Columbia University in the City of New York
Logo

East Central European Center

The East Central European Center promotes the study of the  nations and peoples located between Germany and Russia and between the Baltic and Aegean seas. Established in 1954 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, it was the first academic unit in any major U.S. academic institution to deal exclusively with East Central Europe.

Coming Up

Book cover. Image links to event page.
Synthesizing Socialism: Music and Reconstruction in Early Cold War Poland
February 10 @ 12:00 pm
Chamber musicians in Prague. Image links to event page.
Eastern European Chamber Music
February 11 @ 12:00 pm
Gail Archer's headshot. Image links to event page.
Eastern European Songs, with Gail Archer
February 12 @ 6:00 pm
Modern and Radical book cover. Image links to event page.
Book Talk. “Modern and Radical: Politics, Culture, and Socialization of Jewish Youth in Interwar Poland”
February 24 @ 6:00 pm
Nonaligned Imagination book cover. Image links to event page.
Book Talk. “Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs”
February 26 @ 6:00 pm
Image from a protest in Bulgaria. Image links to event page.
Bulgaria, Democracy and Civic Space: Ongoing Lessons for the Region about Reclaiming the Promise of Democracy
March 3 @ 12:00 pm
Roman Perucki playing the organ. Image links to event page.
Roman Perucki, Organ
March 12 @ 6:00 pm
Image links to event page.
Exhibit. Light and Whispers: Images and Poems from Poland
March 25
Image links to event page.
Exhibit Opening Reception. Light and Whispers: Images and Poems from Poland
March 25 @ 6:00 pm

East Central European Center

Latest News
Load Older Posts →

Past ECEC Events

Viktor Orbán in the circle of the members of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Image links to event page.
The New Patronage: Artists and the Far-Right in the Global Culture Wars – Lessons from Orbán’s Hungary
February 9 @ 12:00 pm
Image links to event page.
The Censored Romantic
November 12, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Memory Burn book cover. Image links to event page.
“Memory Burn”: A Reading and Discussion with Marek Torčík
October 22, 2025 @ 12:15 pm
Image of a 5 point star made of scissors. Image links to event page.
Revolutionary Yugoslavia: Partisan Art, Archives and Film
October 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Film poster. Image links to event page.
Film Screening & Discussion. “Walter Defends Sarajevo”
October 10, 2025 @ 5:30 pm
Caucasian carpets, Tbilisi/Georgia, March 2023. Image links to event page.
Peripheral No More: Rethinking Norm Diffusion through the Post-Soviet Experience
October 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Headshot of Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. Image links to event page.
World Leaders Forum: Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President of North Macedonia
September 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Jennifer Croft's headshot. Image links to event page.
On Being in Between: Postcards, Pregnancy, Travel, and Translation
September 17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Landscape image from Tallinn, Estonia. Image links to event page.
Exhibit Opening Reception. “Fieldwork: Harriman Students in East-Central Europe and Eurasia”
September 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
Fieldwork: Harriman Students in East-Central Europe and Eurasia
September 15, 2025
Conference cover page. Image links to event page.
Pursuing the Archival White Rabbit: Reflections on Several Research Detours into Microhistory and Jewish History
May 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Image of protestors in Bulgaria. Image links to event page.
Changing Legal Environment for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: Warnings and Lessons from Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria
May 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm

All ECEC Events >>

ECEC Faculty

No results found.

Contact the East Central European Center

Send an email or call 212-854-4623. You can also reach out to one of ECEC’s current co-deputy directors.

logo