Exhibition Opening

Cosponsored by the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Asia Center

“Here Be Giants: A Quarter-Century of Political-Photographic Explorations of That Broad Swath of the Eurasian Landmass Formerly Known as the Sino-Soviet Space”

Opening talk and slideshow, with reception to follow.

Gwendolyn Stewart, Photojournalist; Center Associate, Davis Center; Research Associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research

Cosponsored by the University Committee on Human Rights Studies and the Northeast Office of Amnesty International USA

“Wars on Terror in the North Caucasus: Politics, Identity, Human Rights”

Screening of the documentary The Crying Sun, followed by discussion.

Ousam Baysaev, Reporter, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty (Chechnya)

Zarema Mukusheva, Videographer, Memorial Human Rights Center, Grozny; Recipient, 2005 Reebok Human Rights Award

Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA

Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, Sakharov Human Rights Fellow; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Chechen State University

Shamil Tangiev, Director, Memorial Human Rights Center, Grozny