Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)
Throughout the academic year, CERES hosts a vibrant series of seminars, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, workshops, symposia and conferences.
To view upcoming events, see CERES' online calendar.
Attendance at some requires an RSVP. Click here to RSVP for an event.
To receive event announcements via email, send your full name, contact information, regional and professional or disciplinary interests to ceres@georgetown.edu.
CERES is committed to providing professional development opportunities for K-12 educators in the metropolitan area. In addition to its regular events calendar, the program offers a special series of workshops designed specifically for educators. Resources from past CERES events for K-12 educators are available here.
Recent Events:
"Why Georgia's Transformation Matters in the Post-Soviet Space"
President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
Thursday, February 2, 2012
10:00-11:15 am, Georgetown University, Gaston Hall
Co-Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, and the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
For a summary and VIDEO: Click here
"Ambassador to the U.S. from Turkey talk about Syria, Iran"
Ambassador Namik Tan
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
12:30-2:00 pm, Georgetown University, Copley Hall
Co-Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES), the Institute for Turkish Studies and the Lecture Fund, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
For a Summary: Click here
"Impressions from the 2011 Valdai International Discussion Club Conference"
Angela Stent and Jeffrey Mankoff
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
12:00-2:00pm, Georgetown University, ICC 7th Floor, Executive Conference Room
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
22nd Annual Nava'i-Nalle Lecture: "The Soviet Empire of Diasporas and the Past and Present of Central Eurasia"
Erik R. Scott
Thursday, December 1, 2011
6:pm, Georgetown University, Riggs Libary
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
"The Golden Age of the Russian Opera: The Mariinsky Theatre 1890-1917"
Rosamund Bartlett
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
12:00-1:00pm, Georgetown University, McGhee Library
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
"The Road Taken: Twenty Years after the Fall of the Soviet Union"
Thursday, November 17, 2011
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Panel 1 Chaired by Angela Stent: “1991 in Perspective: Political, Foreign Policy and Social Implications” with Archie Brown, Andrey Kortunov and Jack Matlock
Keynote Speaker: Lilia Shevtsova
Panel 2 Chaired by William Pomeranz: “How Should We Study the Region Twenty Years After the Fall?” with Stephen Hanson, Charles King, Cynthia Buckley and Valerie Bunce
Woodrow Wilson Center
Co-Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University and the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
For a summary of the event: Click here
For VIDEO: Click here
"Geopolitics, Great Games and Gas: The Ever-changing Status Quo of Eurasian Pipeline Projects"
Corey Johnson
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
12:00-1:00pm, Georgetown University, ICC 7th Floor, Executive Conference Room
Co-sponsored by Science, Technology and International Affairs and BMW Center for German and European Studies and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
"Discovering Perge: Celeberating 65 Years of Excavations on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast"
Inci Delemen
Thursday, November 3, 2011
2:00-4:00pm, Georgetown University, ICC 462
Co-sponsored with the Institute of Turkish Studies and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
SUMMARY: "Homegrown Foreigners: the African Diaspora in Ukraine"
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12:00-1:00pm, Georgetown University, ICC 450
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
SUMMARY: A Discussion with Cristian Diaconescu, Vice-president of the Romanian Senate
Tuesday,September 27, 2011
1:00-2:00 pm McGhee Library 301 ICC
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click here
SUMMARY: "Baltic-Russian Relations: A New Thaw?"
Dr. Nils Muiznieks
Thursday, September 15, 2011
12:00-1:00 pm, Georgetown University, ICC Conference room 462
Sponsored and copyrighted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, CERES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University
For AUDIO: Click Here
SUMMARY: Russia-Europe-United States: Changing Global and Regional Environment
Monday, March 21, 2011
10:00 am-5:00 pm, Georgetown University Conference Center
Co-sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO)