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Anchoring Black Sea

Anchoring the Black Sea: Conversations About Contingency

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Join us for an afternoon of conversations hosted by the Black Sea Lab. Student research reports, expert roundtables, and a micro-exhibit will generate new questions and identify new possibilities for studying the Black Sea in the geopolitical and environmental context of the 21st century.

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Director, Imperiia Project / Lecturer on History, Harvard University

Natia Chankvetadze
Natia Chankvetadze

Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Irina Busygina
Irina Busygina

Independent Scholar

Paul Vadan
Paul Vădan

Coordinator, Imperiia Project

Allison Hart

Coordinator, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

Nadia Boyadjieva
Nadia Boyadjieva

Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Markus Vaher

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Anastasiia Pereverten

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Olive Coles

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Julian Gonzales-Poirier

Innovation Fellow, Program on Georgian Studies

Natia Gamkrelidze
Natia Gamkrelidze

Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Albana Shehaj
Albana Shehaj

Political Scientist; Project Manager, Center for European Studies at Harvard University

Jesse Howell, CMES
Jesse Howell

Associate Director of Research Initiatives, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Protest in Tbilisi on 21 April 2024

How Anti-Western Narratives Shape Georgia’s Future

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Join Natia Seskuria for a discussion on anti-Western disinformation campaigns in Georgia and its implications for Georgia’s democratic future.

Natia Seskuria
Natia Seskuria

Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI); Founder and Director, Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS)

Georgian (Cossack) Trick Riders, 1905

A Heritage Remembered: Georgian Diaspora in America

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Join the Program on Georgian Studies for A Heritage Remembered: The Georgian Diaspora in America — a special event taking place in Washington, DC on the 17th of May.

Natia Chankvetadze
Natia Chankvetadze

Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

Salome Tsereteli-Stephens
Salome Tsereteli-Stephens

President, Georgian Association in the USA

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

Senior Researcher, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University, Tbilisi

Julian Gonzales-Poirier

Innovation Fellow, Program on Georgian Studies

Nini Sikharulidze
Nini Sikharulidze

Harvard College Student

Maia Araviashvili

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ilia State University

Having closed the door for people into the club

Primary Sources in the Classroom: Webinar 2 — Primary Source Analysis Using the OPCVL Method

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Join us for our upcoming Spring semester webinar series for educators devoted to using primary sources in the classroom. 
 
 

Sandra Grudic
Sandra Grudić

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Kelly O'Neill
Kelly O’Neill

Director, Imperiia Project / Lecturer on History, Harvard University

Contested Realities

Contested Realities: A Workshop for Educators

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This educator workshop, hosted by the Global Studies Outreach Committee at Harvard University, will be offered in person on Harvard's Cambridge Campus July 28-31, 2025. 

Sandra Grudic
Sandra Grudić

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

black and white photograph, with German Soldiers in Smolensk, during WWII

Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule

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Join us for a talk about the Smolensk Region during the 1930s–40s, where residents navigated life under both Stalinist and Nazi brutal rule. 

Recording Available
Michael David-Fox
Michael David-Fox

Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University

Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History / Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute , Harvard University

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Past

We’ve hosted dozens of events, many of which we’ve recorded. Search past events for the topics you care about.

Mind Against Religion

Using an Analytical Approach to Primary Sources in the Classroom

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This educator workshop will focus on understanding the origin, purpose, content, and value of various textual and visual primary sources.

Sandra Grudic
Sandra Grudić

Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center

Cris Martin
Cris Martin

Interim Executive Director, Davis Center

Alexis Peri
Alexis Peri

Associate Professor of History, Boston University

5th Summit of Heads of State of Caspian littoral states.

The Evolving Security Landscape of the Caspian Sea Region

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Join us to discuss the role of regional powers and the impact of energy resources on Caspian security with H.E. Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim.

Recording Available
Khazar Ibrahim
Khazar Ibrahim

Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Azerbaijan

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

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

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Echoes of Change: Oral Histories From Georgia’s Path to Independence (1985–1995)

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Presentation of outcomes of the research project "Past as a Source of Democratic Growth in the Present (The Politics of History in Georgia)."

Malkhaz Toria

Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Associate Professor, Ilia State University

Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones

Senior Researcher, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center; Professor of Modern Georgian History, Ilia State University, Tbilisi

Salome Tsereteli-Stephens
Salome Tsereteli-Stephens

President, Georgian Association in the USA

Natia Chankvetadze
Natia Chankvetadze

Director, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center

Svetlana Rukhelman
Svetlana Rukhelman

Librarian for the Davis Center Collection, Harvard University

Kelly Degnan
Kelly Degnan

Former Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

map of post soviet republics

Analyzing Post-Soviet Reform Proposals: Results of Comparative Research

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Come hear key findings from a unique comparison of institutional reforms enacted or proposed by elites, opposition groups, and other actors in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Moldova.

Recording Available
Irina Busygina
Irina Busygina

Independent Scholar

Valerie Browne

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Pawel Pieniazek
Paweł Pieniążek

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Daria Zhukauskaite

A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies—REECA

Black and white image of Stalin statue and parade in Budapest 1955

Survival Under Dictatorships: Nazism and Stalinism

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Join us for a Hungary-focused discussion about individual human responses to state-run oppression and terror flowing from arbitrary, unbridled power.

Recording Available
László Borhi
László Borhi

Peter A. Kadas Professor of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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