Our Outreach Program supports teachers by developing and delivering professional development workshops and cultural programs for K-14 educators and students as well as members of the general public. How can we help bring the rich history and vibrant culture of Russia and Eurasia into your classroom teaching? Let us know!
In-Person Teacher Workshops
The Davis Center organizes specific events and programs for K-14 educators, including teacher workshops, lectures, cultural events and more. The goal of our professional development events is to introduce educators to scholars and scholarship that provide new insights and understandings about Russia and Eurasia. Through our workshops we encourage participants to be both learners indulging their own curiosity and teachers doing the difficult work of bringing new understandings and resources into their classroom practice.
During the 2025-2026 academic year, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies will offer two in-person workshops for K-14 educators. Participants can register for each workshop by visiting events pages. Please click below:
- October 24, 2025: Russia Reimagined: Engaging Students Through Games and Gardens
- February 6, 2026: Teaching the Holodomor: Inclusive Literacy Workshop
Teacher Webinars
Throughout the academic year Davis Center Outreach program will offer several online programming opportunities designed for K-14 Educators.
The Arts of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Webinar Series
- October 8, 2025: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching Traditional Cultural Heritage
- December 4, 2025: Bringing the Sounds of Eastern Europe and Eurasia into the Classroom
- January 8, 2026: Ukrainian Pysanky: A Journey Through History and Symbolism into Today's Classroom
- February 3, 2026: Power, Protest, and Daringness: Snapshots from a Century of Russian and East European Theater
- March 3, 2026: From Lullabies to Naive Art: Culture, Memory, and Resilience
Spring Semester Literacy Webinar Series
- February 23, 2026: Literacy Webinar Series for Educators: Teaching for Retention in Social Studies
- March 23, 2026: Literacy Webinar Series for Educators: Unlocking Complex Text
- April 13, 2026: Literacy Webinar Series for Educators: Making Writing Manageable
Global Studies Outreach Committee
While the majority of our event programming is specific to our region, we also collaborate with other Harvard international studies centers through the Global Studies Outreach Committee to develop an annual summer educator workshop devoted to an issue of global significance.
The 2025 summer workshop, "Contested Realities" took place on Harvard's Cambridge campus July 28-31, 2025. More information on the potential 2026 workshop will be available in the new year.
Classroom Visits
Davis Center staff are always happy to visit directly with students to provide a lecture or facilitate a conversation about the region--and it's even easier to do now using connective technology. Do your students have questions about the ongoing war against Ukraine? The ups and downs of the US/Russia relationship or how the dissolution of the USSR impacted the nations that emerged after the Soviet collapse? Could you use some help covering the role the Soviets played in the Second World War or how Catherine the Great changed the Russian Empire? Be in touch and we'll be glad to prepare a classroom visit that meets the needs of your students.
