Past Events

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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.”

Independent Scholar

Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Two Harvard scholars — Richard K. Wolf, professor of music and South Asian studies, and Sean Gilsdorf, lecturer on medieval studies — share the results of their research trips to Georgia.

Professor of Music and South Asian Studies, Harvard University

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

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How was the Jewish tradition reinvented in Russian-language literature after a long period of assimilation, the Holocaust, and decades of Communism?

Recording Available

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

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A doctor specializing in disaster relief talks about deploying telehealth solutions in Ukraine as its healthcare network is grievously strained by the Russian invasion.

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Want to learn more about the Georgian studies program's two-week J-term trip? Then please join us for an informational webinar! 

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

Associate Director, Davis Center