Irina Reyfman

Professor of Russian

Columbia University

712 Hamilton

212-854-5696

ir2@columbia.edu

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18^th- and 19^th-century Russian literature, cultural history, semiotics of culture

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EXHIBIT. Chinghiz Aitmatov at 90: Photography by Askarbek Abdygulov

Thursday, November 29, 2018 to Thursday, December 20, 2018

The Harriman Institute, the Kyrgyz American Foundation, and the American University of Central Asia present this exhibit featuring works by photographer by Askarbek Abdygulov. Abdygulov presents unique moments from the life and work of renowned Soviet and Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov starting in 1971 and continuing almost to the end of Aimatov’s life.

“The Original Is Unfaithful to the Translation”: On Translation and Its Discontents

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

In this talk and reading of translations of classical and contemporary Russian poets (including Elena Shvarts, Vladimir Aristov, Alik Rivin, and Alexander Griboyedov), Julia Trubikhina and Betsy Hulick, partners in crime and co-translators, will talk about their

A Reading with Award-Winning Romanian Author Ioana Pârvulescu

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Please join the Romanian Cultural Institute, the Harriman Institute, the East Central European Center, and the Romanian Language Institute for a close-up with one of Europe’s most versatile talents and her celebrated work.

Prof. Rebecca Kobrin Publishes Opinion Pieces on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting in The Guardian and CNN

Monday, November 12, 2018

Professor Rebecca Kobrin co-authored a piece in The Guardian comparing anti-semitism in the US and the UK in the wake of the Squirrel Hill shooting. Professor Kobrin also published an op-ed with CNN.

"The U.S. Midterms: What’s at Stake for the Kremlin?" by Lincoln Mitchell and Tinatin Japaridze

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Lincoln Mitchell (Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies) and Tinatin Japaridze (MARS -REERS) published an op-ed in the Moscow Times on "The U.S. Midterms: What's at Stake for the Kremlin?" (Nov. 1, 2018).

Book Talk. Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan by Artemy M. Kalinovsky

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 12:00pm

Please join us for a talk with Artemy Kalinovsky (University of Amsterdam) about his recent book Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan (Cornell University Press, 2018). RSVP required to Elidor Mehilli at em705@hunter.cuny.edu

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