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Madeleine Albright
RI '68
Principle, The Albright Group LLC; Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2000
"In the '60s, the Russian Institute provided those of us enrolled in the University's Public Law and Government Department a home base: intellectual sustenance, camaraderie, and a sense of purpose. Although, happily, most of what we learned is now archeology, the discipline and love of the subject continue."
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Stephen F. Cohen
RI '69
Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University
"I recall above all, and value even more as the years pass, the wonderfully eclectic collection of senior scholars gathered at the Institute in the 1960s--all of them devoted in their own ways to understanding and teaching about Russia, none of them instilling any orthodoxy in their students, and few of them afflicted by the cold-war passions of the time. I know of no academic institution that could have been a better place to study, then or now."
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Irina Denischenko
HI Certificate '16
Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian CultureVenderbilt University -
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Timothy M. Frye
Columbia University
HI '92
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
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Dana L. Geraghty
HI '13Special Assistant to the Cheif Executive OfficerFoundation for a Just Society
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Franklin E. Gill
RI '59
Former Research Professor of LawThe University of New Mexico School of Law"The experience of working closely with scholars such as John Hazard, Philip Mosely and Henry Roberts was indeed a highlight of my life and provided, I believe, a solid basis for my work in various aspects of international law and relations in later years."
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Elliot R. Goodman
RI '51(deceased)"As a graduate of one of the Russian Institute's earlier classes, I felt part of a groundbreaking experience, and this served as the foundation for my subsequent academic career. I was also fortunate enough that my mentor was Philip Mosely, scholar and superb human being."
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Loren R. Graham
RI '60
Professor of the History of Science MIT
"The Harriman Institute/Russian Institute at Columbia was the formative institution in my intellectual life. Coming there as a beginning graduate student in 1958, I stayed on until I received my Ph.D. in 1963, and three years later joined the history and Russian Institute faculties at Columbia, where I stayed until 1978."
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Hope Harrison
HI ‘91Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University
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Hilary Hemmings
HI '13Senior Grants Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Response UnitInternational Rescue Committee
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Thomas W.Hoya
RI '66Administrative Law JudgeEnvironmental Protection Agency"My education at the Russian Institute under the late Professor John Hazard--for which I am everlastingly greatful--opened up for me a career in government as a lawyer working on trade and environmental relations with the former Soviet Union."
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Dan N. Jacobs
RI '53Professor of Political Science EmeritusMiami University, Oxford, Ohio"The Institute performed a great national service in being for decades the premier facility training specialists to cope with the area of major threat to national security. And while the nature of that threat has been redirected, the area--by nature of its history, huge economic potential, variety and instability--retains its centrality." -
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Riina Kionka
HI '87Cheif Foreign Policy Advisor to the PresidentCouncil of the European Union"For me, the crumbling of the Soviet Union finally forced the Institute to become what it should have been all along, not an institution devoted solely to Russian studies, but one that keeps a finger on the pulse of the plethora of other nations and movements in the area known as the Former Soviet Union."
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William Korey
RI '48 (Deceased)Professor Emeritus of History and former Director of International Policy ResearchB'nai B'rith"The Institute has been invaluable in providing me with both a broad background and highly specialized skills for the several careers I pursued as teacher, researcher and writer."
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George S. N. Luckyj
RI '51(deceased)"I remember with great fondness Philip Mosely, the late director of the Institute and a teacher at Columbia, who encouraged me in my work on 'Litarary Politics in the Soviet Ukraine,' a topic which, in those days, was viewed by some as dealing with 'the lunatic fringe' (Ukraine)."
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Jack F. Matlock Jr.
RI ‘52Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
"The Russian Institute gave me a solid foundation--and a flying start--in a lifelong career dealing with Russia and the Soviet Union. The Institute's interdisciplinary, area-focused approach was ideally suited for one who needed to understand the whole society, not just a single aspect."
