January 2004 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

January 2004

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

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Dec 28 29 30 31 1 University Holiday 2 University Designated Holiday 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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19 University Holiday

20 First Day of Classes 21 Lincoln Mitchell (Co-Director, National Democratic Institute, Georgia) “Keeping the Bloom on the Rose: Challenges for the New Georgian Leadership.” Room 1219 IAB, Noon. Cosponsored by the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies and the Political Science Department. 22 Rafis Abazov (HI Visiting Professor) “Game of Succession in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyztan.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. 23 24

25 26 27 28 The Harriman Institute Presents a Film Screening: FRESCOES (2002) A documentary by Alexander Gutman (Russia)
In a documentary of stately beauty and moving humanity, Alexander Gutman creates an impressionistic portrait of an Armenian village nearly destroyed by the earthquake of 1988. As he follows activities around a local graveyard, Gutman captures the rituals of daily life in an impoverished town struggling to survive after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union. Memorable characters a pair of stonecutters, a young boy awaiting his baptism and an aging gravedigger populate a film notable for its poetic Russian sensibility. Introduction and Q & A with the film maker. Room 1219 at 6:30pm..
29 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Fiona Hill (Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution) “The Siberian Curse.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI) 30 31

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Dec 28	29	30	31	1 University Holiday	2 University Designated Holiday	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19 University Holiday	20 First Day of Classes	21 Lincoln Mitchell (Co-Director, National Democratic Institute, Georgia) “Keeping the Bloom on the Rose: Challenges for the New Georgian Leadership.” Room 1219 IAB, Noon. Cosponsored by the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies and the Political Science Department.	22 Rafis Abazov (HI Visiting Professor) “Game of Succession in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyztan.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	23	24
25	26	27	28 The Harriman Institute Presents a Film Screening: FRESCOES (2002) A documentary by Alexander Gutman (Russia) In a documentary of stately beauty and moving humanity, Alexander Gutman creates an impressionistic portrait of an Armenian village nearly destroyed by the earthquake of 1988. As he follows activities around a local graveyard, Gutman captures the rituals of daily life in an impoverished town struggling to survive after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union. Memorable characters a pair of stonecutters, a young boy awaiting his baptism and an aging gravedigger populate a film notable for its poetic Russian sensibility. Introduction and Q & A with the film maker. Room 1219 at 6:30pm..	29 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Fiona Hill (Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution) “The Siberian Curse.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI)	30	31
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