Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Mariya Chukhnova (MARS-REERS '20)

Mariya Chukhnova is a BA/MA student at the Harriman Institute. This year she received the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Fellowship recognizes outstanding students born in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Read the spotlight.

Student Spotlight: Dante Matero (MARS-REERS '20)

"My central question is: What makes a successful asylum application in New York City for a Russian LGBT person, and how has that changed since Trump’s election?" Read more.

Student Spotlight: Nigina Khaitova (SIPA ’20)

Nigina Khaitova (SIPA ’20) was a Harriman Institute’s 2019 Civil Society Fellow. She is President of SIPA Eurasia Group and focuses on human rights, the United Nations, and East Central Europe. Read the spotlight.

Student Spotlight: Colleen Wood (GSAS)

"Ideally, the things I write and think about can be brought into the real world." Read more about the 2019 NSF fellow.

Student Spotlight: Katy Swartz (SIPA ’19)

"While living in Bulgaria I realized that what we know, learn and understand about Eastern Europe is both limited and often times flawed." Read more.

Student Spotlight: Justin Key Canfil (GSAS)

Justin Key Canfil is a fifth-year doctoral student in Columbia’s Department of Political Science with a minor in international law. His dissertation explores the relationship between military technological change and arms control, focusing on patterns in Cold War discussions over new technologies. Read more.

Student Spotlight: Jennifer Ginsburg (MARS-REERS, ‘19)

"I think regional and linguistic knowledge, and an understanding of the nuances of the region, is so important for the formulation of effective policy and effective responses to regional challenges." Read more here.

Student Spotlight: Tinatin Japaridze (MARS-REERS '19)

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 nontraditional approach proved a perfect match for Japaridze, who came to the Harriman from the School of General Studies (GS).

Student Spotlight: Andres Fernandez (MARS-REERS ’18)

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 observed from the people around him, including his host father. A few years later, he had a similar experience in Russia. Read more.

Student Spotlight: Sarah Calderone (SIPA '18)

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 about 120 miles outside of Moscow. Calderone spent two months there, and was struck by the negative attitude toward migrants that she encountered. Read more.

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Announcements

VIRTUAL EVENT. Book Talk. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West by Catherine Belton

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 12:00pm EDT

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Please join us for a talk with journalist Catherine Belton, author of the book Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 23, 2020), joined by discussant Timothy Frye, Marshall Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Department of Political Science, Columbia University. Moderated by Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute.

Mark Andryczyk on the Evolution of Ukrainian Culture

Monday, June 1, 2020

Mark Andryczyk, Associate Research Scholar, Ukrainian Studies Program, traces independent Ukraine's cultural trajectory at Eurasianet.org.

David Stark Publishes "Tested and Being Tested in Pandemic Times" in Sociologica

Monday, June 1, 2020

David Stark (Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology) published his article "Testing and Being Tested in Pandemic Times" in the May 2020 issue of the journal Sociologica.

Alexander Cooley on Trump's Decision to Pull out of the WHO

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Harriman Director Alexander Cooley, with co-author Daniel Nexon, published "Trump Says the U.S. Will Pull Out of the World Health Organization. China Will Happily Fill the Void," on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog. The authors draw on arguments from their new book, Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order. This is an updated version of an article published in April 2020.

VIRTUAL EVENT. Matvei Yankelevich's New Translation of Pushkin's Feast During the Plague

Friday, June 5, 2020 - 3:00pm EDT

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Please join us for a discussion with translator Matvei Yankelevich, who will read his translation of Pushkin's 1830 play Feast During the Plague (Пир во время чумы). Professor Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) will moderate the discussion.

COVID-19 Guide for the Columbia Community

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The Columbia University COVID-19 Resource Guide gathers information on all aspects of the coronavirus and its effects. Topics range from Health FAQs and Health Advisories to information about teaching and learning remotely and current research.

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