Program | Schedule
EPIIC Film Series: Brat (1997)
Film Series Movie
TBA
Russian Cultural Night
There will be a performance of Ukrainian folk songs, led by Lysander Jaffe; a small Tufts choir performance of "Subrali, Sa Se Subrali" (Bulgarian), "Ghirs ars da martal" (Georgian), and "Iz strany, strany dalyokoi" (Russian) led by Emma Daniels; and a violin and piano presentation on the development of professional Russian music led by Vera Rubin on violin and Yevgenia Semeina on piano. The evening also will feature the photography of Eric Bouvet from his work in Ukraine. Bouvet has received five World Press Awards, as well as two Visa d’Or, the gold medal of 15th anniversary of the photography, the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, the Public award from Bayeux-Calvados, the Front Line Club award and the Paris-Match Award.
There will be a performance of Ukrainian folk songs, led by Lysander Jaffe; a small Tufts choir performance of "Subrali, Sa Se Subrali" (Bulgarian), "Ghirs ars da martal" (Georgian), and "Iz strany, strany dalyokoi" (Russian) led by Emma Daniels; and a violin and piano presentation on the development of professional Russian music led by Vera Rubin on violin and Yevgenia Semeina on piano.
The evening also will feature the photography of Eric Bouvet from his work in Ukraine. Bouvet has received five World Press Awards, as well as two Visa d’Or, the gold medal of 15th anniversary of the photography, the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, the Public award from Bayeux-Calvados, the Front Line Club award and the Paris-Match Award.
Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Oratory and Director of Graduate Studies in Drama in the Department of Drama and Dance at Tufts will present on the plight of theatre in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Keynote: Russian Identity
• Gregory Carleton, Professor of Russian Studies, Tufts University; Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
• Suzanne Massie, Author; Trust but Verify: Reagan, Russia, and Me
Religion, Politics, and Identity
• Geraldine Fagan, Moscow Correspondent, Forum 18 News Service; Author, Believing in Russia: Religious Policy after Communism • Suzanne Massie, Author; Trust but Verify: Reagan, Russia, and Me
• Michael Khodarkovsky, Professor of Russian History, Loyola University, Chicago; Author, Bitter Choices: Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus
• Roman Lunkin, Director, Institute for Religion and Law; Leading Institute Fellow, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
• Marya Rozanova, Director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Socio-Cultural Integration and Associate Professor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy, St. Petersburg; Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
The State and the Media
• Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief, The New Times, Moscow; Permanent Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
• Karina Alexanyan, Postdoctoral Scholar/Project Manager, mediaX, Stanford University; Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
• Oksana Boyko, Host, Worlds Apart, RT TV; former Political and Foreign Correspondent (confirmed in principle for this panel)
• Karoun Demirjian, Moscow Correspondent, The Washington Post
• Irina Gordienko, Correspondent, Novaya Gazeta; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
• Max Trudolyubov, Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Former Editor and Columnist, Vedomosti
Russia and Asia: The Bear Looks East?
