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Harriman Lectures

The Annual W. Averell Harriman Lectures were inaugurated in 1989 to honor the memory of our principal benefactor. Each year a preeminent scholar, political figure, or cultural luminary in some way related to our area of study delivers a major address for the entire Columbia University community and many other guests.

Past Lectures

Free Expression in the Age of Security Threats: A View from the Catbird Seat
February 23, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
A New Cold War? Russia’s New Confrontation with the West
April 8, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
The Economics and Politics of Russia’s Stagnation 2.0
February 12, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
Ismail Kadare. Literature and Tyranny
April 17, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
Imre Kertesz. A Dialogue with Ivan Sanders
October 21, 2004
Vojislav Kostunica. The Quest for the Rule of Law: The Yugoslav Case
September 13, 2002
Mikhail Gorbachev. Russia: Today and the Future
March 11, 2002
Moshe Lewin. The USSR: Three Historical Probes
October 19, 2000 @ 8:00 am
Helmut Schmidt. The 21st Century in Europe: Risks, Opportunities, and Probabilities
November 22, 1999 @ 5:30 pm
Katherine Verdery. The Political Lives of Dead Bodies
December 1, 1997 @ 5:00 pm
Andrei Sinyavsky. The Russian Intelligentsia
February 1, 1996 @ 5:00 pm
Ernest Gellner. The Meaning of the Century
October 25, 1994 @ 5:00 pm
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