Past Events

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This game night features a set of custom-made puzzles that will take us into the dark forests and icy rivers of 17th-century Siberia. Come try your hand at re-assembling the empire of Peter the Great!

Director of Graduate Studies, REECA Program, and Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center

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Dr. Hill will share her perspective on the current geopolitical environment in the Black Sea-Caspian region and on Georgia's prospects for greater European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution

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

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The new World Bank report "Middle Trade and Transport Corridor — Policies and Investments to Triple Freight Volumes and Halve Travel Time by 2030" argues that with the right policies the Middle Corridor can boost regional trade, provide resilience and route diversification for the China-Europe container trade, and shield countries and supply chains from geopolitical shocks.

Recording Available

Practice Manager for Transport in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

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

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

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Six scholars currently based at the Davis Center will present a broad range of research, from Georgian history, European migration, and Kazakh elites to feminism and informal governance in Russia.

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (UCL)

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

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

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This panel will discuss the context and reasons for new migration trends in the post-Soviet space, focusing on Central Asia as an important migrant-receiving and migrant-sending region.

Recording Available

Associate Professor of Political Science, Nazarbayev University

Ph.D. Candidate, Stockholm School of Economics, Riga

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