Student News

Bernhard Kirchner (MARS-REERS '20) Interviewed by Tedo Japaridze for Brussels Morning

Bernhard Kirchner (MARS-REEERS '20) was interviewed by Ambasssador Tedo Japaridze for Brussels Morning about the effects of the pandemic on the world of cybersecurity.

Colleen Wood (GSAS) on Kyrgyzstan Protests in Foreign Policy

Colleen Wood (GSAS), a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, writes about the reasons behind the protests in Kyrgyzstan, and the potential implications. Read the article, "Is This the Beginning of Kyrgyzstan's Next Revolution?" in Foreign Policy.

Daniel Petrick (MARS-REERS '20) Publishes "Letter from the Sharr Mountains" in The Calvert Journal

Daniel Petrick (PepsiCo Junior Fellow, 2019-20) published his "Letter from the Sharr Mountains" in The Calvert Journal. Petrick writes that Kosovar shepherds are fiercely proud of keeping the ancient traditions alive, despite the fact that many were pushed into the trade by the hard realities of postwar economics.

Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20) Writes on the Leap Year Marriage Gap in Ukraine

Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20) writes in Eurasianet on how the Ukrainian superstition that it is unlucky to wed during a leap year is reflected in government demographic data.

Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20) on Ukrainian Census in Eurasianet

Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20) wrote about the failure of Ukraine's recent census attempt for Eurasianet. Read the article.

Grady Vaughan (MARS-REERS '21) Publishes "Storms Sparks Activism among Turkmen Diaspora” in The Diplomat

Grady Vaughan (MARS-REERS '21) writes in the Diplomat that although Turkmen at home and abroad rarely protest, the botched responses to natural disasters and the pandemic have led to a surge of activism.

Mariya Chukhnova Writes on Ukrainian Migrant Workers in the EU for Eurasianet

Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20) contributed a short piece to Eurasianet on the increase of labor migration in the EU as a response to the Ukrainian government's inability to rein in corruption, the eased restritctions in the EU, and the war with Russia and annexation of Crimea, which turned workers westward.

Dante Matero (MARS-REERS '20) Publishes Article on RUSA LGBT in New York Women's Bar Association

Dante Matero (MARS-REERS '20) co-authored an article for New York Women's Bar Association on RUSA LGBT, which helps LBGTQ Russian-speaking immigrants seeking asylum on the grounds of sexual minority discrimination.

Tinatin Japaridze ('19) Presented on Cyber Security at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

Tinatin Japaridze (MARS-REERS '19) was selected to present her research at the sixth annual Student Research Conference held by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (May 8, 2020).

Daniel Petrick (MARS-REERS '20): "Return to Kosovo: The Serbs Who Re-Embraced Their Hometown"

Daniel Petrick (MARS '20) writes for Balkaninsight.com about Serbs who have returned to live in Prizren, Kosovo after fleeing at the end of the war in 1999.

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Announcements

Alexander Cooley on Central Asia's Place in a Transforming Global Order

Friday, January 22, 2021

Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon argue that President Biden may not be able to return the U.S. to its position of global dominance, and draw on arguments from their book, Exit from Hegemony, to discuss Central Asia's role in a post-U.S. international order. Read the piece in the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.

VIRTUAL EVENT. Navalny and the Kremlin: Politics and Protest in Russia

Monday, February 1, 2021 - 12:00pm ET

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Join us for a meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Series, jointly hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. In this special session, we consult with leading journalists, academics and communications scholars to analyze the latest political developments, media coverage, and the evolving role of social media in Russia’s protests and opposition.

Yana Gorokhovskaia Writes on Navalny's Return to Russia for The Guardian

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Yana Gorokhovskaia (Harriman Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2016-19) published an analysis in The Guardian of Alexei Navalny's return to Russia and his strategy of appealing to the people, over the heads of Russia's crooked system (January 19).

VIRTUAL FORUM. Liberty and Freedom: Kościuszko's Legacy

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 7:00am - 12:00pm EST (2:00pm - 7:00pm EET)

Please join us for a Virtual International Forum on Freedom and Liberty on the occasion of the 275th anniversary of the birth of Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko. For more information and to register, please click here to view the forum website. This event is co-sponsored by Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), the Harriman Institute of Columbia University (USA), and European Humanities University (Belarusian university in exile, Lithuania).

Gail Archer Interviewed about Teaching Music during the Pandemic and Upcoming Organ Concerts

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Gail Archer (Professor of Professional Practice, Music, Barnard) was interviewed by Straus News, the publisher of 17 weekly NY newspapers, about her career as a female organist, her academic career, teaching music during the pandemic, and her upcoming series of three concerts.

VIRTUAL EVENT. Book Talk. Slow Anti-Americanism: Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia by Edward Schatz

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 9:00am ET

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Please join us for a conversation with Edward Schatz, author of Slow Anti-Americanism: Social Movements and Symbolic Politics in Central Asia (Stanford University Press, January 2021), joined by discussant Colleen Wood (Political Science, Columbia University) and moderator Alexander Cooley (Director, Harriman Institute).

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