Fellowships at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
"Subjectivities and Identities in Eurasia"
Deadline: January 8, 2013
More information: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
* Q&A session with convening faculty at ASEEES Convention
Saturday, November 17, 12 p.m., 5 Fifty 5 Restaurant, Private Dining Room
* Online webinars:
Friday, October 12, 2 p.m. EST
Friday, November 30, 2 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 2, 2 p.m. EST
The Davis Center is pleased to announce the theme for its 2013-2014 Fellows Program. The Fellows Program brings together scholars at early and later stages in their careers to consider a common theme spanning the social sciences and humanities. The program is coordinated by faculty from across Harvard University whose research interests include aspects of the selected theme. In 2013-2014, the Fellows Program will be coordinated by Professors Terry Martin (History) and Stephanie Sandler (Slavic Languages and Literatures).
The theme for 2013-2014 is "Subjectivities and Identities in Eurasia." Imagining a personal, ethnic, religious, sexual, or national identity may be no simple matter in any culture, but for the people of Russia and Eurasia this always has been a fraught process. The very question of subjectivity has been self-consciously scrutinized and as readily rejected as embraced. The Fellows Program will examine a range of theoretical approaches and case studies, with an eye to gaining a greater understanding of where the work of constructing identity happens (in domestic, public, textual, and virtual spaces) and what factors constrain, promote, and shape that work.
The Davis Center invites scholars whose work considers subjectivities and identities, their formation and structure, their emphases on uniqueness and on replication. In addition to pursuing their own research, Fellows will participate in a regular interdisciplinary seminar series with sponsoring faculty and advanced graduate students. Papers will be presented by the Fellows, Harvard faculty, and invited outside speakers. For more detailed information on the Fellows Program, and opportunities to apply for regional, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships, please visit the Davis Center web site, http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu.
Note that scholars whose work does not address the annual theme may still apply for fellowships at the Davis Center; their applications will receive full consideration.
We invite you to consider applying and to forward this message to colleagues and advanced graduate students who may be interested.
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Calendar of Events
October 1-15, 2012
Tuesday, October 2
Cold War Studies Seminar
"Stalin, Soviet Foreign Policy, and the Concept of Neutrality"
Peter Ruggenthaler, Senior Researcher, Boltzmann Institute for Research on War's Consequences
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3
Comparative Economics Seminar
"The Economic Decline of the Soviet Union"
Stefan Karner, Director, Boltzmann Institute for Research on War's Consequences (Austria)
Ol'ga Pavlenko, Associate Professor of International Relations, Russian State Humanities University (RGGU)
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Friday, October 12
Early Slavists' Seminar
"The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires"
Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Calendar of Events
September 16-30, 2012
Thursday, September 20
Center for European Studies Public Lecture and Q&A
Co-sponsored with the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
"The Euro Crisis and Its Impact on Central and Eastern EU Nations"
Jan Fischer, Former Chief of the Statistical Office of the Czech Republic, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Former Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Candidate for President of the Czech Republic
Chaired by Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for European Studies; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Lower Level Conference Room
Reception to follow
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, September 21
Historians' Seminar
"Strategies of Imperial Integration: Diversity and Reciprocity in Russia's Medieval and Early Modern Empires, 862-1584"
Val Kivelson, Professor of History, University of Michigan
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Friday, September 21
Gender, Socialism and Postsocialism Working Group
Co-Sponsored by the Gender, Politics and Society Working Group, Center for European Studies
"Nashi Devushki: Gender and Youth Activism in Putin's Russia"
Valerie Sperling, Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Center Associate, Davis Center
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S153
2:00-4:00 p.m.
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Harvard University
Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), South Building
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617-495-4037
F 617-495-8319
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