Please note the following seminar reminders:
Tuesday, October 25
Cold War Studies Seminar
“A New Autopsy on the Soviet Empire: Reassessing the Collapse of the USSR 20 Years Later”
Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 25
Historian’s Seminar
“Victims or Actors? Russia’s Peasant Women in Comparative Historical Perspective”
Esther Kingston-Mann, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Associate, Davis Center
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 26
Film Screening
Introduction by Anna Wexler Katsnelson, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study Room)
7:00 p.m.
This screening is made possible by Title VI funding from the US Department of Education. Due to licensing restrictions by the film's distributor, the screening is open only to students, faculty, and staff of educational institutions.
Thursday, October 27
Informing Eurasia Seminar
“Soviet Scriptwriting: Film Production, Authorship, and Ideology”
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Papers will be distributed in advance. Contact Robyn Angley (rangley@fas.harvard.edu) for more information.
Friday, October 28
Special Event
An Evening of Turkmen Culture
In celebration of Turkmenistan's 20th anniversary of independence, a brief lecture on Turkmenistan by Laura Adams will be followed by a festive evening of Central Asian food, music and dance.
1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Concourse and Room S030
7:30-9:30 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. To register a new visitor login, choose “Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies” and enter department code 2020. All parking-related questions should be directed to the Parking Services Office at 617-495-3772.