Daviscalendar-list September 2007

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Please note the following addition and location change to our October seminar calendar: **Addition** Thursday, October 4 Occasional Seminar Putin and the Valdai Discussion Club, Mark IV Timothy J. Colton, Director, Davis Center; Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University Marshall I. Goldman, Senior Scholar, Davis Center; Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. **Room change** Friday, October 5 Literature and Culture Seminar Language and Tradition across Boundaries: A Screening and Discussion of the Documentary Film Piemule (1984) Jana evcíková, Director, Piemule (1984) Tereza Porybna, Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University 24 Quincy Street, Carpenter Center, Harvard Film Archive, Main Lecture Hall 12:15-2:00 p.m.

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October calendar addition

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*/Please note the following additions to our October calendar:/* *Wednesday, October 10* *Literature and Culture Seminar * /"//Russian Mentality through the Mirror of Language"/ Valentina Apresjan, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Russian State University of Humanities** 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 pm

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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP, Fall Organizational Meeting, Tues., Sept. 25

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CENTRAL ASIA & CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP, Fall Organizational Meeting, Tues., Sept. 25 The first meeting this semester of the Central Asia & Caucasus Working Group will be held on: Tuesday, September 25, 4:15-6:00 pm in CGIS Room S-354 at 1730 Cambridge St., 3rd Floor, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies All interested people are encouraged to join us. The Working Group is, first and foremost, and opportunity for us to get (and give) useful feedback on the projects-in-progress that we are pursuing -- theses, course papers, articles, conference papers, etc. The group is a stable, sympathetic group who are generally generous with their comments. In the organizational meeting, we will discuss the schedule for future meetings, which will be on Tuesdays, alternating with the meetings of the Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar (public seminar series). We will begin with an introduction to the Working Group and then have a introductions by participants and with a chance for all to introduce themselves and mention their particular interests and projects. Please come prepared to talk a bit about any project that you might be considering for presentation this semester or this year. If you need to be added to the Working Group e-mail mailing list (i.e., if you don't get this message directly from me) or if you know of someone who would be interested in receiving information about the Working Group, just send me the name/e-mail address and I'll add it to the list. If you would potentially be interested in making a presentation to the Working Group in the early part of the semester, please let me know as soon as possible. Typical projects for presentation include thesis chapters, term paper projects, and papers you are preparing for conference presentation and/or publication. Note that the presentation can be something rather "raw", though ideally you should have a (draft) paper that can be distributed in advance of your presentation. Here is more info about the Working Group... About the Working Group The Working Group on "Society, Politics and Culture in Central Asia and the Caucasus" forum that meets roughly every other week for discussion of projects on Central Asia. The Working Group is aimed at providing a context for focused discussion on Central Asian and Caucasus-related topics among Harvard graduate students, faculty, and other interested scholars in the Cambridge and Boston area. Central Asia, for these purposes, is understood to include the states of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, as well as closely related areas: the Caucasus, the Volga Basin, Southwestern Siberia, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. Each meeting is devoted to a presentation of some work-in-progress (a thesis prospectus, chapter, or paper) by one of the Working Group participants, accompanied by helpful discussion by the group as a whole. In most cases, a text is distributed in advance so that the presentation of its content can be brief and we can devote our time to feedback and discussion. Guest speakers are also sometimes invited. The Working Group is chaired by John Schoeberlein, Director of the Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus. The Working Group is an activity of the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. The group has been meeting since 1994. Refreshments are served! Please contact me with any questions or suggestions you might have. I look forward to your participation! John Schoeberlein Dr. John Schoeberlein \ Director Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus Davis Center \ Harvard University 1730 Cambridge St., Room S-320 \ Cambridge, MA 02138 \ USA tel.: +1/617-495-4338 program tel.: +1/617-496-2643 fax: +1/617-495-8319 schoeber(a)fas.harvard.edu Central Asia Program website: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu <Central Eurasian Studies World Wide>: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu Central-Eurasia-L: http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/CESWW_Central-Eurasia-L.html

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Seminar Calendar: Oct. 1-15, 2007

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies October 1-15, 2007* *Seminar Calendar* * * * * *Monday, October 1* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / //"The Collapse and Resilience of Communist Regimes"/ Martin Dimitrov, Center Associate, Davis Center; Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College// 1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Room S250 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Wednesday, October 3** Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"Putin and His National Champions"/ Robert Price, ALM Candidate, Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. *Wednesday, October 3 ** Director's Seminar* / "//Current Russian Politics: Between Stability and Uncertainty"/ Boris Kagarlitsky, Director, Institute of Globalization and Social Movements, Moscow 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. ** *Friday, October 5 Historians' Seminar */ //"On the Relevance of Russian Legal History"/ William Butler, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S050 12:15-2:00 pm *Friday, October 5* *Literature and Culture Seminar */ "//Language and Tradition across Boundaries: A Screening and Discussion of the Documentary Film /Piemule/ (1984)"/ Jana S(evcíková, Director, /Piemule/ (1984) Tereza Porybna, Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University// 24 Quincy Street, Carpenter Center, Harvard Film Archive, Room B-04 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Friday, October 5 Comparative Economics Seminar */ "Comparison of Central Asian Economics//"/// Martin Spechler, Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. ** *Tuesday, October 9 Cold War Studies Seminar */ "//What Can We Expect of Europe?"/ Marten van Heuven, Senior Consultant, RAND Corporation; retired US Foreign Service Officer; former National Intelligence Office for Europe 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 pm * * ***** * *Thursday, October 11 **Occasional Seminar* / //"Japan's Northern Territorial Issue Going Forward"/ Akihiro Iwashita, Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University; Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution /"//Holidays in Kazan: City Duma, Public Opinion and Theological Politics among Muslims after 1905"/ Norihiro Naganawa, Assistant Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15- 2:00 pm *Thursday, October 11 Comparative Politics Seminar * *Cosponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar* / "//Organized Business, Political Competition and Property Rights across the Russian Federation"/ William Pyle, Associate Professor of Economics, Middlebury College 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 pm *Friday, October 12* *Early Slavists' Seminar* / "//The Philosopher's Speech and the Prehistory of the PVL"/ Alan Timberlake, Professor of Slavic Languages & Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. *Monday, October 15* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / / /"Trends in Political Party System Institutionalization in Russia and Brazil since Transition" /Dan Epstein, Dissertation Fellow, Davis Center; PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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September calendar additions and corrections

