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February 1st 2008 · Prague Watchdog
Calendar of Events - February 2008
This schedule of major events related to the conflict in Chechnya is continuously updated. Announcements for planned or expected events or any other suggestions are most welcome (e-mail: mail at watchdog.cz).
February 5 Chechnya
Date by which Chechen district and city administration heads must determine the exact borders of their districts and cities, by order of the republic's government. More.
February 8 Moscow (Russia)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will visit Moscow.
Februay 12 Russia
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will visit Russia.
February 14 Freiburg (Germany)
Was vom Leben bleibt - Frauen in der kaukasischen Zone Tschetschenien, Inguschetien (What remains of life - women in the Caucasian zone of Chechnya and Ingushetia). Radio documentary (2007) by freelance journalist and author Gisela Erbslöh, who will present the feature and lead a public discussion afterwards. Kommunales Kino im alten Wiehrebahnhof, Urachstr. 40, Freiburg, 8pm. More.
February 14 Cambridge, MA (USA)
Harvard University Seminar: “How Ethnicity Shapes Insurgent Violence: A Matched Analysis of 'Sweep' Operations in Chechnya” (Comparative Politics Seminar, Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop). Speaker: Jason Lyall, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University; Olin Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. CGIS South, Room S354 Address: Davis Center, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. 12.15-2pm. More.
February 18 Austin, TX (USA)
Screening of Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) by Sergei Bodrov. Based upon a short story by Leo Tolstoy, the film tells the story of two Russian soldiers who are ambushed by Muslim rebels in the Caucasus region of Chechnya and taken prisoner by a Chechen, who wants to trade them for his son in a Russian prison. Part of the Chechnya Film Series. University of Texas at Austin campus. Organized by Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Room GRG (Geography Building) 102, 7-9pm. More.
February 19 Liège (Belgium)
Screening of film Alexandra (2007) by Russian director Alexander Sokurov, followed by discussion led by Aude Merlin, North Caucasus specialist and Professor of Political Science at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). She is co-author of the book Tchétchénie : une affaire intérieure? (2005). The event is organized by Amnesty International Belgium. Cinéma ‘Le Parc’ – rue Paul-Joseph Carpay, 22 – 4020 Liège, 8pm. More.
February 23 Deportation Day
The 64th anniversary of the Stalin-era deportations of 650,000 Chechens and Ingushes to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia in 1944. Commemoration and anti-war protest events will take place in various parts of the world.
February 23 Dublin (Ireland)
Chechnya: The Silent Genocide. Presentation by Abdul Karim. University College Dublin Islamic Society, Astra Hall, Student Centre, UCD, 1.30pm. More.
Compiled by Prague Watchdog.
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