Alla Smyslova

Senior Lecturer, Slavic Languages; Director, Russian Practicum

Columbia University

708 Hamilton

212-854-8155

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Announcements

VIRTUAL EVENT. Voices from Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 12:00PM ET

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here). Please join us for an event organized by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. Featuring Hasan Hasanović, head of research at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial and himself a genocide survivor, and Ann Petrila, professor of practice and coordinator of Global Initiatives at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work.

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess on ABC Action News

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess (Associate Professor of Practice, Teachers College) shares her experiences of surviving the Bosnian genocide with ABC Action News.

Timothy Frye Publishes New Book: "Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia"

Monday, April 5, 2021

Timothy M. Frye published Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia (Princeton University Press, April 2021) a book that looks beyond Putin to analyze how Russia functions. Read an excerpt in Foreign Affairs

Thomas Kent Writes on the First Critical Hours of Disinformation (CEPA)

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Thomas Kent (Adjunct Associate Professor, International & Public Affairs) writes on the critical early hours for disinformation response (Center for European Policy Analsysis, March 31, 2021).

VIRTUAL EVENT. Watching the Detectives—Strategies and Tactics of Police Oversight in Russia

Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 12:00pm ET

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Please join us for the inaugural event of our Rule of Law speaker series, a presentation by Lauren A. McCarthy (University of Massachusetts Amherst).

VIRTUAL EVENT. The Russian Private Sector Today: Challenges and Prospects in a Post-Pandemic World

Monday, April 12, 2021 - 12:00pm ET

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Join us for a meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Series, jointly hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. This event brings together a panel of experts to discuss the current state of Russia’s private sector and the challenges it faces. The panel will examine how government policies have impacted state-business relations and shaped the business environment, focusing on the ways firms can lobby for more responsive policies. We will also explore how the COVID-19 crisis affected the private sector and its prospects for recovery.

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