April 2005 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

April 2005

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 22 Apr

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1 Grigorii Pasko (Editor-in-Chief, Ekologia i pravo & the Galina Starovoitova Fellow in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute, Washington) “Legislation Dealing with State Secrets and the Tactics of its Application in Russia.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

Vera Shevzov ( Smith College) “An Old Symbol and a New Holiday: The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Russia's Day of National Unity.” Room 1219 IAB, 3-5pm.
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3 4 5 “Faces of Kyrgystan’s Yellow Revolution: Slide Show and Discussion.” Room 1219 IAB, 6pm. 6 The Petersburg of Crime and Punishment. Slides by the St. Petersburg Dostoevsky House—Museum, script by Ganna Bograd, formerly of the St. Petersburg Doestoevsky House—Museum. Slavic Department Faculty Roundtable will follow the presentations. Roone Arledge Cinema, 7-9pm. Cosponsored by the Center for the Core Curriculum and The Harriman Institute. 7
8 Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh) “Notes on the Balkanese Cockfight, or Imagining Other Peoples' Communities.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon

Hagueiography: Uncritical Legal Studies of the International Criminal
Tribunal for Yugoslavia.” Harriman Arena 12th Floor @ 6:30pm.
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10 11 Ambassador Ernst- Joerg von Studnitz “From Democracy to Dictatorship? Analyzing Russia under Putin: A View from Germany.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.
12 Georgian “Rose Revolution” Series Presents: Manana Jinjikhashvili (Adj. Prof., Harriman Institute) “Jews in Georgia” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

Open Class Lecture: Zalpa Bersanova,(Institute for Chechen Studies (USA/Moscow)) “The Role of Islam in Contemporary Chechnya.” Room 501A @ 2pm.
13 14 ASN 2005 World Convention.
The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org). 15 ASN 2005 World Convention.
The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org). 16 ASN 2005 World Convention.
The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org).

17 18 Central Asia Series Presents: Colette Harris (Program Director, Women in International Development, Virginia Tech) “Traditional Versus Modern: Family Setups and Gender Identities in Tajikistan.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.
19 The Harriman Institute and The Center For Comparative Literature and Society Present The “Post-Soviet Comparativisms” Series Obrad Savic ( Acting President of The Belgrade Circle NGO) Stranger At The Borders Of Europe . Location: Heyman Center Common Room (2nd Floor) @ Noon . For Directions.

Harriman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship Winner Presentations. Featuring: Tania Asnes: “ Green Lights: Moments from Two Lives,or Searching for the Past in the Present.” Ellen Fisher: “ Willy Brandt's New Ostpolitik: The Causes of the East Policy.” Daniella Litchtman: “ Constructing Identity in the Shadows of the Holocaust: Narrations from Minsk's Survivors.” Jennifer Preissel:TBD. Room 1219 IAB @ 5:30pm.

20 Faculty Research in Progress Series: Mark Mazower (History Department, Columbia) 'Salonica, 1430-1950:Writing the history of a (Post)-Ottoman City.' Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

The Harriman Institute, The Columbia University Department Of Slavic Languages And The Barnard College Department Of Slavic Lagnuages Cordially Invite You To Attend A Reception To Celebrate The Inaugural Issue Of The Birch A Journal Of Slavic Culture, Literature And Politics AMERICA’S FIRST STUDENT-RUN UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF SLAVIC STUDIES. Graduate Student Lounge, Philosophy Hall, 3rd Floor @6:00pm. For More Information E-MAIL: MF2108@COLUMBIA.EDU

21 The Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine Roundtable Series presents a lecture by Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), titled, "Language Preference as a Political Indicator: Results of a Recent Survey in Ukraine." Mr. Fishel will present data from a national survey carried out in Ukraine at the end of 2004. This data, controlled for language to demonstrate differences (or similarities) between Ukrainian- and Russian-speakers, focuses on three main categories of issues: the state of the country, Ukraine's place in the world, and the (then) upcoming presidential election. Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 12pm.

