Past Events

Event Format
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

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

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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. 

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

Judge and student at Olympiada of Spoken Russian

Olympiada of Spoken Russian

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Russian language competition for high school students. 

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Associate Director, Davis Center

Cover of "The Global Encylopaedia of Informality"

Book Launch: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Informal Problem-Solving in Human Life

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Join Davis Center fellow Malika Toqmadi for a discussion about the newest volume of The Global Encylopaedia of Informality.