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The Untold Stories of Russian History

Harriman Institute Atrium 12th floor International Affairs Building, 420 W 118th St, New York

This exhibition consists of twenty-three original works by Mikhail Magaril, including painting, relief, sculpture, graphic works and collages that reflect the main theme of his work; namely, the traumatic experience of an atmosphere of fear in the Stalinist USSR as seen through the eyes of a child. For Magaril, the artistic process is a way to overcome fear and horror. The use of irony, laughter and mockery help to debunk the "greatness" and "holiness" of tyrants of the past and present.

Conference. Russian Emigration on the Waves of Freedom

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In celebration of the centennial jubilee of the Philosophy Steamer and the 80th anniversary of The New Review / Novyi Zhurnal, this conference focuses on the unknown pages of the intellectual history of Russian émigré culture in the 20th century and the problem of exterritoriality of émigré heritage. This conference seeks to integrate the social, cultural, and intellectual contributions of the multiethnic Russian-language diaspora to world culture.

Dialogues on War: Volodymyr Sheiko and Peter Webber

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Please join us for an episode of the Dialogues on War / Діалоги про війну series organized by PEN Ukraine, featuring Volodymyr Sheiko, general director of the Ukrainian Institute, and film director Peter Webber.

The Russian Public and the War in Ukraine: Support, Unease, and Outrage

Hybrid Event (see Location Note)

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism for an event with Maria Lipman, expert on Russian media and Senior Associate at PONARS Eurasia, in conversation with Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy.

A Conversation with Polish Basketball Legend Kent Washington

501 Schermerhorn Hall Schermerhorn Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York

Join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a conversation with Kent Washington, the first African-American and first American to play professional basketball in Cold War Eastern Europe. Recruited into the top Polish league in 1979, Washington went on to play five seasons in the Solidarity-era communist country. His story told for the first time in his new memoir, Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland, is unprecedented, weaving together professionalism, race, and politics in powerful and daring ways. Washington will appear in conversation with Columbia University Lecturer in Polish Christopher Caes, to be followed by audience Q&A and book-signing.

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