by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Sep 18, 2026 | Awards, Faculty, News, Read
Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law, is the recipient of the 2026 Bielefeld Science Prize from the Sparkasse Bielefeld Foundation. Awarded every two years, the €25,000 prize recognizes outstanding scholars for their interdisciplinary...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Sep 10, 2026 | Awards, News, Student, Ukraine
A warm congratulations to our student Yana Balanchuk (MARS-REERS ’27), who was selected for the inaugural cohort of Columbia Global Scholars. She plans to pilot a Ukrainian parliamentary simulation and policy lab to train Ukrainian students in practical...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Aug 20, 2026 | ECEC, Faculty, News, Read, Watch
In an interview with euronews.Bulgaria, Valentina Izmirlieva (Director, Harriman Institute; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures) discusses the Harriman Institute’s role as a leading center for the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, the impact of...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Jul 28, 2026 | ECEC, Faculty, Faculty Spotlight, News, Read, Spotlights
Mathias Fuelling, István Deák Lecturer in the Discipline of History, is an historian of economic planning, socialism, and the nation-state in modern Europe. He received his Ph.D. in History from Temple University in the autumn of 2025. His dissertation, The Forgotten...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Jul 17, 2026 | ECEC, Faculty, Faculty Spotlight, News, Read, Spotlights
Iaroslav Kovalchuk, Visiting Lecturer in History, is a historian and political scientist specializing in Soviet history and the borderlands of Western Ukraine. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla...
