Past Events
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2008
January 16
Film Screening: A Friend of the Deceased, based on a novel by Andrei Kurkov. The screening was followed by Q&A with the author.
February 11-April 14
Havighurst Colloquia Series
Cold War Battles: Cultural Episodes from the Frontlines of the Cold War
12:00pm Mondays, 209 Harrison
April 1
Susan Eisenhower and Roald Sagdeev
Breaking Free: Parallel Lives and Common Dreams During the Cold War
Book Signing/Reception 5:30pm
Lecture 6:00pm
Art 100
April 2
7th John E. Dolibois History Prize
Susan Eisenhower
The 20th Century Sweep: A Personal Perspective
7:30pm
Parrish Auditorium, Hamilton
April 16
The War Against Terrorism vs. Human Rights: A Case Study of Uzbekistan
Nozima Kamalova, Founding Chair, Legal Aid Society of Uzbekistan
Visiting Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
Harrison 204, 5:00pmApril 21-26
Life in Uzbekistan
An exhibit of photographs of the people of Uzbekistan, featuring photos from the Bukhara Center for Development of Creative PhotographyApril 21-26
ILKHOM THEATRE GROUP Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Artists-in-Residence
April 22-24
Screening Uzbekistan: A Film Series
The film series is designed to coincide with the Ilkhom Theatre Company's Residency at Miami University, April 21-26. The films in the series examine Uzbek history, culture, and contemporary issues.
You Are Not An Orphan
The Orator
The End of an Era
April 26
Ilkhom Theatre Group
Ecstasy with the Pomegranate
2007
January 30
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odessa University
Russia’s Interest in Ukraine
January 31
World Premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
featuring the Oxford Chamber Orchestra
February 1
Velijko Vujacic, Oberlin College
Russian & Serbian Nationalism in the Context of Soviet & Yugoslav DisintigrationFebruary 1
Prokofiev’s Cinderella, presented by the State Ballet of Russia
February 14
Alexander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland
February 22
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents Valery Gergiev
March 21
Jeffrey Veidlinger, Indiana University-Bloomington
Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire
March 27
Zifa Auezova, Exec. Director, BILIM-Central Asia
Sufism, Islamic Philosophy & Popular Islam in Central Asia
March 28
Cathy Frierson, University of New Hampshire
Are Russians Really Flunking the Stalin Test?
April 2-3
Journalism Symposium: Russian Journalism Under Fire
April 5
Michael Bernhard, Pennsylvania State University
April 9
Marian Schwartz, Translator of Russian Literature
Russian Literature: A Translator’s Perspective
April 19
Golden Dragon Acrobats
April 19
“Silk Road on the Slant Walk” FestivalApril 26
Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University
Tocqueville as a Social Scientist: An Overview of Scholarly Debates with a Glance at Postcommunist PoliticsSeptember 7-December 15
Miami University Art Museum Events/Exhibits
http://muohio.edu/artmuseumSeptember 20
Afghan War Rug Symposium Miami University Art Musuem
Keynote: Christopher Kremmer
author, The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad
September 24
Rob Gifford, NPR Correspondent
"China Road"October 10
David Kim, violin, with the Miami University Symphony Orchestra
Ricardo Averbach, conductor
October 25-27
International Young Researchers Conference: Dream Factory of Communism: Culture, Practices, and the Memory of the Cold WarOctober 18-November 15
3:15-4.30
Institute for Learning in Retirement: The Cold War Lecture Series
Leonard TheaterSeptember 17-December 3
Havighurst Colloquia Series: Politics and Culture Behind the Iron Curtain
December 3
Havighurst Center Annual Open House
116 Harrison Hall
5:00-7:00 pm
2006
January 22 & 24
Wu shan Huang, Chinese Puppeteer
Theater department artist-in-residence.January 30
Islamic Forum: Muslim Peoples of the Silk Road
A a forum dedicated to the cross-disciplinary exploration of the historical and contemporary domestic and political lives of Muslim peoples from the Silk Road countries.February 3
William Craft Brumfield, Tulane University
Buriatiia: Architectural Crossroads in Eurasia
sponsored by the Department of Architecture.February 10
Vladimir Gel'man, European University of St. Petersburg
Political Regime and State Building in Russia: From Decentralization to Recentralization
February 7
Jeffrey D. Lerner, Wake Forest University and University of Cincinnati Classics Margo Tytus Visiting Scholar
If These Bricks Could Talk: Decoding an Ancient Mystery from Afghanistan
Co-sponsored with the Center for American and World Cultures, the Department of Anthropology and the Classics DepartmentFebruary 16
Haik Kazazyan, violin
with the MU Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Averbach, conductor
March 20
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Silk Road ExplorAsian: Pathway of Cultures Lecture Series
Mark Peterson, Miami University
Invisible Travelers: Jinn and Genies on the Silk Road
March 23
William Granara, Harvard University
Anecdotes of Betrayal in Arab Sicily
Part of the All Roads Lead to Rome Silk Road Lecture Series hosted by the Department of French & Italian.
