The Master’s Thesis Colloquium highlights research carried out by second-year students in the REECA program at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, and the MARS-REERS program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. A diverse range of topics will be covered in a series of short presentations, with opportunity for audience Q & A. This event will be held in a seminar format.
Agenda
- Alice Mee, Columbia University,The Enemy Within? Collaboration and the Boundaries of National Identity in Wartime Ukraine
- Olga Kiyan, Harvard University, Toppling Lenin and Pushkin: Reimagining Collective Memory in Ukraine
- Dasha Bough, Harvard University, Sunflower: A Village, A Film, and a Thousand Year Story
- Lucas Risinger, Harvard University, It’s Complicated: Economic complexity of Ukrainian Trade Reorientation, 2013-2019
- Zuzanna Iwanejko, Columbia University, Shifting Sanctuaries: Post-Soviet Sanatoria and Displaced Communities in Georgia
- Sonya Gupta, Harvard University, Ukrainian Refugee Health at the Crossroads: Governmental versus Nonprofit Models of Chronic Care Delivery in Germany
- Tessa Conrardy, Harvard University, From ‘Independent’ to ‘Opposition’: Russia’s War in Ukraine and Role Discourse Among Russian Journalists in Exile
- Levinia Teodorescu, Harvard University, From the Shadows to the Frontline: The Emergence of Paramilitary Organizations in Post-Soviet Russia
- Dana Brouillard, Columbia University, Indigenous Identity in Russia Sapmi
- Kateryna Olkhovyk, Harvard University, China’s Ambivalent Messaging on the Russia-Ukraine War: Narratives and Implications for Chinese Foreign Policy and Its Role in the War
- David Gasparyan, Harvard University, Between Progress and Pushback: Eastern Partnership’s Internationalized Democratization
- Jennifer Helinek, Columbia University, Rebuilding Relevance: Czechia’s Magnesia Litera Prize and the Promotion of 21st-Century Literature
- Jangul Erlon-Baurjan, Harvard University, Fugitive Steppe (1891-1948)
- Conor Cunningham, Harvard University, Bridging Divides: A Comparative Analysis of Disinformation Dynamics in the Republic of Moldova
- Jason Seter, Columbia University, The Growth, Reception and Social Role of Stand-Up Comedy in Croatia