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book cover with the text in hebrew

The Holocaust Through the Eyes of Soviet Intelligence, 1939-1945

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Drawing on archival discoveries in the former Soviet and Western archives, historian Yakov Falkov speaks about the Soviet intelligence community’s efforts to discover the extent and patterns of the mass extermination of Jews during WWII and the Shoah.

Recording Available
Yakov Falkov
Yaakov Falkov

Lecturer at Tel Aviv and Reichman Universities

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

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

shelled Borodyanka town in Ukraine

The War in Ukraine: Eight Months Later

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It’s been almost eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine. What has the war taught us about Ukraine, Russia, and geopolitics in the 21st century? Join us for a conversation between Professor Timothy Colton and Professor Serhii Plokhii, moderated by Davis Center Executive Director Alexandra Vacroux.

Timothy J. Colton
Timothy Colton

Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University

Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

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

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center; Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Bank of Georgia building

Strategy, Outcome, and Prospects: The State of the Economies in Georgia and Armenia Today

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What is the economic situation in the South Caucasus today?

Recording Available
Dimitri Gugushvili
Dimitri Gugushvili

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Sociological Research, University of Leuven

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Ukrainian flag tied to Statue of Victory

(In)Visible Agency: Ukrainian Women’s Experiences of the Russian War on Ukraine

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Oksana Kis, a scholar who lives in Lviv, Ukraine, discusses the complex effects of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian women and the women’s movement.

Oksana Kis
Oksana Kis

Head of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine

Rochelle Ruthchild
Rochelle Ruthchild

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

A couple holding hands in a still from the film Eliso

Screening of Eliso

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A story of deceit and betrayal, violence and resistance, passion and duty, Eliso is a pure tragedy, as sublime and pristine as only tragedy can be.