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
Peter Clement
Interim Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Alexander A. Cooley
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science
Catherine Evtuhov
Professor of History
Timothy M. Frye
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
Keith Gessen
George T. Delacorte Assistant Professor of Magazine Journalism
Elise Giuliano
Senior Lecturer in Political Science; Director of the MARS-REERS Program; Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations
Valentina Izmirlieva
Director, Harriman Institute; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Anna Katsnelson
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
Thomas Kent
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Liza Knapp
Professor and Chair, Department of Slavic Languages
Marina Ledkovsky (1924-2014)
Professor of Russian Emerita, Barnard College
Adam Leeds
Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
Mark Lipovetsky
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Kimberly Marten
Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Deborah Martinsen (1954-2021)
Associate Dean of Columbia College; Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