Panel Discussion: “The First 100 Days of Yushchenko's Presidency: An Analysis,” Panelist include: Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), Ambassador NelsonLedsky (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs), and Stephen Nix (International Republican Institute). Moderated by Prof. Mark von Hagen. Location and time: Room 1501, International Affairs Building, 4:00-6:00pm

Film Screening: “Varlam Shalamov: Several of My Lives” (1991, directed by Alexandra Sviridova) The film Varlam Shalamov: Several of My Lives tells the story of Varlam Shalamov, a major twentieth century Russian writer, who spent several years in Stalin's concentration camps. The film weaves together biographical material and the texts of Shalamov's works. The film is in Russian A conversation with the film director, Alexandra Sviridova, will follow. The Harriman Arena @ 6:00pm.
22 The Harriman Institute of Columbia University and The Russian American Cultural Center present: Celebrating Nabokov. Participants: Valentina Izmirlieva (Columbia University) Nina Khrushcheva (New School University) Donald Barton Johnson (UC Santa Barbara) Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Columbia University) Room 1219 IAB @ 2pm. In conjunction with the exhibition “Nabokov in Montreux: Photographs by Horst Tappe.” 23

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25 Anna DiLellio (Former Temporary Media Commissioner, UNMIK) “The Legendary Commander: Postwar Kosovo's Master Narrative.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

The Ukrainian poet Oksana Zabuzhko will present and discuss her work. Oksana Zabuzhko's works include the prizewinning collection of stories Oh Sister, My Sister, and the best-selling Field Work in Ukrainian Sex, which was widely translated in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as four collections of poetry, one in English translation (A Kingdom of Fallen Statues) two volumes of literary criticism, and two collections of essays. She received the Global Commitment Foundation Poetry Prize in 1997, as well as numerous other awards. Harriman Institute, 12th floor, 6:30pm.

The Harriman Institute and the Music Bridges International present New Music in St. Petersburg, a lecture-concert featuring Grigori Korchmar, assisted by Yuval Waldman. Grigori Korchman, born in Baltiysk in Kalinigrad, Russia, is a well-known Russian composer and pianist, having performed with orchestras conducted by M. Jansons, and others. Korchmar is also the vice-president of the St. Petersburg Union of Composers and artistic director of the St. Petersburg Spring festival. Yuval Waldman is an acclaimed Russian-born violinist and conductor. The lecture-concert will take place at the Sulzberger Parlor (Barnard Hall, 3 rd Floor) @ 6 pm.
26 Central Asia Series Presents: Ambassador John O'Keefe ( Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Human Resources , Former U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan 2000-2003) “US Strategic Interests in Central Asia and the Yellow Revolution in Kyrgyzstan.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.
27 Judith Sherman (Retired Family Therapist, Poet, and Author of Say the Name: A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry) “Personal Resistance in Time of Evil - Told by a Holocaust Survivor in Prose and Poetry.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

The Harriman Institute and the Slavic Department of Columbia University Present: Jelena Grigorjeva (Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Slavic Department) “Virtual Identity in the Epoch of Globalization: New Forms of Intertextuality in New Forms of Mass Media.” 713 Hamilton Hall @ 4:00pm.

The Czech Center New York and The Harriman Institute cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Václav Havel: Dissident-President-Citizen, an exhibition of photos by Oldřich Škácha featuring Václav Havel, the former president of the Czech Republic. Oldřich Škácha has been Havel’s personal photographer for more than 30 years. His camera captured the activities of independent intellectuals during the glorious Prague Spring of 1968; the period of Charter 77, a human rights manifesto; and Havel’s life after 1989. Harriman Arena @ 6pm

28 Central Asia Series Presents: Rustem Kadyrzhanov (Visiting Scholar, Indiana University) “Post-Soviet Revolutions: Is Kazakhstan Next?” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

Thomas W. Simons, Jr. (Director, Program on Eurasia in Transition at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell University) “Half a Loaf: The Polish Pope's Church and Polish Politics.” Room 1512 IAB @ 4pm.

29 Irina Boyko (Fulbright Scholar, University of Chicago) “A Military Push or Market-Driven Technological Development: Is this a New Agenda for Russia and the U.S.?” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

:Second Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (TM), BHFF(TM). Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York. The BHFF will showcase the latest works by award-winning Bosnian and Herzegovinian filmmakers, including Pjer Zalica, Ademir Kenovic, Ahmed Imamovic, and others. For detailed schedule and showtimes, please visit the BHFF website (www.bhffnyc.org)or call (201) 865-3030. Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute.
30 Second Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (TM), BHFF(TM). Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York. The BHFF will showcase the latest works by award-winning Bosnian and Herzegovinian filmmakers, including Pjer Zalica, Ademir Kenovic, Ahmed Imamovic, and others. For detailed schedule and showtimes, please visit the BHFF website (www.bhffnyc.org)or call (201) 865-3030. Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute.