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Nemanja Mladenovic
Harriman Certificate '13Associate Director for Budget Operations and ReportingOffice of the Executive Vice President, Columbia University -
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Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy
Barnard College
RI ‘78 (deceased)Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature & Chair, Slavic Department, Barnard College
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Emily O’Dell
HI '10Resident Fellow in Islamic LawAbdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and CivilizationYale Law School
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Jack Perry
RI '58 (deceased)U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1979-81
"Columbia, and the Institute, stand very high on my personal list of Worthwhile Things With Which I Have Been Associated...It was thanks to Columbia that I had the satisfying and rewarding Foreign Service career that I did. Columbia University illuminated the truth of a critical half-century in such a way that the higher interests of humankind could be served. This goes beyond scholarship to wisdom, and is much to be praised."
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Cynthia A. Roberts
HI '92Adjunct Associate ProfessorSchool of International and Public Affairs, Columbia UniversityAssociate Professor of Political ScienceHunter CollegeCity University of New York"Columbia set the standard when I went through, partly because the richness of the Soviet area studies program was combined with a broad and rigorous foundation in political science and even more so because of the exceptional quality of the faculty."
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Stephen S. Rosenfeld
RI '59Deputy Editorial Page Editor (Deceased)
"My two years at the Russian Institute got me a job at The Washington Post, the Moscow Bureau, a wife (an American I met in Moscow), a career, a life."
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Karl W.Ryavec
RI '62Professor Emeritus of Political ScienceUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst"While at the Institute I made strong friendships that I still maintain and established contacts that have been very important to me professionally..."
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Jonathan E. Sanders
RI '76Writer/EditorFormer Moscow Correspondent, CBS News"The Russian Institute was a warm, caring home inside a sprawling university all too often cold and bureacratic, despite its best intentions. Inculcation of a spirit of critical-mindedness was the hallmark of the Russian Institute. The informal cross-fertilization of ideas, discussions in the halls with visiting scholars and students from a wide variety of disciplines, and intense "brown bag" lunchoeons...these were the highlights of my graduate school days." -
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Judith Sedaitis
HI '90Adjunct Assistant ProfessorCUNY New York City College of Technology"The esprit de corps and supportive faculty of the Harriman Institute created a lively forum for exploring the incredible changes in our field during my time there." -
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Jack Snyder
RI ‘78
Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia UniversityActing Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (2005-06)
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Ronald Grigor Suny
RI '65William H Swewell Jr Distinguished University Professor of HistoryUniversity of MichiganProfessor Emeritus of Political Science, The University of Chicago"The Institute was a home as well as a school, the place where we worked with, rather than under, such wonderful mentors as Alex Dallin, Henry Roberts, Marc Raeff, and Leo Haimson."
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Steve Swerdlow
HI '03Central Asia Senior Researcher, Europe and Central Asia DivisionHuman Rights Watch -
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Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
HI '94Lecturer, Sciences PoUnited Nations Development Program Consultant on Gender in Central Asia and the Caucasus"I feel fortunate to have been at the Institute at what was probably the most exciting time ever in our field. It was great to have the daily TV to keep us constantly updated on the tumultuous events taking place. We were also very lucky to have the chance to work with the many visiting scholars in residence from our area of study and to receive Institute fellowship support to travel there ourselves."
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Laura Trimajova
Hi '13Accredited Parliamentary Assistant, Office of Vladimir Bilcik Member of European Parliament
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Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia UniversityColumbia University
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Alexander Vershbow
HI '76Distinguished Fellow Transatlantic Security InitiativeScowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic CouncilFormer Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2012-2016)
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Theodore H. Von Laue
RI '48(Deceased)Jacob and Frances Hiatt Professor of History, emeritusClark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts"Inspired by Professors Mosely and Robinson, I built a career on studying the history of Russia and the Soviet Union."
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Edward W. Walker
HI '92Executive DirectorBerkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet StudiesUniversity of California at Berkeley"The Harriman Institute was critical in enabling me to pursue a career in Soviet and post-Soviet studies. I am very grateful for both the intellectual stimulation and the financial support provided by the Institute and its excellent faculty and staff during my years as a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Columbia." -
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Donald S.Zagoria
RI '49Professor of GovernmentHunter CollegeCity University of New York"The Russian Institute was one of my most important intellectual homes throughout my scholarly career."