Past Events

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book cover with the title Kilometer 101 in the background of abstract painting

Reimagining the Russian Short Story: A Conversation with Maxim Osipov

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Maxim Osipov will read from his new book KILOMETER 101 and discuss his work and the state of the Russian short story more generally.

Maxim Osipov
Maxim Osipov

A writer

Julie Buckler
Julie Buckler

Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

damaged houses by shelling and the head of Lenin, Ukraine

Decolonization: Why Does It Matter?

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Decolonization: Why Does It Matter? is the first panel of the Decolonization In Focus series. This session will broach the question of why decolonizing Slavic studies is an important exercise and the impact it may have on scholars and the field more largely.

 

 

Epp Annus
Epp Annus

Associate Professor, Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University (Estonia)

Svitlana Biedarieva
Svitlana Biedarieva

Art Historian and artist, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México & Kyiv School of Economics

Marina Mogilner
Marina Mogilner

Associate Professor, History, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tamar Shirinian
Tamar Shirinian

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee

flags of Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Germany, EU

Central Asian Regional Cooperation on Water, Energy and Climate Change: Ways Forward

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The roundtable will discuss the current state of regional cooperation on water, energy, and climate change in Central Asia, opportunities and constraints, and ways forward.

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Iskandar Abdullayev
Iskandar Abdullayev

Deputy Director, CAREC Institute

Shakhboz Akhmedov

Senior Research Fellow, CAREC Institute

Patrick E. Meyer
Patrick E. Meyer

Energy Advisor, USAID Central Asia Regional Mission

Dinara Ziganshina
Dinara Ziganshina

Director, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Сommission for Water Coordination in Сentral Asia

Akram Umarov
Akram Umarov

First Vice-Rector, University of World Economy and Diplomacy; Deputy Director, Institute for Advanced International Studies (Uzbekistan)

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Tbilisi skyline at sunset

Interning in Tbilisi: Student Information Session

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Online

Learn more about interning in Georgia in Summer, 2023.

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

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

Cat Green
Cat Green
president Biden with president Xi

The Changing World Order: The Global Economic Impact of the Russian Ukraine War & the China-US Response

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Online

Learn more about the fundamental transformation of the international order, war consequences on the global economy, China’s and the United States’ response to the war, and what this may portend for the future of the Russia-China-U.S. relationships.

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

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

Anthony Saich
Anthony Saich

Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University

Raney Aronson-Rath
Raney Aronson-Rath

Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer, Frontline