Insights

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.

A 2021–2022 Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellow on the challenges and rewards of teaching about the region.

Symbolic and robust commitments of civil society organizations are necessary for Georgia’s EU candidate status prospects, writes Seth Myers, a master’s student at Harvard Kennedy School.

We’re delighted to welcome scholars from around the world to our campus community. Meet the individuals who will be joining the Davis Center this academic year.

Gorbachev’s brief but tumultuous tenure as leader of the Soviet Union brought about immense shifts in the course of world history, writes Mark Kramer.

Nuclear arms control efforts by the Vatican under John Paul II sought to mitigate the Armageddon anxieties of the Cold War, writes Abigail Skalka.

At the annual Global Studies Outreach Workshop, thirty teachers collaborated on pedagogy, discussed challenges, and bonded over a shared enthusiasm for teaching.

The Imperiia Project invites you to immerse yourself in the work of botanists and bureaucrats who nurtured a strategic obsession with Crimean fruit trees.

Who ventured back and forth on the Silk Road? Who built the wonders and monuments that stand proud today?

When Russia annexed Crimea (the first time), property values were driven by salt air and stone fruit. Explore the gardens of the peninsula in the early days of imperial rule.