by Baxter Speed | Jan 5, 2019 | MARS-REERS, News, Read, Russia, Student, Student Spotlight
Tinatin Japaridze (MARS-REERS ’19) is enrolled in the Harriman’s BA/MA program, which allows Columbia undergraduates to begin coursework for their master’s degree in their senior year, as they complete undergraduate degrees in their respective departments. The...
by Baxter Speed | May 15, 2018 | Central Asia, MARS-REERS, News, Read, Russia, Student, Student Spotlight
When Andres Fernandez (MARS-REERS ’18) first visited Hungary through an American Field Service exchange program during the 2010-11 academic year, he fell in love with the country. But he was also shocked by the blatant anti-Semitism, racism and nationalism that he...
by Baxter Speed | Feb 8, 2018 | News, Read, Russia, Student, Student Spotlight
Sarah Calderone (SIPA ’18) has been interested in the treatment of migrants in Russia since 2012. That year, as a junior at Drew University, she received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. State Department to study Russian in Vladimir—a small city...
by Baxter Speed | Nov 17, 2017 | Humanities, News, PhD, Read, Student, Student Spotlight
Miriam Schulz, Ph.D. Candidate in Yiddish Studies and winner of the 2017 Hosenfeld/Szpilman Prize, is featured in the Student Spotlight on the website of Columbia’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Two excerpts from the interview: What drew you to...
by Baxter Speed | May 16, 2017 | ECEC, Humanities, News, Read, Student, Student Spotlight
When Maria Snegovaya, a doctoral candidate in Columbia’s Department of Political Science, started researching the rise of the radical and populist right in Eastern and Central Europe back in 2013, she had no idea just how globally relevant the topic would become....
