[Daviscalendar-list] Calendar of Events: Feb. 20-28, 2007

[Davis Center Calendar of Events]

*Davis** Center** for Russian and Eurasian Studies
_Calendar of Events: February 20­-28, 2007_*

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*Tuesday, February 20
Modern Russian History Search

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/"The Muslim Question in Late Imperial Russia"/

Elena Campbell, Ph.D. in History, 1999, Russian Academy of Sciences; 
Lecturer on History, Harvard University

35 Quincy Street, Robinson Hall, First Floor Library
4:15-5:30 p.m.

 

/For more information, please contact Janet Hatch (administrator, 
History Department) at (617) 496-4057.///

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*Wednesday, February 21
Comparative Economics Seminar

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/"Cheap Gas, Black Market Cash, and Love for the Motherland: A Look at 
Turkmenistan's 'Golden Century'"/
Alex Minier, Director, Ford Hall Forum

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.

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*Wednesday, February 21
* *Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Discussion*

/Cosponsored by the Davis Center, the Department of Slavic Languages and 
Literatures, and the Initiative on Art and Humanities  /

/"Nostalgic Technologies"/ 

Svetlana Boym, Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Professor of Slavic 
Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature, 
Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse

6:00-8:00 p.m.

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*Friday, February 23
Slavic Conference *

/Cosponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the 
Davis Center, the Central and East European Society, and the Art and 
Politics Seminar/

/"The Post-Romantic Syndrome: German and Russian Anxieties in the 20th 
Century"  /

Galin Tihanov, Professor of Comparative Literature, Lancaster University

12 Quincy Street, Humanities Center, Room 133

2:00-4:00 p.m.

 

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*Monday, February 26
Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop *

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*/"Building Modern Cities: Reform and Revitalization in Urban China"/

Meg Rithmire, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

Papers are available on the website at www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/.

There is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the 
paper in advance of the meeting.
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:15-2:00 p.m.

 

 

*Tuesday, February 27*

*Roundtable Discussion

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/"Turkmenistan after Turkmenbashi"/

 

Erika Dailey, Director, Turkmenistan Project, Open Society Institute

Irina Liczek, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Niagara University

 

John Schoeberlein, Director, Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus; 
Lecturer on Anthropology and on Near Eastern Languages and 
Civilizations, Harvard University

 

Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Lecturer on 
Government, Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 p.m.

 

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*Wednesday, February 28
Comparative Economics Seminar

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/"Russia: The New Energy Superpower-Is It for Real?"/
Katherine Hardin, Associate, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
12:30-2:00 p.m.

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*Wednesday, February 28
Russian and East European Jewish Studies Seminar

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/"On Communism and the Jews"/
Anthony Michels, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature, 
Harvard University

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S354
4:15-6:00 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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