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The Geopolitics of Ukraine’s Ceasefire Talks
The Geopolitics of Ukraine’s Ceasefire Talks
Join us for a meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Series, co-hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia.
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Human Rights and Humanitarianism in Contemporary Conflict: Education Under Occupation in Ukraine
Human Rights and Humanitarianism in Contemporary Conflict: Education Under Occupation in Ukraine
Please join the Harriman Institute and the Barnard College Office of the Provost for a lecture by Rachel Denber, part of a series on "Human Rights and Humanitarianism in Contemporary Conflict." Moderated by Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor Political Science and Harriman 4 + 1 Coordinator.
4 events,
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Agency All the Way Down? Central Asian Geopolitics
Agency All the Way Down? Central Asian Geopolitics
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Asel Doolotkeldieva. Moderated by Alexander Cooley.
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Ukraine Between Empire and Nation, 1772-1917: Lessons for Today
Ukraine Between Empire and Nation, 1772-1917: Lessons for Today
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Serhiy Bilenky. Moderated by Mark Andryczyk.
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Hungary: The Worst of Both Worlds?
Hungary: The Worst of Both Worlds?
Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for an event featuring political journalist and Columbia Journalism School M.A. student Iván L. Nagy in conversation with Sándor Ésik.
3 events,
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Prospects for a Sustainable Peace in Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Implications for Energy
Prospects for a Sustainable Peace in Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Implications for Energy
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Edward Verona. Moderated by Natasha Udensiva.
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Planetary Visions in Early Soviet Science and Fiction
Planetary Visions in Early Soviet Science and Fiction
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Maria Chehonadskih. Moderated by Adam Leeds.
3 events,
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Talking to the Russian Elite: Insights and Challenges
Talking to the Russian Elite: Insights and Challenges
Please join the Harriman Institute for a talk with the Harriman Institute's 2025 Klebnikov Civil Society Fellow Farida Rustamova. Moderated by Keith Gessen.
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Wartime Runet and Prigozhin’s Mediated Mutiny: A Cautionary Tale
Wartime Runet and Prigozhin’s Mediated Mutiny: A Cautionary Tale
Please join the Harriman Institute for a Russian History Workshop with Michael Gorham.
2 events,
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Platform Power of News Aggregators: Evidence from Yandex in Russia
Platform Power of News Aggregators: Evidence from Yandex in Russia
Please join the Harriman Institute for a Director's Seminar with Andrey Simonov. Moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva.
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Book Talk. “Cultural Capitalism”
Book Talk. “Cultural Capitalism”
Please join the Harriman Institute for a book launch of "Cultural Capitalism" by Bradley Gorski. Moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva.
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The New Russian Documentary: “The Term”
The New Russian Documentary: “The Term”
Please join The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, the Harriman Institute, the Department of Slavic Languages, and the Film & Media Studies Program at Columbia University School of the Arts for a screening of "The Term". The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Pavel Kostomarov, which will be moderated by Anna Nieman.
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Book Talk. “Mariúpol, última batalla: Una crónica de vida y resistencia”
Book Talk. “Mariúpol, última batalla: Una crónica de vida y resistencia”
Please join the Harriman Institute for a book talk by Argemino Barro. Moderated by Yuri Shevchuk.
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The Cold War, Russia-China Relations, and the Making (and Unmaking?) of Southeast Asia
The Cold War, Russia-China Relations, and the Making (and Unmaking?) of Southeast Asia
Please join us for the latest convening of the the Borton-Mosely Distinguished Lecture Series, jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Harriman Institute, "The Cold War, Russia-China Relations, and the Making (and Unmaking?) of Southeast Asia" featuring Bilahari Kausikan, Former Ambassador-at-Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.
3 events,
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Book Talk. “Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s”
Book Talk. “Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s”
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a presentation of "Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s" (Academic Studies Press, 2024), featuring author Kateryna Zarembo and translator into English Tetiana Savchynska, in conversation with Mark Andryczyk.
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Film Screening & Discussion. “A Rising Fury”
Film Screening & Discussion. “A Rising Fury”
Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at the Harriman Institute for a screening of "A Rising Fury," followed by a discussion with the film director Lesya Kalynska and producer TJ Collins. The post-screening discussion will be moderated by Yuri Shevchuk.
