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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Domestic Support for Russia’s War on Ukraine: What We Know
Domestic Support for Russia’s War on Ukraine: What We Know
Russia at the Harriman Institute
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War in Ukraine and Violations of Academic Freedom
War in Ukraine and Violations of Academic Freedom
Georgian Lessons: Russian Propaganda and How to Defeat It
Georgian Lessons: Russian Propaganda and How to Defeat It
Russian Authoritarian Federalism in Time of War
Russian Authoritarian Federalism in Time of War
Film Screening & Discussion. Hey! Teachers!
Film Screening & Discussion. Hey! Teachers!
Book Talk. I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko
Book Talk. I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko
Russian Studies Faculty
Knar Abrahamyan
Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race
Irina Busygina
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Peter Clement
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Alexander A. Cooley
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science & Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers, Barnard College
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
Julia Lajus
Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of History
Marina Ledkovsky (1924-2014)
Professor of Russian Emerita, Barnard College
Adam Leeds
Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
