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Sochi 2014

Steven Lee Myers has an interesting piece in the February 5, 2014 New York Times that uses interactive maps co-created by Havighurst Center postdoc Edward Holland.  Check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/an-olympics-in-the-shadow-of-a-war-zone.html?hp&_r=1

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Kyiv 2014

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Andrey Kurkov is one of the most popular writers living in contemporary Ukraine. Kurkov visited Miami University in 2008 to talk about contemporary Ukrainian fiction and to introduce the film, A Friend of the Deceased, based on his novella A … Continue reading

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Ukrainians Rejecting the Russian Model

By Keary Iarussi, Miami Senior Vladimir Putin is very nervous — and not just because his cherished Olympic Games may turn out a flop. For the last two months ordinary Ukrainians have occupied the streets of the capital, Kiev, because … Continue reading

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Welcome to the blog sponsored by the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University. The New Contemporary will feature Center events and spotlight some of the incredible writing by students enrolled in our classes. The title of … Continue reading

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