Events
The Havighurst Center hosts a number of events every semester, as well as acts as co-sponsor for events related to our focus organized by other departments and units. Please check back for changes, updates and additions.
February 13
Putinism and Populism: A Havighurst Center Roundtable
Join faculty from the Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies for a roundtable discussion on the nature of Putinism and the sources of populism in Eastern Europe. Professor of History and Havighurst Center Director Stephen Norris will discuss the cultural and historical aspects of Putinism, while Professor of Political Science Venelin Ganev will delve into the roots of populism in the region. Professor of Anthropology Neringa Klumbyte will moderate.
Harrison Hall 302, 4:30
February 19
Elena Trubina, Ural Federal University
Small Town Joys and Challenges: The Case of Kuldiga (Latvia)
Upham Hall 361, 8:30am
February 24-April 16
The Havighurst Center Colloquia Series (follow link for full schedule)
Mondays*, 11:40am - 1:00pm
Upham Hall 364
February 24
Sergei Loznitsa's The Invasion (online film screening)
Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa documents his country's struggle against the Russian invasion in his film "The Invasion." Shot over a 2-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine and presents a unique and ultimate statement of Ukrainian resilience. The Havighurst Center and King Library have obtained the streaming rights for the film, which debuted last year at the Cannes film festival.
The film can be watched by anyone with a Miami email accountMovie available online to those with an @MiamiOH.edu email account
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1is2bBq-hGD936vvhLEh_8PxqcYprxpCO/view?usp=drive_link
(The movie can be viewed at anytime; however, February 24 marks the 3rd anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.)
March 13
The Lithuania Program Annual Lecture
Dr. Christoph Dieckmann
The Shoah in Lithuania: A Different Approach, New Insights
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed during the German occupation of Lithuania from 1941-1944. Nearly half of the victims were Jews.
Christoph Dieckmann takes a new look at the relation between warfare, occupation policy, and mass crimes. Working with hardly known German and Lithuanian sources, the context of decisions for mass crimes and the Shoah might become both more complicated and clearer.
HRN 302, 4:30pm
March 20
Vassa Larin, founder of Coffee with Sister Vassa Inc.
The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War in Ukraine
Sister Vassa (born Varvara Georgievna Larina in New York) is a Russian Orthodox liturgiologist. She is author of many scholarly articles, a monograph on Byzantine Hierarchichal Liturgy (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 286, 2008), Reflections with Morning Coffee (Xenophon Press 2022), Lent with Sister Vassa (Xenophon Press 2022), HealthyFast Lenten Guidebook, and, most recently, Praying in Time.
Sister Vassa’s online-mission includes a daily Newsletter, weekday audio-podcasts called “Monday Morning Coffee” (on the practical applications of the liturgical calendar and Scripture), a video-course on Divine Liturgy (available on YouTube), and other YouTube videos on Orthodox Theology, Tradition, and modern-day issues of Orthodox Canon Law and church life.
Alumni Hall 001, 10:00am
April 2
Jennifer Wistrand, The Kennan Institute at The Wilson Center
Displaced in Georgia and in Georgia’s National Narrative
Krieger Hall 227, 10:00am
April 14
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, Kings College
The Post-Soviet Cultural Mélange: Looking for the Missing Ingredient in Russia and Beyond
Harrison Hall 302 5:00pm
April 22
Narine Abgaryan, Author
To Go On Living: A Conversation between Narine Abgaryan and her translators, Margarit Ordukhanyan and Zara Torlone
A limited number of Abgaryan's newly published book, To Go On Living, will be given out at the end of the lecture.
HRN 304, 4:30pm
co-sponsored with the Humanities Center
April 29
Marcello Fantoni, Miami University
Allies of Convenience and Old Foes. The Role, Objectives and Military Organisation of Ethnic and Cultural Minorities in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
4:30 PM, HRN 302
May 7
Annual Havighurst Center Lecture
Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Democracy, Human Rights, and a Just Peace in Ukraine
4:30pm, Harrison Hall 204
