Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 23 April
April 2002
Harriman
Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs
Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue
Last Update: 23 April
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| March 31 | 1 Dr. Vladimir
Mau, [Director of the Working Centre for Economic Reform of the
Russian Government and Author The Challenge of Revolution: Contemporary
Russia in Historical Prospective
,
(Oxford University Press)], “Contemporary
Russia: Revolutionary Past And Postindustrial Future.” Room
1510, 12:15pm. Prof. Steven
L. Solnick to chair.
The Children After Communism Series presents Dr. Sally Stoecker [Research Professor Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), American University], “Rescuing Russia's Street Kids: Imperatives and Impediments.” Room 1219 IAB, 4-6pm. |
2 Nina Khrushcheva (Sr. Fellow, World Policy Institute, New School University), “From Tsarina to Madame President: The Making of a First Lady.” Room 1219 IAB, Noon. | 3 Sarah Lindemann (Open Society Fellow), “10 Years of Civil Society Develoment in Siberia: An American Activists Perpsective.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. | 4 Faculty Research in Progress presents Robert Maguire (Slavic Dept.), "Gogol and Babel." Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. | 5 Sumantra Bose (London School of Economics), “Bosnia's Dayton Democracy: Party-System Formation, Federalism, Consociation, and Electoral Integration.” Room 1302 IAB, 12-2pm. | 6 Michael
Beckerman (Musicology, University of California, Santa Barbara) “Is
Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony Czech or American and Who Cares?” Room
403 IAB, 4:00pm. Reception to follow. This event is co-sponsored by the
Harriman Institute and the Slavic Languages Department of the University
of Michigan as part of the 3rd Annual Czech Studies Workshop hosted by the
Harriman Institute, April 5-7, 2002. For more information about the
lecture or the workshop, please contact Kimberly
Elman. . |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Microeconomic Analyses of the Russian Transition Series presents Will Pyle (Middlebury College,) “Measuring the Unofficial Economy in the FSU.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. | 11
ASN Seventh Annual Convention, (Association for the Study of
Nationalities.) “PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND STATES:
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVENTION.” All panel participants must
register with the Program Chair Dr.
Troy McGrath (607.431.4586, fax 607.431.4351) Inquiries should be
addressed to the Convention Director Gordon
N. Bardos. (212 854-4623, fax 212 666-3481.) Mikhail Bezrodnyj (Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University), “Archipelag KULAK: The Image Of A Fist In Russian Culture.” (in Russian). Room 709, Hamilton Hall 6-8pm. |
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ASN Seventh Annual Convention, (Association for the Study of
Nationalities.) “PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND STATES:
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVENTION.” All panel participants must
register with the Program Chair Dr.
Troy McGrath (607.431.4586, fax 607.431.4351) Inquiries should be
addressed to the Convention Director Gordon
N. Bardos. (212 854-4623, fax 212 666-3481.) |
13 ASN Seventh Annual Convention, (Association for the Study of
Nationalities.) “PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND STATES:
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVENTION.” All panel participants must
register with the Program Chair Dr.
Troy McGrath (607.431.4586, fax 607.431.4351) Inquiries should be
addressed to the Convention Director Gordon
N. Bardos. (212 854-4623, fax 212 666-3481.) |
| 14 | 15 Nickolai Butkevich (Research and Advocacy Director at UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the former Soviet Union), “Anti-semitism and Other Forms Of Intolerance In Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:30-1:30pm. | 16 Student
Seminar:
A Russian Experiment in Participatory Management: Institutional
Reform for Saratov's Union of Private Entrepreneurs.
Room 1219, 9am.
Stephen Collier (UC Berkeley & HI Fellow), “Soviet City-Building in Neo-Liberal Times: From the Pathology of Certainty |
17 Evgenii Bershtein (HI Postdoctoral Fellow; Russian Dept., Reed College), “Otto Weininger in Russian Revolution.” Room 1219 IAB, 4:15pm. | 18 Faculty
Research in Progress presents Jared Ingersoll,
(Russian Eurasian E European Studies Librarian,) “Romanov's
University: Libraries, Books, and Learning in Imperial Russian
Prisons.”
Room
1219 IAB, 12-2pm.
The Caspian Project and The Harriman Institute present: “Georgia: Challenges and Porspects Ahead.” Dr. David Gamkrelidze, M.P. & Pikria Chikhnadje, M.P. (New Rights Party Parliamentary Faction, Georgia. Room 1510 IAB 4-6pm. |
19 Microeconomic Analyses of the Russian Transition Series presents Judy Thornton, (University of Washington,) “Federalism and Investment: The View from Below.” Tables for the talk. Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. | 20 |
| 21 | 22 Series
Roundtable on Language Policy and Language Situation in Ukraine
presents: Dr. Halyna Yavorska (National Institute of Problems of
International Security, State Expert in Global Security and European
Integration), “Modern Ukrainian Standardization: Linguistic Evidence
and Cultural Implication.” Room 1510 IAB, 12-2pm.
Andreas Andrianopoulos, (Visiting Onassis Foundation Scholar), “Religion, Politics, and Oil in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus.” Room 1219 12-2pm. Co-sponsored by the Onassis Foundation USA. Milorad Pupovac, (University of Zagreb, Croatia), “Minority Politics in Southeastern Europe.” Room 1219 IAB, 4-6 pm. |
23 | 24 CANCELLED Microeconomic
Analyses of the Russian Transition Series presents Mark Foley (William Davidson Institute), “The
Effect of Health on the Survival Mechanisms of the Elderly in Russia.”
Room 1219 IAB 12-2pm.
Faculty Research in Progress Series presents David Goldfarb (Assistant Professor, Slavic Dept., Barnard College), “Fircyk: The Cultural Semiotics of the Overdressed Pole.” Room 1219 IAB. 4:15pm. |
25 Dubravko
Lovrenovic, (University of Sarajevo,) “The Balkans as a
Transition Zone in Medieval European Culture.”
Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm.
Special Film Presentation: “The Assassination of Russia.” A politically charged documentary accusing the Russian security services of complicity in the series of apartment bombings in Russia in September 1999. The bombings, which killed approximately 200 people and were blamed on Chechen militants, helped trigger the second Chechen war. The documentary was produced by a French production company and financed by Boris Berezovsky. Sergei Yushenkov, co-chair of Liberal Russia and deputy head of the security committee in the Duma, will lead a discussion afterwards. Attendance is limited to members of the Columbia community with valid ID's. Room 1219, 6-8pm. |
26 Harriman Institute Seminar Series on Orthodox Christianity presents Inna Naletova, Boston University,) "Forgiving or Forgetting? The Orthodox Church and the Memory of the Soviet Past." Room 1219 IAB 3-5 pm. | 27 |
| 28 | 29 Shawn Lyons (Assistant Dean, University of Virginia, Charlottesville), “Otabek Returns : Jadidist Problems in Modern Uzbekistan.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:30-2 pm. | 30 Alexander Etkind (European University at St. Petersburg), “Sex, Sects and Texts: The Golden Cockerel and the Silver Dove in a Brave New World.” Room 1219, 12-2pm. | May 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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