2 events,
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Decarbonizing Central Asia: The Policy and Financing Challenges
Decarbonizing Central Asia: The Policy and Financing Challenges
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Louis Skyner. Moderated by Timothy Frye.
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Waterscapes in Premodern Central Europe: Riverine Landscapes as Conflict Environments
Waterscapes in Premodern Central Europe: Riverine Landscapes as Conflict Environments
Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a lecture by István Deák Visiting Professor András Vadas.
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Russia beyond the Edge: Russian Émigré Perspectives
Russia beyond the Edge: Russian Émigré Perspectives
Please join the Harriman Institute for a panel discussion with Marina Bykova, Caryl Emerson, and Mikhail Epstein. Moderated by Mark Lipovetsky.
1 event,
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Cosmic Resonances and Symbolism – The Legacy of Čiurlionis
Cosmic Resonances and Symbolism – The Legacy of Čiurlionis
Please join the Harriman Institute, the Lithuanian Cultural Institute, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York for a panel discussion and concert.
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Excavating Russian History: Literature Against Oblivion
Excavating Russian History: Literature Against Oblivion
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Sergei Lebedev. Moderated by Mark Lipovetsky.
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Book Launch. “Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism”
Book Launch. “Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism”
Please join the Harriman Institute for a book launch of "Collective Body" by Christina Kiaer. Moderated by Noam Elcott.
3 events,
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Nature Under Fire: How the War Redraws the Ecological Map of Ukraine and the World
Nature Under Fire: How the War Redraws the Ecological Map of Ukraine and the World
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Tetiana Perga. Moderated by András Vadas.
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Very Old Songs About the Most Important: Deconstruction → Nostalgia → Affirmation
Very Old Songs About the Most Important: Deconstruction → Nostalgia → Affirmation
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Ilya Kalinin. Moderated by Mark Lipovetsky.
2 events,
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роетри: A Bilingual Poetry Reading
роетри: A Bilingual Poetry Reading
Please join the Harriman Institute for a bilingual event which will celebrate recent work by poet-translators Inna Krasnoper, Tatiana Krasilnikova, and Venya Gushchin. Work will include original poetry in English, in Russian, translingual and multimedia poetry, and translations between.
2 events,
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Book Talk. “Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination”
Book Talk. “Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination”
Please join the Harriman Institute for a talk by Louis Porter on his book "Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination," winner of the 2024 Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize. Moderated by Yana Skorobogatov.
3 events,
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Conference. “Russia After Putin”
Conference. “Russia After Putin”
This conference presents and discusses the first public findings from a project supported by Columbia's Harriman Institute and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, on "Russia After Putin."
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Two Types of Cosmopolitanism
Two Types of Cosmopolitanism
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Galin Tihanov. Moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva.
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“Young Wolves” Against the “Old Guard”: New Trends in the Regional-Federal Power Dynamics in Russia
“Young Wolves” Against the “Old Guard”: New Trends in the Regional-Federal Power Dynamics in Russia
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Irina Busygina. Moderated by Elise Giuliano.
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“To Go On Living”: Public Reading and Conversation with Narine Abgaryan
“To Go On Living”: Public Reading and Conversation with Narine Abgaryan
Please join the Harriman Institute, Armenian Center, MESAAS, and the Heyman Center for the Humanities for a public reading and conversation with Narine Abgaryan. Moderated by Knar Abrahamyan.
2 events,
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Book Talk. “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine”
Book Talk. “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine”
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a book talk by Danielle Leavitt. Moderated by Mark Andryczyk.
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CANCELLED: Book Talk. “Balkan Cyberia”
CANCELLED: Book Talk. “Balkan Cyberia”
Please join the Harriman Institute for a book talk by Victor Petrov on his recent publication, "Balkan Cyberia," winner of the 2024 Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize. Moderated by Mark Mazower.
2 events,
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Eyeing Moscow from Kishinev: Brezhnev on Stage in Moldavia, 1950-1952
Eyeing Moscow from Kishinev: Brezhnev on Stage in Moldavia, 1950-1952
Please join the Harriman Institute for a Russian History Kruzhok with Donald Raleigh.
