February 2005 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

February 2005

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

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1 Alexander Burov (Cinematographer) “My Experience as a Cinematographer Working with Directors Alexander Sokurov, Pavel Lungin, and Yevgeni Yufit.” . In Russian with English translation provided. Room 1219 @ 6pm.

1. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Amnesty International are proud to present: How were human rights viewed in Soviet times? Have human rights improved since the break-up? What is the current situation in the Ukraine? Professor Mark von Hagen will speak about the current problems in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Also speaking will be Victor Balashov, an ex-prisoner of conscience in the former USSR and current human rights activist. 7:00 PM @ the Intercultural Resource Center, 552 W. 114th Street, 2nd floor (between Broadway & Amsterdam)
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6 7 Joel Martin Halpern (Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst) “Nationalism, Communism, and Destruction: 50 Years in the Balkans, An Anthropologist-Photographer’s View.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. 8 9 The Economy of Turcoman Rugs: A Book Talk By Rafis Abazov (Adjunct Lecturer, SIPA & HI) He is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Turkmenistan (Scarecrow Press, 2005). Room 1219 @ 6pm 10 Afghanistan Series Presents: Simon Chesterman (Executive Director, Institute for International Law and Justice
Adjunct Professor of Law; Co-Director, J.D./LL.M., Program New York University School of Law ) “Tiptoeing through Afghanistan: Ownership and the ‘Light Footprint.’” Room 1219 IAB @ 12:15pm. 11 12

13 14 Douglas Greenfield (HI Post-Doctoral Fellow) “ Is there Love on Mars?: Sex and the Soviet Vampire.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. 15. Ger Duijzengs (Centre for Slavonic and Southeast European Studies at the University of London) “How to Remember Srebrenica.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. 16 The Fourth Annual Grigorenko Reading:“From the Ukrainian Human Rights Movement of the 1970s to the Orange Revolution.” Moderator: Professor Mark von Hagen, (CU, History /Harriman Institute. Panelists: Nadiya Svitlychna (President, Human Rights in the Twentieth Century) “General Petro Grigorenko and National Problems in the Soviet Human Rights Movement.” Andrew Grigorenko (President, General Petro Grigorenko Foundation) “Petro Grigorenko as Ambassador of Democratic Ukraine and the Orange Revolution.” Adrian Hewryk (President, East-West Management Institute, and U.S. observer of the Ukrainian presidential elections) “The Orange Revolution as seen by an American observer.” Dr. Pavel Litvinov (Physicist and Human Rights activist) “The Influence and Consequences of the Orange Revolution on Events in Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, @ 6:30pm. 17 Peter Bac (European Agency for Reconstruction) “Judicial and Police Reform in the Balkans: The Current State and the Road Ahead.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. 18 Launching of the photo exhibit, “Faces of the Orange Revolution.” By Kyiv photographer Kyrylo Kysliakov. West Reading Room, Lehman Library, 3rd floor, IAB 7:00pm. Reception to follow. 19

20 21 22 Fron Nazi (East-West Management Institute) “Towards Final Status in 2005? Kosovo and the Regional Implications of Independence .” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Audio 23 24 Russian Movie Nights Presents Курьер “The Messenger.” Director: Karen Shakhnazarov, 84 minutes USSR, 1986. 702 Hamilton Hall @ 8 PM. With English Subtitles. 25 26

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Jan 30	31	1 Alexander Burov (Cinematographer) “My Experience as a Cinematographer Working with Directors Alexander Sokurov, Pavel Lungin, and Yevgeni Yufit.” . In Russian with English translation provided. Room 1219 @ 6pm. 1. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Amnesty International are proud to present: How were human rights viewed in Soviet times? Have human rights improved since the break-up? What is the current situation in the Ukraine? Professor Mark von Hagen will speak about the current problems in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Also speaking will be Victor Balashov, an ex-prisoner of conscience in the former USSR and current human rights activist. 7:00 PM @ the Intercultural Resource Center, 552 W. 114th Street, 2nd floor (between Broadway & Amsterdam)	2	3	4	5
6	7 Joel Martin Halpern (Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst) “Nationalism, Communism, and Destruction: 50 Years in the Balkans, An Anthropologist-Photographer’s View.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	8	9 The Economy of Turcoman Rugs: A Book Talk By Rafis Abazov (Adjunct Lecturer, SIPA & HI) He is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Turkmenistan (Scarecrow Press, 2005). Room 1219 @ 6pm	10 Afghanistan Series Presents: Simon Chesterman (Executive Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Adjunct Professor of Law; Co-Director, J.D./LL.M., Program New York University School of Law ) “Tiptoeing through Afghanistan: Ownership and the ‘Light Footprint.’” Room 1219 IAB @ 12:15pm.	11	12
13	14 Douglas Greenfield (HI Post-Doctoral Fellow) “ Is there Love on Mars?: Sex and the Soviet Vampire.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	15. Ger Duijzengs (Centre for Slavonic and Southeast European Studies at the University of London) “How to Remember Srebrenica.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	16 The Fourth Annual Grigorenko Reading:“From the Ukrainian Human Rights Movement of the 1970s to the Orange Revolution.” Moderator: Professor Mark von Hagen, (CU, History /Harriman Institute. Panelists: Nadiya Svitlychna (President, Human Rights in the Twentieth Century) “General Petro Grigorenko and National Problems in the Soviet Human Rights Movement.” Andrew Grigorenko (President, General Petro Grigorenko Foundation) “Petro Grigorenko as Ambassador of Democratic Ukraine and the Orange Revolution.” Adrian Hewryk (President, East-West Management Institute, and U.S. observer of the Ukrainian presidential elections) “The Orange Revolution as seen by an American observer.” Dr. Pavel Litvinov (Physicist and Human Rights activist) “The Influence and Consequences of the Orange Revolution on Events in Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, @ 6:30pm.	17 Peter Bac (European Agency for Reconstruction) “Judicial and Police Reform in the Balkans: The Current State and the Road Ahead.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.	18 Launching of the photo exhibit, “Faces of the Orange Revolution.” By Kyiv photographer Kyrylo Kysliakov. West Reading Room, Lehman Library, 3rd floor, IAB 7:00pm. Reception to follow.	19
20	21	22 Fron Nazi (East-West Management Institute) “Towards Final Status in 2005? Kosovo and the Regional Implications of Independence .” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Audio	23	24 Russian Movie Nights Presents Курьер “The Messenger.” Director: Karen Shakhnazarov, 84 minutes USSR, 1986. 702 Hamilton Hall @ 8 PM. With English Subtitles.	25	26
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