by Ben Hooyman | Jan 30, 2026 | Central Asia, Humanities, News, Russia
The work of Polish-American poet Anna Frajlich (Emerita of the Department of Slavic Languages at Columbia University) was recently featured in a Russian-language release by the Kyrgyzstan Polish Society. Kyrgyzstan is the poet’s birthplace, making the...
by Ben Hooyman | Jan 20, 2026 | Calls, ECEC, News, Ukraine
Translating Ukraine Summer Institute – co-organized by the Harriman Institute of Columbia University and several other premier centers of Ukrainian research around the globe – is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2026 program. Institute organizers are...
by Ben Hooyman | Jan 9, 2026 | ECEC, News, Read
Tatsiana Ziniakova, a legal analyst with Human Constanta, a Belarusian human rights organization that was disbanded by the Belarusian authorities, is the current Harriman-sponsored Human Rights Advocate (2025-26) at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at...
by Ben Hooyman | Jan 5, 2026 | MARS-REERS, News
The application period for the Fall 2026 cohort of the Harriman Institute’s MARS-REERS program will be ending on January 15th. Applications are accepted online only and must include: 10-15 page writing sample Personal statement Resume/CV 3 recommendations GRE...
by Ben Hooyman | Jan 5, 2026 | ECEC, Listen, News, Read
Gail Archer’s new album Dobrich: A Bulgarian Odyssey has received a glowing review from The American Organist magazine. The reviewer, Benjamin Cornelius-Bates, praises the technical skill, novelty, and even humor of Gail Archer’s work, constituted of...
