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Please contact Communications Manager Ronald Meyer for all media requests and inquiries. He can be reached at rm56@columbia.edu or (212) 854-6218.

Announcements

Book Talk. Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World by Anna Procyk

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 12:00pm

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program and the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Anna Procyk of her book Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Europe and the Birth of Moder

Mark Lipovetsky Awarded Special Andrei Bely Prize for His Contributions to Russian Literature

Friday, December 6, 2019

Mark Lipovetsky, Professor of Slavic Languages, has been awarded the Andrei Bely Prize for his many contributions to the field of Russian literature.

Exhibit Opening. Vintage: Eastern Bloc 1964

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Please join us for the opening reception of the exhibit Vintage: Eastern Bloc 1964, a photo essay documenting the travels of two young Americans behind the Iron Curtain by photographer Hope Herman Wurmfeld.

A Tribute to Mark L. von Hagen (1954-2019)

Friday, January 31, 2020 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Please join us in celebrating the life and career of Mark L. von Hagen, Director of the Harriman Institute from 1995 to 2001.

Culture as a Cold War Weapon: A Student Conference

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 9:30am - 5:00pm

Please join the European Institute, the Department of History, and the Harriman Institute for a student conference organized as part of Professor Victoria Phillips's courses "Cold War Power" and "Women as Cold War Weapons." Registration is required.

The Ranking Game from a Hungarian Perspective

Monday, March 9, 2020 - 12:00pm

Please join us for a talk with Péter Érdi, author of Ranking: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play (Oxford University Press, October 2019). Human beings are competitive. We like to see who is stronger, richer, better, more clever. Since humans (1) love lists, (2) are competitive, and (3) are jealous of other people, we like ranking. Ranking reflects the reality, illusion, and manipulation of objectivity.

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