March 27
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Silk Road ExplorAsian: Pathway of Cultures Lecture Series
Sante Matteo, Miami University
Marco Polo on the Silk Road: Did Spaghetti and the Renaissance Come from China?March 29
Wu Man, pipa player
Ancient Dances
March 31-April 1
Havighurst Humanities Symposium: Arenas of Eurasian Identity: Performance, Culture & Representation
Schedule
April 3
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Silk Road ExplorAsian: Pathway of Cultures Lecture Series
Stanley Toops, Miami University
Geography of the Silk Road
April 4th
Tengir Too
A Kyrgyz ensemble that plays traditional nomadic mountain music.April 10
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Silk Road ExplorAsian: Pathway of Cultures Lecture Series
Karen Dawisha, Miami University
Engendering the Silk Road: Communist Dreams, Post-Socialist RealitiesAugust 28-December 4
RUS/FST 263 Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian Cinema
Film Screenings
August 29-December 16
Silk Road Oasis: The Sculpture of Ancient Gandhara
Miami University Art Museum
September 6-November 15
1,001 Nights: Story Without End
Film and Lecture SeriesSeptember 22
Silk Road Orientation
Brill Science LibrarySeptember 25 - December 4
Havighurst Colloquia Series: Post-Communism & the Rule of Law
September 28
Oxford Chamber Orchestra: Gypsies and the Silk Road
October 10
Brown Bag Lecture: Silk Road Oasis: The Sculpture of Ancient Gandhara
Robert Wicks, Director, Miami University Art Museum
October 19
Giant Buddhas Film
Part of the Miami University Art Museum's Silk Road Oasis Exhibit.October 26-28
Annual International Young Researchers Conference
Orienting the Russian Empire
November 8-November 30
The Silk Road Project
An exhibit featuring the work and experiences of the Miami faculty who participated in the Fulbright Hays-sponsored Summer 2006 seminar along the historic Silk Road.November 13
The Greening of Global Project Financing: The Case of the Sakhalin-2 Offshore Oil and Gas Project
Michael Bradshaw, University of Leicester
sponsored by the Department of GeographyDecember 4
Havighurst Center Open House
2005
January 18
Health and Well-Being in Imperial Russia: A Biological Perspective on Russia's Relationship to the West
Speaker: Boris Mironov
February-April
Spring Colloquia Series
Professor Stephen NorrisApril 23
Moscow Ballet
Swan LakeAugust 23-December 9
Silk Road Film Series
co-sponsored by the Theater DepartmentHavighurst Colloquia Series
Politics and Institutions in Central AsiaAll Roads Lead to Rome Silk Road Lecture Series
Roberto Dainotto, Duke University, Orientalism, Mediterranean Style: Michele Amari & the Limits of History, co-sponsored by the Department of French & ItalianFollow the Silk Road...to the Science Library
A student/faculty/staff orientation of the Brill Science Library
August 30-October 22
Rockwell Kent: An American in Moscow Exhibit
Miami University Art MusuemSeptember 30
Oxford Chamber Orchestra, with the Miami University Glee Club
explores the music of prominent composers from Italy, Spain, Germany and Russia, featuring Yuri Serov, internationally reknowned Russian pianist, playing Schnittke’s 1st Piano Concerto.
October 6Rockwell Kent: An American in Moscow Lecture and Reception
Miami University Art MusuemOctober 23
Global Rhythms, Hands Full of Beauty
October 24
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the
U.S.S.R.
Jack R. Anderson Distinguished Lecture Series, co-sponsored with the Richard T. Farmer School of Business
October 25
Fireside Chat with Carlo Krieger, Luxembourg Ambassador to Russia
Gorbachev's Legacy in Russia
October 27-29
International Young Researchers Conference
Thinking in/after Utopia: East European and Russian Philosophy before and after the Collapse of CommunismOctober 29
Russian Music Recital
featuring pianist Peter Miyamoto, University of Missouri-Columbia and cellist Pansy Chang, Miami University
October 31
Daniel Selden
Alexander the Great, John W. Altman Lecture Series in Classics
November 1, 2005-April 2, 2006
Hindu Darshan: Exploring the Art of India Exhibit
Miami University Art MuseumNovember 1
Richard Stoneman
Alexander the Great, John W. Altman Lecture Series in Classics
November 2
Andrew Stewart
Alexander the Great, John W. Altman Lecture Series in Classics
November 20
December 6
Sharon Kinoshita, University of California at Santa Cruz
Marco Polo and the Wonder of the Tributary EastAll Roads Lead to Rome Silk Road Lecture Series
December 8
Havighurst Center Open House: An evening of Central Asian Cuisine
2004
February 23
Humanities Lecture Series: Peter KenezMarch 26
Havighurst Lecture.Constantine Orbelian. "The Genius of Russian Music"April 1-3
Havighurst Symposium: "The Reel Russia"September 13
Havighurst Center Open HouseSeptember 28
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Constantin OrbelianNovember 4
International Young Researchers Conference
Keynote Lecture: Putin as a State Builder
John Dunlop, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford UniversityNovember 5-6
International Young Researchers Conference
The Problems of the Postcommunist State
November 6
Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana Children's Literature Conference
Imagining Russia and the World Through Children's LiteratureNovember 9
The Golden Horde and the Silk Road
Lecture by Leonard Nedashkovsky, Chief Curator of the Archaeological Museum at Khazan State UniversityNovember 10
Dr. Nazif ShahraniNation-Building and the War on Global Terror in Afghanistan: Three
Years Later
2003
February 10
Humanities Lecture Series: William BrumfieldFebruary 11- May 11
An Exhibit: A View from HereFebruary 18 - May 18
St. Petersburg: From the de Saint-Rat CollectionFebruary 28
Orchestra Concert: "From Russia, With Love"
March 19
Art in Many Cultures, Vitaly KomarMarch 21 - 22
Midwest Slovic Historians ConferenceMarch 25
Chess Grandmaster Gregory KaidanovMarch 28 - 29
Havighurst Symposium: Imagining St. PetersburgMarch 28 - 29
Film Presentation: The Russian ArkApril 23 - 25
Music of the Russia Tour Choir**May 6 - 18**
Miami Choirs Tour: Russia, Finland, EstoniaMay 1 - August 22
An Exhibit: St. Petersburg, 1703-2003September 26 - November 24
Havighurst Colloquia: "Ideas in Postcommunism"October 1
