Alla Smyslova

Senior Lecturer, Slavic Languages; Director, Russian Practicum

Columbia University

708 Hamilton

212-854-8155

as2157@columbia.edu

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Mark Mazower Contributes Review Essay on Eric Hobsbawm to NYRB

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Mark Mazower (Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies; Director, Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination) reviews Richard Evans' Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History for the New York Review of Books (July 23, 2020).

Aleksandar Bošković to Co-Direct East Central European Center

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Aleksandar Bošković has joined Christopher Harwood to co-direct our East Central European Center.

Kimberly Marten Delivered Congressional Testimony

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Kimberly Marten testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment. Her testimony centered on how the Russian political system works today, the role of the military intelligence agency (the GRU), and the role of the Wagner Group “private” military company and Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. Read and watch the testimony.

Timothy Frye: "What's Vladimir Putin's Endgame?"

Monday, July 6, 2020

Timothy M. Frye discusses Vladimir Putin's incentives for staying in power in the Washington Post's "Monkey Cage" blog. Read the article.

John Anthony McGuckin Publishes History of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

John Anthony McGuckin (Nielsen Emeritus Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Union Theological Seminary) has published The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History (Yale University Press, 2020).

Grady Vaughan (MARS-REERS '21) Publishes "Storms Sparks Activism among Turkmen Diaspora” in The Diplomat

Monday, June 29, 2020

Grady Vaughan (MARS-REERS '21) writes in the Diplomat that although Turkmen at home and abroad rarely protest, the botched responses to natural disasters and the pandemic have led to a surge of activism.

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