Research Regions
Balkans
Columbia University has been the training ground and intellectual home for many prominent scholars and specialists on the Balkans.
Central Asia
The study of Central Asia at Columbia is closely linked to the teaching and research of Edward A. Allworth (1920-2016), a distinguished pioneer in Central Asian Studies.
East Central Europe
Training students in the knowledge of peoples and problems of the nations lying between Germany and Russia and between the Balkan and Aegean seas since 1954.
Russia
Established as the Russian Institute in 1946, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University is one of the world’s leading academic institutions for the study of Russia in all disciplines, from literature and culture to history and politics.
Ukraine
The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University aspires to build a vibrant and multi-faceted program that integrates Ukrainian studies into broader intellectual and policy agendas while promoting research and scholarly work on contemporary Ukraine in the United States.