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*/Please note the following additions and corrections to our September calendar: **Sponsor and location have been updated** /** **Thursday, September 20* *Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures * *Wiktor Weintraub Memorial Lecture* / "//World War II in Europe - Who Won?"/ Norman Davies, Professor Emeritus, University of London; Research Fellow, Oxford University 12 Quincy Street, Barker 110, Thompson Room Begins 4:15 p.m. *__* *__**/**Room change**/* *Tuesday, September 25* *Cold War Studies Seminar* *Co-sponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"Russian Reforms: Comparing the New Economic Policy (1921-1928) with Post-Soviet Russia (1992-2006)" / Yury Goland, Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, S050 12:30-2:00 p.m. * * * * */**New listing**/* *Thursday, September 27* *Literature and Culture Seminar* / "//'Ordinary Fascism': Reflection of the Filmmaker and Scholar"/ Maya Turovskaya, Filmmaker 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m.

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Seminar Calendar: Sept. 16-30, 2007

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*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies * *Seminar Calendar September 16-30, 2007* *__* * * *Monday, September 17* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / //Organizational Meeting/// 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * * * *Wednesday, September 19* *Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"Putin's Russia"/ Gennady Kochetkov, Head, <http://iskran.iip.net/engl/kotchetkov-en.html.>Center for Administrative Management Studies, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences Victor Supyan, Deputy Director, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Thursday, September 20* *Literature and Culture Seminar* / "//World War II in Europe - Who Won?"/ Norman Davies, Professor Emeritus and Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 4:15-6:00 p.m. *__* *__* *Tuesday, September 25* *Cold War Studies Seminar* *Cosponsored by the Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"Russian Reforms: Comparing the New Economic Policy (1921-1928) with Post-Soviet Russia (1992-2006)" / Yury Goland, Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:30-2:00 p.m. * * To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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Mon., 9/17: Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop Organizational Meeting

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*Monday, September 17* *Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop*// / //Organizational Meeting/ 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. This workshop brings together graduate students, post-docs, and area faculty to discuss new work related to politics and economics in the post-communist (and communist) countries of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia. In 2007-2008 the workshop is being chaired by Gerald Easter <mailto:easterg@bc.edu> (of Boston College), Dmitry Gorenburg <mailto:gorenburg@gmail.com> (of Harvard University and AAASS) and Pauline Luong (of Brown University). The regime changes and economic transformations underway in the socialist and post-socialist world have provided a unique natural experiment for many of the existing theories of political science and economics. The workshop has forged an explicit link between the theoretical literature on institutions, transitions, economic reform, and democratization and evidence from the post-communist cases. Workshop participants have presented both theoretical propositions and empirical findings, permitting critical reevaluation of theories and analytical treatment of data. In order to support the workshop's emphasis on substantive discussions of new scholarly work, all presenters submit a written paper, and all participants are expected to have read the paper in advance of the meeting. At the meeting, the presenter briefly summarizes the paper and participants offer comments on the written work. In addition, all presenters are expected to commit to attending all workshop sessions. All meetings will be from 12:15 to 2:00 pm, at the Davis Center <http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/>, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S354. Lunch will be available beginning at 12:15 and discussion of papers will start promptly at 12:30. See the schedule <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epostcomm/Schedule.html> for dates and specific presentation information. If you would like further information or would like to be included on our e-mail list for future announcements of scheduled meetings please contact Gavril Bilev (gavril_bilev(a)brown.edu).

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CORRECTION: Thurs. 9/6: Comparative Economics Seminar with David Rekhviashvili

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*This week's Comparative Economics Seminar will take place Thursday, September 6, /not/ Wednesday, September 5. We apologize for the error. Thursday**, September 6* *Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"The Outlook for Energy"/ David Rekhviashvili, Public Affairs Advisor, ExxonMobil Development Company 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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Wed. 9/5: Comparative Economics Seminar with David Rekhviashvili

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*Wednesday, September 5* *Comparative Economics Seminar* / //"The Outlook for Energy"/ David Rekhviashvili, Public Affairs Advisor, ExxonMobil Development Company 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354 12:15-2:00 p.m. * * To purchase a parking permit for the Broadway Garage (located on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway), please visit Harvard University Parking Services at http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml. Click on the "One-Day Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from there. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services Office at 617.495.3772.

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