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Brandon M. Schechter Awarded AHA's Paul Birdsall Prize for "The Stuff of Soldiers"

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Brandon M. Schechter (HI Research Affiliate; Visiting Assistant Professor, NYU-Shanghai) received the American Historical Association's Paul Birdsall Prize for his The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects (Cornell University Press).

Irina Reyfman and Andrew Kahn Translate Radishchev for the Russian Library

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Irina Reyfman (Professor and Chair, Slavic Languages) is co-translator with Andrew Kahn (University of Oxford) of Alexander Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow, one of the most important works to come out of the age of Catherine the Great. The translation was published in the Russian Library by Columbia University Press.

In Memoriam. Stephen F. Cohen (1938-2020)

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Stephen F. Cohen, eminent historian, distinguished alumnus of the Russian Institute, and member of the Harriman Institute National Advisory Council, died at his home on Manhattan's Upper West Side, on September 18, 2020.

Padma Desai's "Russian Political Humor in Comparative Perspective" Published in The International Economy

Monday, October 19, 2020

Padma Desai's (Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor Emerita of Comparative Economic Systems) "Russian Political Humor in Comparative Perspective" appears in the Summer 2020 issue of The International Economy.

VIRTUAL EVENT. The Russian Empire and International Law

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 12:00pm EDT

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar (register here) and streamed via YouTube Live. Please join us for a the inaugural event of the "Russia's Worlds" lecture series. Peter Holquist (Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania) will discuss his forthcoming book project "'By Right of War': The Discipline and Practice of International Law of War in Imperial Russia, 1868-1917" alongside Will Smiley (Assistant Professor of the Humanities, University of New Hampshire), who will present his work on "Slaves, Prisoners, and International Law between the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1739-1878." The two presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion and a brief Q&A.

Kent Takes on Russian Disinformation in an IPA Podcast and Panel for the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong

Friday, October 16, 2020

Thomas Kent (International and Public Affairs) joined The Cognitive Crucible (Information Professionals Association) to talk about his recent book, Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation. The wide-ranging discussion covers the origins of Radio Free Europe, ethics, and election meddling.

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Working Papers

Tsveta Petrova, "From Solidarity to Survival: The Motivational Life Cycle of Transnational Activism"

Jesse Dillon Savage, "Political Survival and International Hierarchy: Evidence from Post-Soviet Georgia"

Fredrik M. Sjoberg, "Making Voters Count: Evidence from Field Experiments about the Efficacy of Domestic Election Observation (Harriman Working Paper, no. 1)

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