Writing. Convening. Teaching. Training. Modeling. Experimenting. Engaging. Across time zones and international boundaries, members of our community are at work. Our “Insights” gallery is a multimedia guide to intellectual life at the Davis Center.
An exhibition of works by Alevtina Kakhidze brings viewers into the intimate space where everyday life collides with military conflict. On view through Aug. 10.
The latest set of artworks to be mounted at the Davis Center portrays U.S.-based Russian-speakers in a liminal, fragile realm straddling the public and the private. On view through Nov. 24.
Seeing Americans rally for her native country inspired REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten’s master's thesis. Read her story, published as part of Harvard's "Commencement 2026" series.
War reporter Paweł Pieniążek ('26) used his time in the REECA Program to augment his journalistic skills with rigorous training in the social sciences.
In a new report, Dr. Nargis Kassenova, director of our Program on Central Asia, describes Kazakhstan's emergence as a pragmatic middle power, hedging against both China and Russia while managing China-U.S. rivalry.
Learn about its winding journey — through censorship, fire, and revolution — from our Georgia scholars. And come see it for yourself at Houghton Library!
Our REECA student Alice Volfson — who investigates how Soviet Central Asian writers used state-run international conferences to critique the regime — interviews one of Kazakhstan’s most prominent poet-intellectuals.
