Past Events

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Author and scholar Maxim D. Shrayer brings to life rare and archival materials to explore the dynamics of mixed marriages and the boundaries of modern Jewish culture.

Recording Available

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

Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School

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Maxim D. Shrayer—author, scholar, and translator—will discuss the lives and careers of translingual authors from the former USSR.

Recording Available

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

Executive Director, Davis Center

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For many years, Soviet Jews, like all other citizens of the USSR, had no real possibility to emigrate in sizeable numbers, but this changed in the 1970s.

Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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

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This panel discussion examines the remarkable contributions of the great actor and Jewish activist Solomon Mikhoels.

Recording Available

Clinical Professor, New York University

Alfred and Isabel Bader Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish History, Queen's University

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

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In person

This panel explores the life and legacy of the chess genius Mikhail Botvinnik(1911-1995).

Recording Available

Chess Grandmaster; FIDE Director General

International Chess Master; Biographer

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