Past Events

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Reconfiguring Diaspora: Jews and Polish Solidarność in the 1980s

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In person

Join us for the talk by Oxford historian Katherine Lebow, who explores not only how Polish Jews shaped Solidarity but also how Solidarity shaped Polish Jews. 

Katherine Lebow
Katherine Lebow

Associate Professor of History, Christ Church, Oxford University (Oxford)

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

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The Russia-Ukraine War Through a Historian's Eyes

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Online

Tune in to hear Harvard historian Serhii Plokhii deliver the keynote lecture at the "War in Europe: What's Next for Ukraine, Russia, and the EU" conference in Madrid.

Recording Available
Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

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

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Soviet-Bloc and US Intelligence Operations During the Cold War

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Online

Join Douglas Selvage, expert on East German State Security files, historian Gary Keeley, and Mark Kramer for a discussion of Cold War archives that offer valuable resources for students and scholars alike.

Recording Available
Douglas Selvage
Douglas Selvage

Research Fellow, Institute for Historical Scholarship, Humboldt University (Berlin)

Gary Keeley

Staff Historian (retired), CIA

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Ukrainian Needle Art

Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching Traditional Cultural Heritage

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Online

Join us for the first in a six-part webinar series for educators exploring the rich and diverse arts of Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe.

Sandra Grudic
Sandra Grudić

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Iryna Voloshyna

Ph.D. Candidate, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Armenia's Velvet Revolution and Russia’s Responses

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In person

Join us for a talk about the 2018 peaceful protests that led to a change in leadership in Armenia and the surprising Russian responses. 

Andranik Israyelyan
Andranik Israyelyan

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Yerevan State University (Armenia)

Allison Hart

Coordinator, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center