• Alexander Cooley, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, Barnard College, Columbia University; Deputy Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Author; Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
• Guan Guihai, Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
• Shiv Khemka, Vice Chairman and Director of investment and entrepreneurial activities in Russia and Ukraine, SUN Group, India; Chairman, Russia Country Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry
• Artyom Lukin, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Research, School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok
• Vitaly Kozyrev, Associate Professor, Endicott College, Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; former Professor, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University
Welcome, Introductions and Keynote
Anthony Monaco, President, Tufts University
James Glaser, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
Sherman Teichman, Founding Director, Institute for Global Leadership
Ben Spevack, EPIIC 2015 Colloquium Member
• Alumni Award Presentation: Alexandra Vacroux (EPIIC’86), Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; James Hershberg
• Kirill Koroteev, Senior Lawyer, Human Rights Centre, Memorial, Moscow
• Joshua Rubenstein, Former Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International; Author, Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life; Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
A Keynote Conversation on the U.S.-Russian Relationship
• Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
• Dmitri Trenin, Director, Carnegie Moscow Center; former Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Europe, Moscow; served in the Russian Armed Forces, 1972-93
The New Cold War? Russia-U.S. Relations
• Oksana Boyko, Host, Worlds Apart, RT TV; former Political and Foreign Correspondent
• Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; former Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Feodor Voitolovsky, Head of the political section, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN); Co-author, IMEMO’s 2013 annual forecast on “Russia and the World: Economy and Foreign Policy”
• Andrew S. Weiss, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr. Legvold, Amb. Matlock, and Dr. Trenin will join the panel discussion
Ruling Russia: Governance in the 21st Century
• Ilya Ponomarev, Member of Russian Parliament, State Duma; Chairman of Innovation and Venture Capital Subcommittee, Economic Policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee; one of the leaders of the left flank of Russian politics
• Thomas F Remington, Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science, Emory University; Author, Presidential Decrees in Russia: A Comparative Perspective and The Politics of Inequality in Russia
• Anna Vassilieva, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; Author, The Russian Émigré Press on Democracy in Russia, 1980-1990s, Co-author, Influence on Russian Culture on Russian Negotiating Style; Co-editor, Russia and East Asia: Informal and Gradual Integration, Crossing National Borders
Student Presentation: Grigory Khakimov, EPIIC Colloquium Member; Junior, majoring in International Relations with a thematic concentration on Europe and the Former Soviet Union; Former Member, Russian Democratic Party Yabloko
Beyond the Barrel: The Russian Economy
• Ari Axelrod, Senior Fellow, Council on Emerging Market Enterprises, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Partner, Banyan Family Business Advisors
• Birgit Hansl, Lead Economist for the Russian Federation and Country Sector Coordinator in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network in the Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank
• Matthew Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Stephan Vitvitsky, International Economist, Office of Europe and Eurasia - US Treasury
Security Strategy: Military Reform and Nuclear Capability
• Lt. Gen Arlen Jameson (USAF, ret.), Former Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command; Vice Chairman, Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
• Michael Kofman, Russia/Eurasia Security and Defense Public Policy Scholar, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, Adviser for military to military engagements for senior officers at National Defense University
• Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired), Director, Defense and Intelligence Projects at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Svetlana Savranskaya, Director, Cooperative Projects with Russia and Editor, Russian and East Bloc Archival Documents Database, National Security Archive
• Major General Pavel Zolotarev (Russian Armed Forces, ret.), Deputy Director, Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (confirmed in principle)
Expert-led, Small-group Discussions
Geopolitics: Russia and the Post-Soviet Sphere
• Maxim Bratersky, Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
• Igor Istomin, Lecturer, Department of Applied Analysis of International Crises, MGIMO; Executive Editor, International Trends
• Carol R. Saivetz, Research Fellow, Security Studies Program, MIT; Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
• Shorena Shaverdashvili (EPIIC’99), Partner and Editor, Liberali, Georgia
• Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
• Maxim Suchkov, Fellow, Institute for Strategic Studies, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
• Dmitri Trenin, Director, Carnegie Moscow Center; former Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Europe, Moscow; served in the Russian Armed Forces, 1972-93
Keynote Address: Russia and Glboal Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy
• Thomas Pickering, Career Ambassador; former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation; former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Political Engagement: Civil Society, Youth, and Dissent
• Samuel Greene, Head, King's Global Institutes and Director, King's Russia Institute, King's College, London
• Roman Lunkin, Director, Institute for Religion and Law; Leading Institute Fellow, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
• Marya Rozanova, Director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Socio-Cultural Integration and Associate Professor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy, St. Petersburg; Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
Sanctioned Split? Russia and the European Union
• R. Bruce Hitchner, Professor of Classics and International Relations and Director, Peace & Justice Studies Program, Tufts University; Chair, Dayton Peace Accords Project
• Angela Stent, Professor of Government and Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; Author, The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century
• Vasily Zharkov, Director, Political Science and International Relations Programme, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences; Columnist, Novaya Gazeta
Film Screening: Red Army
Film Screening of "Red Army," 8pm, Somerville Theater, Davis Square
Red Army is an inspiring story about the Cold War played out on the hockey rink, and a man who stood up to a powerful system and paved the way for change for generations of Russians. Trailer: http://sonyclassics.com/
Brought to you thanks to the efforts of Board Member David Cuttino and Mindy Hanneman from MPAA.