Director's Welcome

- Stephen Norris, Ph.D., Walter E. Havighurst Professor of History and Director, Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies
The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies is an interdisciplinary center devoted to programming designed to foster research on the most important questions relating to the future of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia and to service and learning activities that provide a greater understanding of this region for the student community.
The Havighurst Center is devoted to joint research by Miami faculty with other scholars from Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and from other American universities; to service and learning activities that provide a greater understanding of this region for the student community; and to programs designed to foster interdisciplinary research on the most important questions relating to the future of this area.
The Center was created to: