December 2002

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue            Last Update:  15 Dec

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1 2 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa National University, University of Maryland, College Park) “Ukraine and the Black Sea Security Architecture.”  Room 1219, 12:30-1:30pm.  

Alexander Cooley left - Volodymyr Dubovyk, right

3  Carolyn Kissane, (Adjunct Professor in the Department of International and Transcultural Affairs, Teachers College Columbia U.) “Transitional Tensions - The Teaching of 
History in Kazakhstan.”  Room 1219 IAB 12-1:30pm.  

 Poetry Reading by Lev Rubenstein, (Pet and Essayist). 709 Hamilton Hall, 6pm.

4 Hilary Appel (HI Post-Doc, Claremont McKenna College), “The International Diffusion of Neo-Liberal Ideology: Privatization in Post-Communist States.”  Room 1219 IAB 12-1:30pm.

The Harriman Institute, The Institute for the Study of Europe, The Institute for African Studies, The Middle-East Institute, The Institute for Latin American Studies, The East Asian Institute, The East Central European Center Present:  “REGIONAL STUDIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY.  A Student-Faculty Discourse on the Future of the Study of Regions.”  MODERATOR: Dean Lisa Anderson, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.  Altschul Auditorium, 4th Floor IAB, 4-6pm.  Reception to follow.

 5 The Children After Communism Series Presents:  Jay Dobkin (Director, AIDS Program, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital) “The AIDS Epidemic in the former Soviet Union.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm.  

  The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Volodymyr Mezentsev, (Visiting Professor, Slavic Department, University of Toronto), “Archaeological and Architectural Research of Baturyn, The Capital of the Cossack Hetman State in Eastern Ukraine (17th-18th Centuries).” Room 1219 IAB, 7:30pm.  Co-sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific Society of America, New York, Columbia University’s Ukrainian Students Club and the Columbia Center for Archaeology.

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8 9 Douglas Weiner (University of Arizona) “A Reassessment of Felix Dzerzhinsky: New Evidence from St. Petersburg Archives.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm.

Last Day of Classes

 10 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents:  Olexandr O. Omelchenko (Mayor of the City of Kyiv) “The Renaissance of Kyiv and the Future of Ukraine.”  Dag Hammaskjold Lounge 6th Floor IAB, 12noon. 11 Holiday Party 5-8pm.  12th Floor IAB. 12 13 Finals 14
15 16  17 18 19 20 Semester Ends 21
22 23 24 University Designated Holiday 25 University Designated Holiday 26 27 28
29 30 31 University Designated Holiday Jan 1 University Designated Holiday 2 3 4
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