literature on infrastructure and 15 years of research in Central Asia, Till Mostowlansky will discuss concepts that might prove useful in studying Ukraine from a long-term perspective. 

Till Mostowlansky

Research Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Geneva Graduate Institute

Eve Blau
Eve Blau

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