Past Events

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Alex Averbuch will introduce hitherto unknown archival materials from Parajanov's case file, discussing how the authorities employed sexual dissent as a pretext for political purging.

Independent Scholar

Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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Professor Darchiashvili will examine the history of both Polish and Georgian nationalism to elucidate the parallels and differences between them.  

Chairman, Advisory Board, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)

David Darchiashvili, Professor, Ilia State University

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This webinar will consider the most recent developments between Armenia and Azerbaijan, emphasizing changes over the last three years and expectations for the foreseeable future.

Recording Available

Senior Lecturer, Russian-Armenian University; Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Durham

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This talk will examine selected Polish ecopoetic texts to reflect on the challenges and possibilities of literary imagination attempting to cross various borders.

Associate Professor, University of Warsaw

Alfred Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature, Harvard University

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Yaroslav Trofimov, the author of “Our Enemies Will Vanish” and chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, discusses Ukraine’s resistance against Russia as the war enters its third year, casualties mount on both sides, and indispensable American support for Kyiv begins to crumble.

Recording Available

Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, Wall Street Journal

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

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