The World History Center and the Center for the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union are bringing BORIS KAGARLITSKY to five New England venues. He will speak on the contemporary situation in Russia at all these presentations. The presentation schedule is:
Nov. 3rd, Tues., 2:00 at Northeastern University as part of the World History Seminar: event is free and open to the public (teachers are welcome to bring their students). It will be held in 240 Eagan. Contact person is Jeffrey Sommers <jsommers at lynx.neu.edu>, coordinator of the World History Center <www.whc.neu.edu>. Co-sponsors are the NU department of Journalism, Modern Languages, Political Science, and the Gorbachev Foundation of North America.
Nov. 4th, Wed., 12:30 at Harvard, Bergson Room on the Second Floor of the Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge Street. For information call Elsa Ransom at (617) 495-4037.
Nov. 4th, Wed., 5:00 Tufts, Raab Rm. of Lincoln Filene Ctr., contact is David Mulholland <dmulholl at emerald.tufts.edu>.
Nov. 5th, Thurs., 4:00, Yale. Contact administrative assistants of Professor Ivo Banac at (203) 432-3423.
Nov. 6th, Fri., noon, Brown U., with participation of Sergei Khrushchev, Watson Institute Conference Room, 2 Stimson Ave. Contact persons are: Leslie Brown <Leslie _Baxter at brown.edu> and Jean Lawlor <Jean_Lawlor at brown.edu>.
For a sampling of Boris Kagarlitsky's recent commentary go to the following web sites:
"The banks have run out of money and the shops have run out of goods. This time it is the Russian elite who have lost everything and the IMF has only limited prospects of bailing them out. Boris Kagarlitsky assesses what the future holds..." http://www.redpepper.org.uk/month.html
"Boris Kagarltisky's testimony on Sept. 10, 1998 to the Banking Subcommittee of the US Congress on the IMF and impact of structural reform policies on Russia" http://www.preamble.org/IMF/kagarlit.htm
"Russian Students: Optimism Has Turned to Anger" http://www.thenation.com/backissu.htm
"Cost of maintaining U.S.-friendly 'stability' in Russia is going up" http://messenger-inquirer.com/perspective/e7185.htm