Past Events

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Two nights of performance draw on censored Soviet-era texts by iconic singer-songwriters Okudzhava and Vysotsky to explore intergenerational trauma in refugee experience and illuminate the sublime social power of poetic practices.

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

Singer/Songwriter

Dance-Theater Artist

Scholar of Russian Literature and Culture

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A new film by acclaimed Polish director Agnieszka Holland tells the story of refugees from the Middle East and Africa attempting to enter the EU through Alexander Lukashenko's Belarus. 

Associate Director, Davis Center

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Institute for East European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin

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With evidence from Kosovo, Serbia, and North Macedonia, this seminar will explore several issues, including protest behavior and state bureaucracies in postwar Balkan countries.

Recording Available

Director of the Democracy and Governance Program and assistant professor of government

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

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Migrants often encounter hostility and pressure to assimilate from host-country populations. This research measures whether such pressure accelerates assimilation.

Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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This panel discussion will focus on Russia's ongoing takeover of Belarus, a crisis that has been overshadowed by other global events but holds profound implications for regional security, NATO's strategic position, and the future of the Belarusian people.

Recording Available

Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Representative for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head of Cabinet, United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus

Retired Diplomat; Adjunct Professor, U.S. Naval War College

Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eastern Europe and Policy and Regional Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State