December 2004 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

December 2004

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 21 Dec

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Nov 28 29 30 Dec 1
2 The Children After Communism Series Presents: Nadezhda Azhgikhina (Glasnost Defense Foundation) “Lost Illusions: Post- Soviet Childhood and its Reflection in the Media and Culture.” Room 1219 IAB @ 2:15pm.

Documentary Screening and Film Talk: Central Asian Wedding Ceremony. Fulbright Scholar Nargiza Tadjiyeva will talk about traditional Central Asian culture and Central Asian wedding. She will present a documentary about a traditional wedding in Tashkent . The presentation will be followed by the questions-and-answer session. Tea and samples of traditional Uzbek food will be provided. With introduction by Dr. Rafis Abazov. Room 1219 IAB @ 6:15pm .
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5 6 7 The Children After Communism Series Presents: Masha Gessen (Journalist; Author of Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace ) “ New Cogs, Old Wheel: How Families Re-Create the Soviet Terror Machine.” 1219 IAB @ 12:30pm .
8 Philipp Ther (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) “The Politics of Opera: The Music Theatre As A Means Of Emancipation In 19th Century Eastern Europe.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Moderator: Mark von Hagen .

8. Film Screening: Since the fall of the Soviet Union a number of Jewish films have come to light for the first time in more than half a century. These films provide a unique contemporary film record of Ukrainian Jewish history documenting anti-Semitic pogrom, the Beilis blood libel case, the resettlement of Soviet Jewry on collective farms and Baby Yar. Please join us for the premiere of the English version of Against the Fathers’ Will (RT:44:14), one of the films from this collection, directed by Yevgeni Ivanov-Barkov and based on Sholem Aleichem’s novel In the Storm (Der Mabl). This remarkable film depicts the conflict between generations during the tumultuous events of the Russian revolution of 1905 and features the actors of the Habima Theater. Producer: Irene Ovdey. Films from the collection of Yuri Morozov. Special thanks to Joseph Dorman and Leonid Finberg. Introductory remarks by Irene Ovdey (Producer, Against the Fathers’ Will; Head of Sky River Films). Room 1219 IAB @ 6:15pm

9 The Harriman Institute’s Afghanistan Series Presents: Joseph Collins (National Defense University ) “War and Reconstruction in Afghanistan : A Progress Report .” Room 1219 @ 12:15pm .
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13 Symposium: "In Memory of Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989): Human Rights and Democracy in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus." Panels will bring together veterans of the human rights movement in the Soviet era to reflect on the new situations and what from their experience might be adaptable to thwarting the trends toward authoritarianism in the region, as well as focus on the impact of what has happened in Ukraine on the situations in Russia and Belarus: the meaning of the "orange" revolution. 10am-5pm, Room 1501, IAB. For Informationor to RSVP call Diana Howansky, (212) 854-4697.

Last Day of Classes
14 15 16 Harriman Holiday Party. 12 th Floor, 5pm . 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 Christmas Day Observed 25

26 27 University Designated Holiday 28 29 30 University Designated Holiday 31 New Years Day Observed Jan 1

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Nov 28	29	30	Dec 1	2 The Children After Communism Series Presents: Nadezhda Azhgikhina (Glasnost Defense Foundation) “Lost Illusions: Post- Soviet Childhood and its Reflection in the Media and Culture.” Room 1219 IAB @ 2:15pm. Documentary Screening and Film Talk: Central Asian Wedding Ceremony. Fulbright Scholar Nargiza Tadjiyeva will talk about traditional Central Asian culture and Central Asian wedding. She will present a documentary about a traditional wedding in Tashkent . The presentation will be followed by the questions-and-answer session. Tea and samples of traditional Uzbek food will be provided. With introduction by Dr. Rafis Abazov. Room 1219 IAB @ 6:15pm .	3	4
5	6	7 The Children After Communism Series Presents: Masha Gessen (Journalist; Author of Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace ) “ New Cogs, Old Wheel: How Families Re-Create the Soviet Terror Machine.” 1219 IAB @ 12:30pm .	8 Philipp Ther (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) “The Politics of Opera: The Music Theatre As A Means Of Emancipation In 19th Century Eastern Europe.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Moderator: Mark von Hagen . 8. Film Screening: Since the fall of the Soviet Union a number of Jewish films have come to light for the first time in more than half a century. These films provide a unique contemporary film record of Ukrainian Jewish history documenting anti-Semitic pogrom, the Beilis blood libel case, the resettlement of Soviet Jewry on collective farms and Baby Yar. Please join us for the premiere of the English version of *Against the Fathers’ Will* (RT:44:14), one of the films from this collection, directed by Yevgeni Ivanov-Barkov and based on Sholem Aleichem’s novel In the Storm (Der Mabl). This remarkable film depicts the conflict between generations during the tumultuous events of the Russian revolution of 1905 and features the actors of the Habima Theater. Producer: Irene Ovdey. Films from the collection of Yuri Morozov. Special thanks to Joseph Dorman and Leonid Finberg. Introductory remarks by Irene Ovdey (Producer, Against the Fathers’ Will; Head of Sky River Films). Room 1219 IAB @ 6:15pm	9 The Harriman Institute’s Afghanistan Series Presents: Joseph Collins (National Defense University ) “War and Reconstruction in Afghanistan : A Progress Report .” Room 1219 @ 12:15pm .	10	11
12	13 Symposium: "In Memory of Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989): Human Rights and Democracy in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus." Panels will bring together veterans of the human rights movement in the Soviet era to reflect on the new situations and what from their experience might be adaptable to thwarting the trends toward authoritarianism in the region, as well as focus on the impact of what has happened in Ukraine on the situations in Russia and Belarus: the meaning of the "orange" revolution. 10am-5pm, Room 1501, IAB. For Informationor to RSVP call Diana Howansky, (212) 854-4697. Last Day of Classes	14	15	16 Harriman Holiday Party. 12 th Floor, 5pm .	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24 Christmas Day Observed	25
26	27 University Designated Holiday	28	29	30 University Designated Holiday	31 New Years Day Observed	Jan 1
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