Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008
From: "Kennan Email" <Kennan@wilsoncenter.org>
Subject: Kennan Institute March Calendar
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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, March 3 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
"Is Russia Entering the Post-Putin Era?"
Thomas Graham, Senior Director, Kissinger Associates, and former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian Affairs, National Security Council
Thursday, March 6 Seminar 6-8 p.m.
Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Ukrainian Literature Series
"Kyiv: Strange People in a Big European City"
Larysa Denysenko, author, Kyiv, Ukraine
Please note: There will be a reception prior to the event at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, March 10 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
"The Geography of North Caucasian Conflicts (1999-2007): Analysis of 14,000
Violent Incidents"
John O'Loughlin, Professor of Geography and Faculty Research Associate,
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado
Thursday, March 13 Seminar 3:30-5:30 p.m.
"Returned from Russia: Nazi Archival Plunder in Western Europe and Recent
Restitution Issues"
Patricia K. Grimsted, Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard
University, and Honorary Fellow, International Institute of Social History,
Amsterdam; Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services, U.S.
National Archives; Robert Wolfe, Senior Archivist (retired), U.S. National
Archives
Monday, March 17 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
"The Current Situation in the Northern Caucasus"
Eliza Musaeva, consultant, International Helsinki Federation, Vienna, and
Sakharov Human Rights Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Harvard University
Monday, March 24 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
"Gender, Migration, and Counter-trafficking in Moldova"
Leyla Keough, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Monday, March 31 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m.
Kennan Institute U.S. Alumni Series
"Human Trafficking and Smuggling in Russia, the FSU, and Beyond"
Louise Shelley, Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center,
and Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University; and former
Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
INCOMING SCHOLARS
Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholars
Alexander Duka, Chair, Department of Sociology of Authorities, Power Structures and Civil Society, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. "Institutionalization of Power Elites in Post-Communist Countries." March-August 2008.
Vladyslav Grynevych, Senior Research Associate, Department of Jewish Studies, Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. "The Second World War and the Holocaust in the Historical Memory of Jews and Ukrainians." March-November 2008.
Ildar Zulkarnay, Chair, Department of Territorial Development, Socio-Economic Research Institute, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation. "Role of Informal Institutions in Effectiveness of Formal Institutions of Self-Government in the U.S." March-August 2008.
Short-Term Scholars
Larry Holmes, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of South Alabama. "Ours or Other? Evacuation and the Kirov Region, 1941-1945." March-April 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, "The Putin Government's Response to Increased Xenophobia" and "The Resurgence of Islam in the Northern Caucasus through the Prism of the Sufi/Salafi ('Wahhabi') Confrontation," 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
CONTRIBUTIONS
The Kennan Institute would like to thank Cornelius and Barbara Ulman, C. Ben and Donna Wright, Martha C. Mautner, and an anonymous donor for their contributions in support of Kennan Institute programming.
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