Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008
From: "Kennan Email" <Kennan@wilsoncenter.org>
Subject: Kennan Institute January Calendar
EVENTS
Unless otherwise noted, Kennan Institute meetings are held in the Flom Auditorium on the 6th floor of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Please note that seating at all events is available on a first come, first served basis. No reservations required. Please call on the day of the event to confirm. Please bring an identification card with a photograph (e.g. driver's license, work i.d., or university i.d.) as part of the Wilson Center's security procedures.
Some events are broadcast live on the Wilson Center website. Please see www.wilsoncenter.org for details or to view live and archived webcasts.
Monday, January 7 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. Cosponsored by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom "The Putin Government's Response to Increased Xenophobia" Aleksandr Verkhovsky, Director, SOVA Center, Moscow
Thursday, January 10 Seminar 3:30-5:30 p.m. Note: This event will be held in the 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room. "Presentation of Self in Russian Culture: The Case of Vladimir Putin" Dmitri N. Shalin, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Monday, January 14 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "Business and Politics in Russia beyond the Headlines" Helen Teplitskaia, President, American-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, Imnex International, Inc.; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Tuesday, January 22 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "Freedom and Restriction of Speech in the Context of Counter-Terrorism in Russia" Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Executive Director, Ethnic Studies Program, European University; Chair, Department of Modern Ethnography, Russian Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg; and Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute
Thursday, January 24 Seminar 6-8 p.m. Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Ukrainian Literature Series "Ukrainian Literature and Ukrainian Politics: Which One is More Dynamic?" Andrey Kurkov, author, Kyiv, Ukraine Please note: There will be a reception prior to the event at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, January 28 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "The Prophet of Post-Communism: Vladimir Nabokov and Russian Politics" Nina L. Khrushcheva, Associate Professor, International Affairs Program, New School University, New York
Tuesday, January 29 Seminar 3:30-5:30 p.m. "Isadora Duncan: A Revolutionary Dancer in Revolutionary Russia" Lori Belilove, Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, New York; Elena Yushkova, Senior Lecturer, Vologda Branch of the Moscow Academy for Humanities, and Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
INCOMING SCHOLARS
Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
Andrei Rezaev, Professor, Department of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University. "Transnational Migrants in St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.: A Comparative Analysis of the City's Educational Policies and Practices of Social Inclusion and Exclusion." January-June 2008.
Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
Alexander Petrov, Senior Research Fellow, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. "Bicentennial of the Beginning of Russian-American Relations: The Development of the Russian-American Frontiers in the 19th Century." January-June 2008.
Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar
Eugene Avrutin, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "A Legible People: Identification Politics and Jewish Accommodation in Imperial Russia." January-May 2008.
Short-Term Scholars
Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Lecturer, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. "The Kremlin's Influence on the Business Activities of Foreign Companies Operating in Russia." January-February 2008.
Mark Katz, Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University. "Moscow and the Middle East: Trying to Strike a Balance." January 2008.
Viacheslav Shatsillo, Senior Researcher, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. "Military-Technical Cooperation Between Russia and the United States During World War I, 1914-1917." January-February 2008.
CURRENT SCHOLARS
To view our current scholars, please visit
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.scholars
MEETING REPORTS
The latest Kennan Institute meeting reports, "Robust Revolution to Retiring Revolution: The Life Cycle of the Soviet Revolution, 1945-1968" and "Privatization and Informalization in Post-Soviet Welfare States: The Politics of Reform," are now available on our website at the following address:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.publications&group_id=7718
ANNOUNCEMENT
Contemporary Literature in Ukraine: A Series of Lectures by Leading Ukrainian Authors
The Kennan Institute, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University, is pleased to announce the Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Ukrainian Literature Series in 2008. This series will feature at least three prominent contemporary Ukrainian writers, including Andrey Kurkov, Larysa Denysenko, and Taras Chubai. Each writer will speak once at the Kennan Institute and once at the Harriman Institute. We invite you to join us at these literary evenings at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. or at Columbia University in New York. Andrey Kurkov will speak at Columbia January 22 and at the Wilson Center January 24 (please see the schedule of events for details). For more information on the lectures to be delivered in New York, please contact the Ukrainian Studies Program at 212-854-4697.
CONTRIBUTIONS
The Kennan Institute would like to thank Evelyn J. Harden for her support of
Kennan Institute programming.
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