Past Events

Event Format
Portraits of Stalin and Tito at May 1st Celebratory events in 1946.

The USSR and Yugoslavia After 1945: Alliance, Confrontation, Nonalignment, and European Security

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In person

This seminar will discuss relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR after the end of World War II.

Recording Available
Nadia Boyadjieva
Nadia Boyadjieva

Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Professor of International Law at Plovdiv University

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

ukrainian refugees

SWB Virtual Talk: Separatism, Displacement, and the Ukraine War

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This talk will examine the role of IDPs and refugees in the Ukraine conflict, their impact on the war, reintegration challenges, and scenarios for the future of Donbas separatism.

Danilo Mandic
Danilo Mandić

Associate Senior Lecturer, Sociology Department, Harvard University

Daniel Epstein
Frédéric Chopin statue in Royal Baths (Łazienki Królewskie) Park in Warsaw

Performing a Nation: Chopin Statue and Concerts in Warsaw’s Łazienki Park

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In person

This talk will consist of three parts: the impetus leading to the erection of the statue and the numerous hurdles that had to be overcome, its destruction during World War II and subsequent reconstruction, and its historical and symbolic significance since 1959, when Chopin concerts began to take place around the statue.

Tony Lin
Tony Lin

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Russian and Slavic Studies, Boston College

Edythe Haber
Edythe Haber

Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Boston

China–North Korea–Russia tripoint memorial in Fangchuan, China

Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang — Cold War Allies, Cold War Enemies, and the Implications for Today

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Online

This seminar will discuss the changing relations between the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea from 1949 through 1991 and the way these earlier relationships affect the close interactions between Russia, China, and North Korea today.

Recording Available
James Jongsoo Lee
James Jongsoo Lee

Senior Managing Director, Brock Securities

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Visiting Scholar Colloquium

Visiting Scholar Colloquium on Russian and Eurasian Studies

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In person

Six scholars currently based at the Davis Center will present their research, ranging from Eurasian history to the Middle Corridor to visual art.

Dana Masalimova
Dana Masalimova

Independent Scholar

Ewa Sułek
Ewa Sułek

Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin

Chia-Yun Po
Chia-Yun Po

Yale Law School, Yale University

Natia Chankvetadze
Natia Chankvetadze

Chair, Georgian Studies Seminar, Davis Center

Terry Martin
Terry Martin

George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies and Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Michał Matejko
Michał Matejko