Russian Studies at Harriman
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.
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Russian Studies Faculty
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Knar Abrahamyan
Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race
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Alexandra Birch
Mellon Teaching Fellow at the Harriman Institute; Lecturer in History
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Peter Clement
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
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Alexander A. Cooley
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science & Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers, Barnard College
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Catherine Evtuhov
Professor of History
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Timothy M. Frye
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
![Keith Gessen](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Gessen-Keith-Original-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Keith Gessen
George T. Delacorte Assistant Professor of Magazine Journalism
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Elise Giuliano
Senior Lecturer in Political Science; Director of the MARS-REERS Program; Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations
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Marina Grineva
Lecturer in Russian
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Valentina Izmirlieva
Director, Harriman Institute; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Anna Katsnelson
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
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Thomas Kent
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
![Liza Knapp](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/headshot_Knapp-Liza-square-300x300.jpeg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Liza Knapp
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages
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Adam Leeds
Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
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Mark Lipovetsky
Professor and Chair, Department of Slavic Languages