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Mar 27	28	29	30	31	1 Grigorii Pasko (Editor-in-Chief, Ekologia i pravo & the Galina Starovoitova Fellow in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute, Washington) “Legislation Dealing with State Secrets and the Tactics of its Application in Russia.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Vera Shevzov ( Smith College) “An Old Symbol and a New Holiday: The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Russia's Day of National Unity.” Room 1219 IAB, 3-5pm.	2
3	4	5 “Faces of Kyrgystan’s Yellow Revolution: Slide Show and Discussion.” Room 1219 IAB, 6pm.	6 The Petersburg of Crime and Punishment. Slides by the St. Petersburg Dostoevsky House—Museum, script by Ganna Bograd, formerly of the St. Petersburg Doestoevsky House—Museum. Slavic Department Faculty Roundtable will follow the presentations. Roone Arledge Cinema, 7-9pm. Cosponsored by the Center for the Core Curriculum and The Harriman Institute.	7	8 Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh) “Notes on the Balkanese Cockfight, or Imagining Other Peoples' Communities.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon Hagueiography: Uncritical Legal Studies of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia.” Harriman Arena 12th Floor @ 6:30pm.	9
10	11 Ambassador Ernst- Joerg von Studnitz “From Democracy to Dictatorship? Analyzing Russia under Putin: A View from Germany.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	12 Georgian “Rose Revolution” Series Presents: Manana Jinjikhashvili (Adj. Prof., Harriman Institute) “Jews in Georgia” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Open Class Lecture: Zalpa Bersanova,(Institute for Chechen Studies (USA/Moscow)) “The Role of Islam in Contemporary Chechnya.” Room 501A @ 2pm.	13	14 ASN 2005 World Convention. The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org).	15 ASN 2005 World Convention. The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org).	16 ASN 2005 World Convention. The Tenth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) will feature 97 panels and up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations. For a full preliminary program of the 10 th Annual ASN Convention see (www.nationalities.org).
17	18 Central Asia Series Presents: Colette Harris (Program Director, Women in International Development, Virginia Tech) “Traditional Versus Modern: Family Setups and Gender Identities in Tajikistan.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	19 The Harriman Institute and The Center For Comparative Literature and Society Present The “Post-Soviet Comparativisms” Series Obrad Savic ( Acting President of The Belgrade Circle NGO) Stranger At The Borders Of Europe . Location: Heyman Center Common Room (2nd Floor) @ Noon . For Directions. Harriman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship Winner Presentations. Featuring: Tania Asnes: “ Green Lights: Moments from Two Lives,or Searching for the Past in the Present.” Ellen Fisher: “ Willy Brandt's New Ostpolitik: The Causes of the East Policy.” Daniella Litchtman: “ Constructing Identity in the Shadows of the Holocaust: Narrations from Minsk's Survivors.” Jennifer Preissel:TBD. Room 1219 IAB @ 5:30pm.	20 Faculty Research in Progress Series: Mark Mazower (History Department, Columbia) 'Salonica, 1430-1950:Writing the history of a (Post)-Ottoman City.' Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. The Harriman Institute, The Columbia University Department Of Slavic Languages And The Barnard College Department Of Slavic Lagnuages Cordially Invite You To Attend A Reception To Celebrate The Inaugural Issue Of *The Birch* A Journal Of Slavic Culture, Literature And Politics AMERICA’S FIRST STUDENT-RUN UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF SLAVIC STUDIES. Graduate Student Lounge, Philosophy Hall, 3rd Floor @6:00pm. For More Information E-MAIL: MF2108@COLUMBIA.EDU	21 The Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine Roundtable Series presents a lecture by Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), titled, "Language Preference as a Political Indicator: Results of a Recent Survey in Ukraine." Mr. Fishel will present data from a national survey carried out in Ukraine at the end of 2004. This data, controlled for language to demonstrate differences (or similarities) between Ukrainian- and Russian-speakers, focuses on three main categories of issues: the state of the country, Ukraine's place in the world, and the (then) upcoming presidential election. Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 12pm. Panel Discussion: “The First 100 Days of Yushchenko's Presidency: An Analysis,” Panelist include: Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), Ambassador NelsonLedsky (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs), and Stephen Nix (International Republican Institute). Moderated by Prof. Mark von Hagen. Location and time: Room 1501, International Affairs Building, 4:00-6:00pm Film Screening: *“Varlam Shalamov: Several of My Lives”* (1991, directed by Alexandra Sviridova) The film Varlam Shalamov: Several of My Lives tells the story of Varlam Shalamov, a major twentieth century Russian writer, who spent several years in Stalin's concentration camps. The film weaves together biographical material and the texts of Shalamov's works. The film is in Russian A conversation with the film director, Alexandra Sviridova, will follow. The Harriman Arena @ 6:00pm.	22 The Harriman Institute of Columbia University and The Russian American Cultural Center present: Celebrating Nabokov. Participants: Valentina Izmirlieva (Columbia University) Nina Khrushcheva (New School University) Donald Barton Johnson (UC Santa Barbara) Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Columbia University) Room 1219 IAB @ 2pm. In conjunction with the exhibition “Nabokov in Montreux: Photographs by Horst Tappe.”	23
