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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Douglas Northrop, Memories on the Edge of Disaster: Earthquakes in Central Eurasia, April 26

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CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Douglas Northrop, Earthquakes in Central Eurasia, Apr 26

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Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Douglas Northrop

"Memories on the Edge of Disaster: Earthquakes in Central Eurasia"

4:15-6:00 p.m., April 26

Douglas Northrop is Associate Professor of Modern Central Asian
Studies at the University of Michigan. His first book was entitled
"Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia," examining
early Soviet policy on women and the campaign to unveil women in
Central Asia. The topic of his presentation in this seminar is
connected with his next book project, which is provisionally titled
"Five Days that Shook the World: Earthquakes and Empire on the
Eurasian Frontier."

Room S-153, CGIS South
1730 Cambridge Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia@fas.harvard.edu
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

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