Timothy Frye on Belarus and Authoritarianism in NYT’s The Interpreter
Timothy Frye (Marshall D. Shulman Professor) is quoted extensively in the New York Times’ Interpreter Newsletter (May 28, 2021) about “when strongmen are really weak” in connection with the Belarusian forced landing of a foreign airplane....
Ann Cooper: “Lukashenko’s Hijacking of the Free Press in Belarus”
Ann Cooper writes about the case of Roman Protasevich, urging the world to pair the calls for his freedom with demands for media freedom in Belarus. Read the piece in Nieman Reports.
Alexander Cooley: “How can the World Hold Belarus Accountable?”
Alexander Cooley’s recent post on the Washington Post’s “Monkey Cage Blog” uses the case of recently detained Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich—whose flight from Athens to Vilnius was hijacked by the Belarusian authorities in...
What Does Belarus Teach Us? East European Revolutions from Warsaw and Prague to Kyiv and Minsk
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program and the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Mykola Riabchuk (Institute of Political and Nationalities’ Studies, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Moderated by Mark Andryczyk, Associate Research Scholar, Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute.
Election Observation and the Democratic Uprising in Belarus
Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), New York Chapter with the support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA) for an event with Mary Stegmaier (University of Missouri).
They Will Understand Us in 100 Years. Lazar Khidekel
Please join us for the launch of the bilingual book They Will Understand Us in 100 Years. Lazar Khidekel, published in concert with the first solo exhibition of Lazar Khidekel’s works in his birthplace of Belarus. Featured speakers: Christina Lodder (Malevich Society), book contributors Regina Khidekel (editor) and Maria Kokkori, and exhibition curator Maya Katznelson. Discussion moderated by Olena Martynyuk (Harriman Institute).
Belarus: Looking Forward and Looking East to Russia
This month, our distinguished panelists will bring a comparative perspective to the ongoing anti-regime protests in Belarus. Drawing on current and ongoing research, they will discuss what the several months long movement may mean for the political future of Belarus, Russia, and other countries in the region. Speakers include Aliaksandr Herasimenka (University of Oxford), Olga Onuch (University of Manchester), Katsiaryna Shmatsina (Marshall Fund), and Gerard Toal (Virginia Tech). Moderated by Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute) and Joshua Tucker (NYU Jordan Center).
Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster by Kate Brown
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute and the Columbia University Center for Science and Society for a discussion with Kate Brown, author of Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster (W.W. Norton & Co., March 2020). Moderated by Mark Andryczyk (Harriman Institute).
Liberty and Freedom: Kosciuszko’s Legacy
Please join us for a Virtual International Forum on Freedom and Liberty on the occasion of the 275th anniversary of the birth of Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko. This event is co-sponsored by Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), the Harriman Institute of Columbia University (USA), and European Humanities University (Belarusian university in exile, Lithuania).
