The Harriman Institute

Cathy Popkin Awarded Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Cathy Popkin, Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities, has been awarded a Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award.

The awards, established by University Trustee Gerry Lenfest (LAW’58, HON’09) in 2005, are given annually to faculty of unusual merit, across a range of activities—including scholarship, University citizenship and professional involvement—with a primary emphasis on the instruction and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students.

David Stark's "The Sense of Dissonance" Published in Japanese Translation
Monday, 23 January 2012

David Stark's "The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life" has just been published in Japanese translation. Stark is the Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology and International Affairs.

Follow the link to view the dust jacket.

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HI Professor Lincoln Mitchell Interviewed in the World Politics Review
Friday, 16 December 2011

Professor Mitchell discusses the elections in South Ossetia.

To read the interview follow the link below.

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Behind the Porous Curtain: Photography by Anatoly Pronin

Monday, 23 January 2012–Friday, 09 March 2012
Harriman Atrium, 12th floor IAB, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY

Exhibit Opening: Behind the Porous Curtain
Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Harriman Atrium, 12th Floor IAB, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY

The Role of Think Tanks in Public Political Discourse: the U.S. and Russian Experience
Wednesday, 01 February 2012, 12:00pm
Room 1219, International Affairs Building

Medicine and Magic at the Rooftop of the World
Friday, 03 February 2012, 1:00pm–3:30pm
School of Social Work, Room C03