24	25 Anna DiLellio (Former Temporary Media Commissioner, UNMIK) “The Legendary Commander: Postwar Kosovo's Master Narrative.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. The Ukrainian poet Oksana Zabuzhko will present and discuss her work. Oksana Zabuzhko's works include the prizewinning collection of stories Oh Sister, My Sister, and the best-selling Field Work in Ukrainian Sex, which was widely translated in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as four collections of poetry, one in English translation (A Kingdom of Fallen Statues) two volumes of literary criticism, and two collections of essays. She received the Global Commitment Foundation Poetry Prize in 1997, as well as numerous other awards. Harriman Institute, 12th floor, 6:30pm. The Harriman Institute and the Music Bridges International present New Music in St. Petersburg, a lecture-concert featuring Grigori Korchmar, assisted by Yuval Waldman. Grigori Korchman, born in Baltiysk in Kalinigrad, Russia, is a well-known Russian composer and pianist, having performed with orchestras conducted by M. Jansons, and others. Korchmar is also the vice-president of the St. Petersburg Union of Composers and artistic director of the St. Petersburg Spring festival. Yuval Waldman is an acclaimed Russian-born violinist and conductor. The lecture-concert will take place at the Sulzberger Parlor (Barnard Hall, 3 rd Floor) @ 6 pm.	26 Central Asia Series Presents: Ambassador John O'Keefe ( Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Human Resources , Former U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan 2000-2003) “US Strategic Interests in Central Asia and the Yellow Revolution in Kyrgyzstan.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	27 Judith Sherman (Retired Family Therapist, Poet, and Author of Say the Name: A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry) “Personal Resistance in Time of Evil - Told by a Holocaust Survivor in Prose and Poetry.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. The Harriman Institute and the Slavic Department of Columbia University Present: Jelena Grigorjeva (Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Slavic Department) “Virtual Identity in the Epoch of Globalization: New Forms of Intertextuality in New Forms of Mass Media.” 713 Hamilton Hall @ 4:00pm. The Czech Center New York and The Harriman Institute cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Václav Havel: Dissident-President-Citizen, an exhibition of photos by Oldřich Škácha featuring Václav Havel, the former president of the Czech Republic. Oldřich Škácha has been Havel’s personal photographer for more than 30 years. His camera captured the activities of independent intellectuals during the glorious Prague Spring of 1968; the period of Charter 77, a human rights manifesto; and Havel’s life after 1989. Harriman Arena @ 6pm	28 Central Asia Series Presents: Rustem Kadyrzhanov (Visiting Scholar, Indiana University) “Post-Soviet Revolutions: Is Kazakhstan Next?” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Thomas W. Simons, Jr. (Director, Program on Eurasia in Transition at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell University) “Half a Loaf: The Polish Pope's Church and Polish Politics.” Room 1512 IAB @ 4pm.	29 Irina Boyko (Fulbright Scholar, University of Chicago) “A Military Push or Market-Driven Technological Development: Is this a New Agenda for Russia and the U.S.?” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. :Second Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (TM), BHFF(TM). Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York. The BHFF will showcase the latest works by award-winning Bosnian and Herzegovinian filmmakers, including Pjer Zalica, Ademir Kenovic, Ahmed Imamovic, and others. For detailed schedule and showtimes, please visit the BHFF website (www.bhffnyc.org)or call (201) 865-3030. Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute.	30 Second Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (TM), BHFF(TM). Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York. The BHFF will showcase the latest works by award-winning Bosnian and Herzegovinian filmmakers, including Pjer Zalica, Ademir Kenovic, Ahmed Imamovic, and others. For detailed schedule and showtimes, please visit the BHFF website (www.bhffnyc.org)or call (201) 865-3030. Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute.
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