Mikhail Shishkin in Residence at Columbia
Shishkin teaches graduate seminar on "Classics and Politics in Russian Literature."
Beyond Pure Reason by Boris Gasparov
Winner of Columbia's 2013 Lionel Trilling Book Award
Governing the World
by Mark Mazower
Adam Zamoyski, writing for the Literary Review, says that this is "a book that needed to be written [...] The story is a fascinating one, and Mazower tells it with authority and verve...
Warlords
by Kimberly Marten
Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine...
The Balkan Prospect: Identity, Culture and Politics in Greece after 1989
by Vangelis Calotychos
This book views the fall of the Iron Curtain and its significance from the perspective of Greece, which, in 1989, was alone among nations to be both in 'the European family' and...
Anna Akhmatova, My Half-Century
Edited by Ronald Meyer
This collection includes Akhmatova's letters, essays on Pushkin, diatribes against the Stalinist establishment, rousing wartime broadcasts, and encounters with fellow poets.
Harriman 2013 Graduates
Saluting our 2013 MARS, Certificate, & Undergraduate Community Graduates
Lynn Garafola
Awarded NYPL Cullman Center and Guggenheim Fellowships
Holly Decker Awarded 2013 Director's Prize
MARS 2013 Graduate
The 2013 Director's Prize recognizes dedication and service to the Harriman Institute
The Time of a Great Dream: American Artists’ Gift to the Jewish Autonomous Region of the...
An Exhibit at the Harriman Institute
May 6 - June 30
Rank and Style: Russians in State Service, Life and Literature
by Irina Reyfman
Ranging from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, the essays in Rank and Style focus on the interaction of life and literature.

The Harriman Institute at Columbia University is one of the world's leading academic institutions devoted to Russian, Eurasian and East European studies. Our mission is to serve our community at the university and beyond by supporting research, instruction, and dialogue, sponsoring vibrant and multidiscilpinary events that bring together our extraordinary resources of faculty, students, and alumni. Most importantly, we are committed to training the next generation of regional specialists to play leadership roles in setting the academic and scholarly agenda, making policy and challenging accepted truths about how we study our rapidly changing world.

May
24
Friday, May 24, 2013
Holly Decker Awarded 2013 Director's Prize
Holly Decker, MARS graduate, awarded the 2013 Director's Prize for Dedication and Service to the Harriman Institute
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May
22
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Harriman Alum Ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. Earns Ph.D.

A warm congratulations to our alum Ambassador Jack Matlock, who earned his Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures this spring after a long and distinguished career in the Foreign Service. Read more about it here.

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May
22
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In Memory of Peter H. Juviler

The Harriman Institute sadly mourns the passing on May 20, 2013 of our friend and colleague Peter H.

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May
22
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
2013 Graduates
Saluting our 2013 Harriman MARS, Certificate, & Undergraduate Community Graduates!
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May
8
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Mikhail Shishkin in Residence at Columbia
Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin teaches graduate seminar on "Classics and Politics in Russian Literature."
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May
6
Monday, May 6, 2013 to Sunday, June 30, 2013
Exhibit: The Time of a Great Dream: American Artists’ Gift to the Jewish Autonomous Region of the USSR
Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm
Harriman Atrium, 12th Floor IAB, 420 West 118th Street, New York

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Jun
17
Monday, June 17, 2013
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
9:00pm
Film Society of Lincoln Center Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65th Street)
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin as president of Russia. The vote followed months of mass protests that challenged Putin's rule.
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Jun
18
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
7:00pm
IFC Center (323 Sxith Avenue)
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin as president of Russia. The vote followed months of mass protests that challenged Putin's rule.
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