Monthly Archives: March 2014

Between Reform and Revolution

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Stephen Norris

By Rachel Thomas– In his lecture “Between Reform and Revolution:  Islamic Debates in Early Soviet Central Asia” Adeeb Khalid took his American audience into the early Soviet Union and left us with two eye-opening changes in perspective regarding the former … Continue reading →

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Adeeb Khalid’s Central Asia

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Stephen Norris

By James Nealy– Each semester, as a part of The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies’ colloquia series, Miami University hosts a series of lectures delivered by prominent Eurasian scholars from across disciplines. The first such presentation for this … Continue reading →

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The Iron Curtain as Semipermeable Membrane

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Michael David-Fox, Professor of History at Georgetown University, delivered a lecture at the Havighurst Center on March 10, 2014.  David-Fox explored the relationship between the USSR and the West and how we might better reconceptualize the so-called “Iron Curtain.”  You … Continue reading →

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Justice as Unfairness

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Stephen Norris

The 13th annual Young Researchers Conference (YRC) brought a group of scholars to Miami’s campus from February 27 to March 1, 2014.  This year’s conference also partnered with SOYUZ, the post-communist cultural studies interest group of the American Anthropological Association. … Continue reading →

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Between Reform and Revolution: Islam in Early Soviet Central Asia

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Stephen Norris

On February 24, 2014, Adeeb Khalid (Department of History, Carleton College), spoke at the Havighurst Center about his new research.  His talk focused on Central Asia in the early Soviet Union and how debates about Islam shaped the history of … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Gone Rogue

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Stephen Norris

It is now clear that what is going on in Crimea and eastern Ukraine is all an elaborate show, planned and directed by Moscow. Given the wording in a resolution unanimously passed by the Russian Federation Council giving Vladimir Putin … Continue reading →

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