Over four sessions, we will work with a beautiful, highly detailed plan of Odesa/Odessa published in 1894. We will study the map’s structure and content and go through the process of pulling it apart (and putting it back together again).
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan George Krol will discuss the development of relations between the United States and the Central Asian republics from the inception of diplomatic relations in 1992 to the present time.
A prominent Georgian opposition leader, Tina Bokuchava, discusses her experiences and impressions, including thoughts on the role of gender in Georgian politics today.
Kyrgyzstan was long considered the only “island of democracy” in Central Asia, yet its future has become increasingly uncertain. Is the country on the brink of transforming into a Central Asian autocracy, or are we witnessing another cycle of shifting dynamics in Kyrgyz politics?
This talk considers two musical works, produced in the 2000s, based on writing by poet Marina Tsvetaeva and novelist Vladimir Sorokin, respectively. Both are homages to the literary and musical figures of past and present, unified by the modern and post-modern tableaux of the “disintegrated world.”
